Here Come The First DirectX 11 Cards

[m1k3y]

First off the starting blocks will be ATi's Radeon HD 5800 series of cards (starting with the HD 5850 and 5870), which should be hitting stores as early as next month. Nvidia's first line of DX11 cards - the GT300 range - will follow in December.

 

Suddenly, my 8800 GT doesn't look so trusty anymore.

 

http://kotaku.com/5350558/here-come-the-fi...irectx-11-cards

 

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090901PD204.html

 

 

 

DIGITIMES

 

 

Nvidia and AMD readying for DirectX 11

 

 

 

Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 1 September 2009]

 

 

 

Nvidia and AMD are preparing to launch their latest DirectX 11 supporting GPUs in the second half of 2009, according to sources at graphics card makers.

 

Nvidia is scheduled to complete engineering samples of its DirectX 11-based GT300 GPU at the end of September in order to start shipping in December at the earliest, the sources noted.

 

Meanwhile, AMD is prepared to launch its DirectX 11-based Radeon HD 5800 series (RV870) in late September and will start mass shipping in October. AMD will launch two models initially, the Radeon HD 5850 and 5870, the sources added.

 

AMD declined the opportunity to respond to this report saying it cannot comment on unannounced products. Nvidia was also contacted, but did not respond by the time of publication

[m1k3y]