So whose buying an Ati 5xxx gfx card when they are out :). - Page 2

Druchii · 17-09-2009, 21:30

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Well it isn't looking like there will be a competitive nvidia part for dx11 till late q1 or even q2 next year they seem to have royally screwed up something.

There was a rumour out there that nVidias GT300 cores were only yielding 2% per wafer of actual stable cores.

GazCBG · 19-09-2009, 14:44

I may get one next year. Only got my 4870 1GB a few months ago

bopdude · 19-09-2009, 16:21

Sounds like a lot of decent ( todays standard ) cards are going to be begging for new homes just now

Spare a thought for my lowly 8600 GT

19-09-2009, 17:20

Bop you should be able to have a field day in the second hand market soon maybe getting urself a real bargain

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bopdude · 19-09-2009, 18:35

Fingers crossed, I know quiet a few of the forum 'gadget freaks' they might throw this dog a bone

dilli-theclaw · 19-09-2009, 18:37

HHHmmm did I just get called a gadget freak?

bopdude · 19-09-2009, 18:41

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Originally Posted by Thomas T

HHHmmm did I just get called a gadget freak?

I just whistled to see who's head would pop up

19-09-2009, 19:15

No your ok Thomas not a gadget freak just an old fashioned freak

. I have already promised my son my 4870X2 otherwise would have seen if i could do have done you a deal

. I don't think your going to struggle to get a decent card for a good price though give it a month and ithink there will be plenty.

bopdude · 19-09-2009, 19:31

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

No your ok Thomas not a gadget freak just an old fashioned freak

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He's old fashioned maybe !!! but a gadget freak definitely, you want to see his

collection of .................... stuff :

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

I don't think your going to struggle to get a decent card for a good price though give it a month and ithink there will be plenty.

I'll be keeping my eyes open

thanks anyway.

Turkey Machine · 19-09-2009, 21:53

Are these that much better than NVIDIA's offerings and the previous generation, both drivers and hardware?

19-09-2009, 21:59

All we have right now are leaked benchmarks nothing official but at the minute the single gpu 5870 is comparable to the dual gpu nvidia 295. Have to remember that the 5870 is being benched on early drivers and will get a little better with mature drivers. But short answer is yes they are better then most nvidia cards with only the 295 having an advantage in some but not all games.

dilli-theclaw · 19-09-2009, 22:14

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Originally Posted by bopdude

He's old fashioned maybe !!! but a gadget freak definitely, you want to see his

collection of .................... stuff :

My early incarnation (before dilligaf1701) was gadget_boy

Yup it could be said I have one or two gadgets about

damien c · 19-09-2009, 23:57

i just cant wait to see what nvidia bring to the table when they release a new card, as it will have to be very good to keep customers looking at these cards.

20-09-2009, 00:38

Depends what they have in development. You never know where the initiative will be as it switches. Look at the AMD dominance in the cpu market lost to the C2D same thing happens in the GPU market.

I think with how games ar ebeing written (or not) the most important thing for me would be effective driver support rather than terraflops or pixel shaders etc

boroboi · 21-09-2009, 19:24

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

All we have right now are leaked benchmarks nothing official but at the minute the single gpu 5870 is comparable to the dual gpu nvidia 295. Have to remember that the 5870 is being benched on early drivers and will get a little better with mature drivers. But short answer is yes they are better then most nvidia cards with only the 295 having an advantage in some but not all games.

The drivers aren't immature. Aside from the configuration of the shader clusters, it's pretty much the same architecture, only everything is doubled.

The drivers for the 5xxx series should be as stable as the 4xxx series.