ATI 5870 tomorrow right?

[GEOrifle]

SHHHH... it can't even beat 295 and all this waithings for nothing...

 

[crisium]

I'd say it's doing better vs the 295 than the GTX 280 did vs the 9800GX2 at launch. Look at a review from June 2008, the GX2 was faster. Driver improvements have seen the GTX 280 improve enough to usually be faster - but even then not always. If the 5870 improves too then we're looking at similar if not better results. So if Nvidia wants to beat the 5870 then they need a bigger improvement over last gen than last time. Not saying it's not possible, but the 5870 hype seems pretty real to me - especially considering it's $400 and not $650.

 

[Beanie46]

Originally posted by: GEOrifle
SHHHH... it can't even beat 295 and all this waithings for nothing...

Awwww, poor baby. You waited all this time and a single gpu card still has problems beating a dual gpu card. What did you expect?

Of course, the fairer test is comparing a dual gpu card to a dual gpu card......and if the 5870 Crossfire results are any indication, the 5870 X2 card will slay the 295 with ease, which will be its competition.

The fact that the 5870 kept up with the 295 in most cases is by itself impressive.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Beanie46

Originally posted by: GEOrifle
SHHHH... it can't even beat 295 and all this waithings for nothing...

Awwww, poor baby. You waited all this time and a single gpu card still has problems beating a dual gpu card. What did you expect?

Of course, the fairer test is comparing a dual gpu card to a dual gpu card......and if the 5870 Crossfire results are any indication, the 5870 X2 card will slay the 295 with ease, which will be its competition.
The fact that the 5870 kept up with the 295 in most cases is by itself impressive.

Maybe for a short while. There will more than likely be a GX2. But yea, if you can get the performance of a dual solution in a single card, that is the way to go.

However, if you already have the dual solution, I cant selling it and sidegrading to the single. Unless there is some other factor involved, like power savings.

 

[natty1]

this card is not that impressive at $400

 

[Hauk]

Originally posted by: natty1
this card is not that impressive at $400

It's impressive.. but three bills should be all it takes to get one. At this price point, how much for 5870 X2? Are they indending on ~$700 for X2? Hurry up nV..

 

[Tempered81]

buy it now for $379

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102856

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3107/ordere.png

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: Tempered81
buy it now for $379

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102856

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3107/ordere.png

Darn. I was really looking forward to posting the newegg link! haha. Can't wait to see Anand's review.

edit: the newegg pictures were loading a little slow for me so I put 'em on bbzzdd in case anyone else had the same problem.

Pic 1
Pic 2

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: Beanie46

Originally posted by: GEOrifle
SHHHH... it can't even beat 295 and all this waithings for nothing...

Awwww, poor baby. You waited all this time and a single gpu card still has problems beating a dual gpu card. What did you expect?

Of course, the fairer test is comparing a dual gpu card to a dual gpu card......and if the 5870 Crossfire results are any indication, the 5870 X2 card will slay the 295 with ease, which will be its competition.

The fact that the 5870 kept up with the 295 in most cases is by itself impressive.

So true.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: Zaitsev

Originally posted by: Tempered81
buy it now for $379

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102856

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3107/ordere.png

Darn. I was really looking forward to posting the newegg link! haha. Can't wait to see Anand's review.

edit: the newegg pictures were loading a little slow for me so I put 'em on bbzzdd in case anyone else had the same problem.

Pic 1
Pic 2

Anand's 48xx series reviews literally have me like, salivating, for the review on the 58xx series.

 

[monkeydust]

Originally posted by: Tempered81
buy it now for $379

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102856

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3107/ordere.png

Thanks! Ordered.

 

[happy medium]

Only 1 gb memory? Huh I was exspecting 2gb for 379$.

 

[zod96]

I'm waiting for the XFX version

 

[gizbug]

They don't have the 5850 yet on newegg?

 

[plonk420]

...aaaaaand it's sold out. (at the egg)

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: gizbug
They don't have the 5850 yet on newegg?

Was the 5850 even supposed to come out yet?

 

[GEOrifle]

Originally posted by: monkeydust

Originally posted by: Tempered81
buy it now for $379

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102856

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3107/ordere.png

Thanks! Ordered.

You MONKEYDUST gona pair 5870 with that historical AMD 3200 HALF-LEG CPU ?

 

[ArizonaSteve]

I'm seeing 1GB cards, but no 2GB cards...

 

[dookulooku]

Originally posted by: Crisium
I'd say it's doing better vs the 295 than the GTX 280 did vs the 9800GX2 at launch. Look at a review from June 2008, the GX2 was faster. Driver improvements have seen the GTX 280 improve enough to usually be faster - but even then not always.

Wrong reason. What happens is that games change, and later games will always favor newer architecture. Plus, newer games require more memory, so the 9800GX2 struggles with it's 512 MB per GPU.

 

[AnotherGuy]

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643

Holly shit Review is out!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pneumothorax]

Newegg just threw up HIS/ASUS/SAPPHIRE CARDS up! GOGOGOGOGO!! lolz
Seriously which one to get?

 

[error8]

It's fast and sexy, but it's noisy and hot, just like a hot rod.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: plonk420
...aaaaaand it's sold out. (at the egg)

Back in stock...

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: plonk420
...aaaaaand it's sold out. (at the egg)

Back in stock...

...aaaaaand it's sold out. (at the egg).. again

 

[faxon]

its still sold out at newegg and ZZF far as i can tell