ATI 5870 tomorrow right?

[faxon]

well it's 12:15 am pacific, where are the reviews anand!

 

[Jacen]

Originally posted by: faxon
well it's 12:15 am pacific, where are the reviews anand!

tomorrow

 

[faxon]

grrrr! figures. ooh well, i will just stay up again tomorrow night! lol

 

[Narynan]

I will buy the first 5870 i can find under 400. ZZF / Newegg /fry's / whatever. Hey faxon. Could you scrounge up some PLU's for the 5870's from frys so I can check on delivery information.

That would be prime

 

[Obsoleet]

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Obsoleet
The good thing is that most people here and elsewhere will be too scared to shill out the $399 launch-price, saying "I'll get it when it drops $50". It won't drop $50 for a very long time when it's far more well worth your while to just be one of the first people to have one.

I think most people who don't wait to order one, once they're in stock, will get one. I plan on picking one up as soon as it shows up instock for the full 399. Those who hesitate for a few hours will lose out for sure.

Judging from the past, once the 2nd round of supply comes in the price might actually raise to 450 for a while. It wouldn't be shocking.

if you need a card that bad then go for it. I myself would never drop that much money on one though. I prefer to wait until prices have settled down and then I can get the most bang for buck. I paid $180 for the gtx260 with a game nearly a year ago and could still get 100 for that card. paying $400 for something that will likely be half that in 2 to 3 months is silly to me. if it doesnt drop that much then oh well I just wont buy it. after all I skipped the ridiculously priced 8800gtx too.

I wasn't personally attacking you, just saying how it goes everytime a revolutionary card is released. This is the new 8800GTX or 9700 Pro.
It won't be $200 in 2 to 3 months though. That's wishful thinking, the type I was describing. Nvidia won't even have a card out by then, and who knows if it'll be competitive at all. A card like this could raise in price until Nvidia releases something and it's got to be good.

 

[Narynan]

Also ZZF has them listed, but not available for sale yet.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...1217&prodlist=celebros

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: Narynan
Also ZZF has them listed, but not available for sale yet.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...1217&prodlist=celebros

Free DiRT2 Game Coupon

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Zstream

Originally posted by: Narynan
Also ZZF has them listed, but not available for sale yet.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...1217&prodlist=celebros

Free DiRT2 Game Coupon

That's awesome.

 

[zod96]

I don't think their coming out today. I think its the 23rd

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: Obsoleet
The good thing is that most people here and elsewhere will be too scared to shill out the $399 launch-price, saying "I'll get it when it drops $50". It won't drop $50 for a very long time when it's far more well worth your while to just be one of the first people to have one.

hahahaha not for $399 it isn't. It should MSRP $299. Then it'd be interesting. Until then, it can sit on the shelf at the r/etailer.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I just checked at newegg and nothing shows on the 5xxx series cards.

 

[zod96]

Tomorrow not today...

 

[dguy6789]

Bang for the buck really can't be measured just by the price one pays. The other aspect that needs to be considered is how long someone would use the card(This can be estimated by looking at how fast it is). If you bought a $300 card at launch and used it for 3 years when someone else buys it for $150 and uses it for half as long as you used your card, they didn't necessarily get a better deal since you both had an equal time used vs dollars spent ratio. There's also the fact that the person who buys at launch gets to experience games with higher visuals for that much longer than the person who waits for prices to drop.

There have been times in history where buying at launch has definitely paid off(Radeon 9700, Geforce 8800 GTX) and other times where prices came down really fast(GTX200, 4800).

 

[jrphoenix]

Originally posted by: Tempered81
HIS 5870 @ ZZF $399

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...1217&prodlist=celebros

It's for sale but, no reviews out??? weird.

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
Bang for the buck really can't be measured just by the price one pays. The other aspect that needs to be considered is how long someone would use the card(This can be estimated by looking at how fast it is). If you bought a $300 card at launch and used it for 3 years when someone else buys it for $150 and uses it for half as long as you used your card, they didn't necessarily get a better deal since you both had an equal time used vs dollars spent ratio.

You completely leave out a significant factor: The person who waits to buy it a year and a half later because his current GPU plays existing games just fine, not only saves $150 and can earn interest on that initial $300 he doesn't outlay for that first year and a half, but also has no perceived actual downside to not having the other GPU. Meanwhile the person who buys it too early, not only is out the $300 plus interest for that first year and a half, but also spent twice as much just to get to the point a year and a half later when the newer card actually becomes significantly useful beyond what an existing GPU would have provided up to that point.

 

[dguy6789]

That's a per user factor. While you or I may have a card at the moment that is more than satisfactory, someone else may or may not. It depends on gaming preferences as well. I'm sure that people who actually game at 2560x1600 and like to crank visuals are very hungry for more performance asap.

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
That's a per user factor.

As is yours. As is whether or not $300 is affordable for a person. It's all relative. That's my point: There's just as much (if not more) reason not to buy a new product right away for MSRP or over MSRP, than there is to do so.

 

[AzN]

Looks good. Finally a single die card that's worth the upgrade. We've had incremental upgrades since G80. But is it worth the upgrade? No games other than console ports which most of us max out anyway with GT200 and RV770.

 

[her209]

$400? I paid less than that for my computer.

 

[zod96]

lol

 

[faxon]

Originally posted by: Narynan
I will buy the first 5870 i can find under 400. ZZF / Newegg /fry's / whatever. Hey faxon. Could you scrounge up some PLU's for the 5870's from frys so I can check on delivery information.

That would be prime

will do. idk when we will be getting them though, but i will be keeping an eye on our stock. usually when a product launches we sell it at MSRP like everyone else so our pricing wont be any different until price drops start kicking in.

 

[Tempered81]

Sapphire 5870 $379

http://www.provantage.com/sapp...-100281sr~ASAPP034.htm

$384

http://www.unistorage.com/unis....dspSpecs&part=3782712


LOL who are these people?

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: Xed
Who's the top ati manufacturer regarding warranty now? I haven't bought red since the 1900xt

With regards to video cards; isn't the general consensus still Sapphire for ATI, eVGA for nVidia?

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: thilan29
If you don't keep your cards very long Gigabyte is alright too. My motherboard RMA went very smoothly with them. However, XFX will have a higher resale value of course because of the double lifetime warranty.

What do they mean by that?

 

[gizbug]

Local PC store and Best Buy, along with newegg, still not showing these cards