"His" 5870 379$ shipped at the Egg

[happy medium]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161301

 

[soccerballtux]

wonder if they have a "Hers" version

 

[happy medium]

wonder if they have a "Hers" version

with or without hair?

 

[manimal]

When ever I HIS I think the box is gonna have a picture of jesus on it!

 

[Rubycon]

wonder if they have a "Hers" version

Yes I have it - but it's a 5970.

 

[soccerballtux]

wonder if they have a "Hers" version

Yes I have it - but it's a 5970.

shh nobody cares.
sing us a song ruby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU

it's ok, actually they do care, as do I. It doesn't bother me if you like the attention because you are the only girl here. You can have my quota for the day.

 

[Rubycon]

shh nobody cares.
sing us a song ruby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU

I recorded the coil whine from my 8800GTX while running 3DMark03 with vsync off. Sampled it and made a techno song called trancemitter. Pure mind control stuff. :biggrin:

 

[soccerballtux]

shh nobody cares.
sing us a song ruby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU

it's ok, actually they do care, as do I. It doesn't bother me if you like the attention because you are the only girl here. You can have my quota for the day.

I recorded the coil whine from my 8800GTX while running 3DMark03 with vsync off. Sampled it and made a techno song called trancemitter. Pure mind control stuff. :biggrin:

LOL now that is awesome. I could go to sleep to that, put my computer next to my bed for that same reason. I like the EMI too, it polarizis the quantum signature on my nucleotides and makes for very good dreams.

I'm never going to get laid.

 

[Wedge1]

lol now that is awesome. I could go to sleep to that, put my computer next to my bed for that same reason. I like the emi too, it polarizis the quantum signature on my nucleotides and makes for very good dreams.

i'm never going to get laid.

lol !

 

[AznAnarchy99]

LoL this is the price i bought it for when it first came out..

 

[MagickMan]

I'm never going to get laid.

Dude, you just need a female nerd. Mine does her own hardware upgrades and driver/software updates.

Really thinking about this card, getting tired of waiting for Fermi prices.

 

[AMDScooter]

Dude, you just need a female nerd. Mine does her own hardware upgrades and driver/software updates.

Really thinking about this card, getting tired of waiting for Fermi prices.

I ordered one yesterday to replace my GTX 275. I was also waiting to see if Fermi prices would effect the 5xxx series much as I read AMD could go as low as $300 with the 58xx line and still turn a buck.. but I just do not see it happening. $379 is a good price IMHO. Even if the price drops $40 or more when Fermi releases I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. These cards are fast when you need them to be and draw so little power at idle it's shocking. Crossfire scaling/efficiency is supposed to be excellent also (70% + from what I've read). My advise if you are on the fence... go hit it. Another consideration for me the price of my GTX 275. I can probably still ebay it and get at least $180 for it which makes my $379 upgrade much more palatable on the wallet. Once Fermi releases the NV prices will drop faster than the ATi/AMD for sure.

My2c.

 

[zerogear]

Dude, you just need a female nerd. Mine does her own hardware upgrades and driver/software updates.

Really thinking about this card, getting tired of waiting for Fermi prices.

Well.. think about it, the prices is only going to fall from now on, so the longer you wait the better. Unless nvidia seriously under delivers.

 

[zerogear]

Actually. I was wondering - does any ATI manufacturers have those lifetime warranties like BFG/XFX/EVGA?

 

[somecreepyoldguy]

actually. I was wondering - does any ati manufacturers have those lifetime warranties like bfg/xfx/evga?

xfx

 

[zerogear]

Oh, I didn't know they started producing ATI cards, good to know :]

 

[happy medium]

I ordered one yesterday to replace my GTX 275. I was also waiting to see if Fermi prices would effect the 5xxx series much as I read AMD could go as low as $300 with the 58xx line and still turn a buck.. but I just do not see it happening. $379 is a good price IMHO. Even if the price drops $40 or more when Fermi releases I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. These cards are fast when you need them to be and draw so little power at idle it's shocking. Crossfire scaling/efficiency is supposed to be excellent also (70% + from what I've read). My advise if you are on the fence... go hit it. Another consideration for me the price of my GTX 275. I can probably still ebay it and get at least $180 for it which makes my $379 upgrade much more palatable on the wallet. Once Fermi releases the NV prices will drop faster than the ATi/AMD for sure.

My2c.

I would have bought another gtx275 in your case for 200$. Save your self 180$ and get better performance.

Really I don't see why you needed to upgrade a gtx 275 @ 1900x1080?
It should max 90% of the games out there. I would have waited.

 

[AMDScooter]

I would have bought another gtx275 in your case for 200$. Save your self 180$ and get better performance.

Really I don't see why you needed to upgrade a gtx 275 @ 1900x1080?
It should max 90% of the games out there. I would have waited.

Those factors did come into play. The GTX 275 does deliver good frames mildly OC'd with good quality settings. I have a 25.5" ASUS so it's 1920x1200. I had to consider spending another $200 for either:

A SLI setup that is not DX11 compliant. Whose value is going to drop appreciably when Fremi arrives & use twice the power under load/idle and add to space/heat issues.

-Or-

Spend that same $200 (figuring I can get $180 at least for the GTX 275) and gain a DX11 part that will play nearly all games at max settings by itself while consuming less power (at idle and under load vs. a GTX275 SLI setup).. producing less heat and taking the space of only a single 16x PCI-E slot and leaving space to upgrade to a crossfire setup if and when I need it.

Seemed like a logical/good choice to me. Though others might have thought an additional GTX275 was the better route. To each their own.

My2c.