AMD officially unveils its HD 5800 series
HD5870 worlds fastest graphics card, local pricing revealed
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AMD officially unveils its HD 5800 series
HD5870 worlds fastest graphics card, local pricing revealed
HD5850 seems like an excellent buy :D
Agreed Gradius. The 5850 is looking like the better buy. After reading the reviews on Anandtech and HardOCP I am slightly underwhelmed by the 5870's performance. I think when nVidias cards eventually show up, they are going to thoroughly trounce AMDs offering.
oh my fn word R2699 retail !!! am I dreaming or something?
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Originally Posted by Isengard
Mmm maybe at three times the price? ;)
I`ll definately be getting the 5870 dual gpu when it comes
HD5850 is between the price of a HD4870 and HD4890. This is an excellent choice for a new gfx card :)
First time in a while ATI .. er.. AMD might actually sway me from Nvidia
But I'm only thinking of an upgrade late next year, so lets see what happens
The top tier nVidia card will likely come in at R6000. Thats 50% more, but I am almost certain it will be more than 50% more powerfull.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mas0ch1st
Top end GT300 GPU are confirmed as $699 on some sites :)
They'd be crazy to release it at that price. Not with the 5870 lurking around.
Definitely going to get one of these cards! R2699 is a very good price for the specs on that 5850
It was the same thing when nVidia released there GT200 GPu's :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Isengard
When the Gt300 comes out, they'll just drop the GT200 to rock bottom prices to compete with Ati like usual...
5870 is on http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/ for R4923
Unless you're going to be running all your games at 2560x1600 it'll not be worth it IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Isengard
I'll get myself the cheapest card that'll run my games 60fps or more at 1920x1200.
For some reason I see a 5850 in my future..... :)
Landmark must be importing it them selves. Good for them, but that price is R900 above what AMD SA have quoted as SA's official RRP.
Seems very pricey :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinman
Ill have a look when i upgrade my PC next year. @ of these babies will do nicely.
The 5850 looks like the card to buy.
Tinman, you allowed to tell us now how the card performs that u got 'given'? :D
Are there any 5850 benchies out yet...?
HERE:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...D_5870/30.html
As it stands there are very few of there cards out in the wild, so for a while prices will be inflated. The 5850 is only out sometime next week, so expect review between now and then.
here we go.pic is pretty damn big so be warned. Resoundly kicks nVidia into the dust :p
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4qvKWy79Su...v870bench.jpeg
AFAIK that benchie is from ATI themselves...so serve with a little bit of....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gradius
Landmark says for the 5850:
This product will be in stock on Monday, 28. September 2009.
I am an Nvidia fan, but seriously am excited for these cards.
I wont be jumping at these new beast-like cards just yet :D Due to the slow adoption of Dx11 in games (based on history). I am hopeful to see those prices but history has taught me one thing with regards to pricing in this country, “don’t hold your breath”, so I have my doubts the 5850 will retail for R2700, I estimate a more realistic R3000 after all, this is Africa :P
I don’t mean to bash the article, but I will eat my shorts if they do retail for R2700 and R4000 respectively :D
You will most probably be able to get the HD5870 for R4000 at rAge, so if you want one then that is the place.
In general the performance is what I expected from AMD. I am hesitant to publish benchies using the beta drivers, would rather wait a bit for at least some driver maturity, it just seems like a better approach to me. The HD 5870 is about as fast as the HD4870X2, and maybe a little slower than the GTX295. I am hoping that improved drivers will nudge it up slightly.
Are you allowed to post benchmarks? I mean besides the Beta driver issues
Pics of the XFX HD5870 courtesy of Fudzilla :D
Linky here to read more of the benchmarks :)
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15652/1/
http://www.fudzilla.com/images/stori...ard_normal.jpg
currently on a 8800GT these look like a monster upgrade from that!
Thats what I'm in need of! The "Do not dusturb, I'm gaming" door thingy. (forgot what they are called)
Door knob memo/message thingum :p
Nice long review:)
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...r5-review.html
screw the gtx285 I was gonna get!
yip why spend so much money on a card thats not even dx11 capable when you can spend less and get all the latest features. screw Physx and all that jazz, Dx11 has got that covered.
exactlty! I want it now!
hopefully the prices will drop when im ready to buy it.
I just have to wait like 1 month to order my rig, once I'm settled in the UK I'l, order it... I was going for the GTX285 but now I'm going for that! I've never been so determined for a card!
That's how I felt when the 8800GT's first came out. I got myself one of the first stock to enter SA. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SouthSideKing
Actually I still love my 8800GT, it still performs well.
+1. Same here. I was sooooo close to buying the old 320mb 8800 gts version but decided to wait just a little bit and BAM! got my 8800gt :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Isengard