Bought me a 5870!

[Artinz]

After finding out that both of my 4870s went bad (crossfire connector shorted them both out...) I decided to buy a 5870. I can't wait to get it! I would have liked to have gotten an Asus one, but those had to come with a pack, so I got VisionTek.

 

[GbrilliantQ]

Brilliant!

I'm looking at the 5970's myself... but I can't talk myself into my 4870x2's

You'll have to take pics and benchmarks asap.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

you should be happy........the 5870 is a great card and has overclocking potential while delivering a better minimum FPS because its a single card over the CFX 4870 i believe, atleast according to benchmarks

im looking into 5970's myself im gonna wait tho until price drops a good bit

 

[Artinz]

you should be happy........the 5870 is a great card and has overclocking potential while delivering a better minimum FPS because its a single card over the CFX 4870 i believe, atleast according to benchmarks

im looking into 5970's myself im gonna wait tho until price drops a good bit

I was going to do that, until I realized that I needed one now.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

I was going to do that, until I realized that I needed one now.

you can just crossfire in a 5970 in the future and have a Tri-Fire going, thats the best scaling you will get, better than Quad-fire which sucks supposedly

You will need to overclock the 5970 tho to 5870 speeds or more though that shouldn't be hard to do since they are meant to be overclocked.

 

[Artinz]

you can just crossfire in a 5970 in the future and have a Tri-Fire going, thats the best scaling you will get, better than Quad-fire which sucks supposedly

You will need to overclock the 5970 tho to 5870 speeds or more though that shouldn't be hard to do since they are meant to be overclocked.

Will all 5000 series be crossfire compatible?

 

[PewPewBangBang]

Will all 5000 series be crossfire compatible?

yes of course..........a 5970 is 2x5870's ya know?? its annoying when people out their think its like a whole new GPU just cuz of the naming haha, they think its like some special super card or something.

The 5000 series will be crossfire compatible, yes of course.......just wait till 5970 prices drop and pick one up for like the same price as you would picking up a 2nd 5870 now

 

[Saeten]

I'm getting me a 300 series

 

[Artinz]

I'm getting me a 300 series

I personally think that the 5970 will beat any 300 card.

And no I did not know that the 5970 was 2 5870s. I would have thought it would have been a 5870x2, like all the others were.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

I personally think that the 5970 will beat any 300 card.

And no I did not know that the 5970 was 2 5870s. I would have thought it would have been a 5870x2, like all the others were.

ahh okay......many do not know its a 5870x2 just different name -.-

the 5970 will be faster than single gpu card by Nvidia.....i don't think it will be faster than all the Fermi cards, if Nvidia comes out with a dual-gpu card, i doubt the older 5970 will beat it......the Fermi single-gpu cards will certainly be faster than current ATI 5850/5870 cards tho no doubt about it, won't be faster than a 5970 tho and i have a feeling the Fermi cards are gonna be hella expensive

 

[Blindy]

If my video card messed up on my system, I'll probably get one of the newest graphics card. The one you are waiting for is pretty sweet.

 

[FiRESAUCE]

ahh okay......many do not know its a 5870x2 just different name -.-

the 5970 will be faster than single gpu card by Nvidia.....i don't think it will be faster than all the Fermi cards, if Nvidia comes out with a dual-gpu card, i doubt the older 5970 will beat it......the Fermi single-gpu cards will certainly be faster than current ATI 5850/5870 cards tho no doubt about it, won't be faster than a 5970 tho and i have a feeling the Fermi cards are gonna be hella expensive

Dude, you know they are gonna drop a single card solution that beats out the 5970, maybe not by price tho !

 

[mad pistol]

I have a 5870, and I have to say that it is one sweet card. It easily achieves 2-3x the framerate that my old 9800 GTX+ was capable of.

Just make sure that you compliment it with a fast Quad core (either Core i5/i7 or AMD Phenom II X4) for stability and futureproofing. The newest batch of cards from AMD and Nvidia absolutely love Quad Core CPU's.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

Dude, you know they are gonna drop a single card solution that beats out the 5970, maybe not by price tho !

I would like to see that happen........they didn't do it with their last gen and ATI is on their game now

I doubt they will make a single card solution that is going to beat out one of ATI's dual card solutions like the 5970

If it happens, then i will be impressed and applaud them.......the price tag to come along with it will definitely be ridiculous if they make a single card solution that beats out ATI dual card solution, would get close to $700-800 i believe considering a 5970 is $600 and thats outrageous

I dont expect them to come out with such a thing tho

 

[Artinz]

I have a 5870, and I have to say that it is one sweet card. It easily achieves 2-3x the framerate that my old 9800 GTX+ was capable of.

Just make sure that you compliment it with a fast Quad core (either Core i5/i7 or AMD Phenom II X4) for stability and futureproofing. The newest batch of cards from AMD and Nvidia absolutely love Quad Core CPU's.

I already have an i7 920.

 

[FreakingHell]

Nvidia's high end single GPU card will be as fast as or faster than the 5970 in almost all scenarios. It will retail with a price of $600

You just can't argue with 512 shaders @ 1500+Mhz, along with 384-bit GDDR5.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

Nvidia's high end single GPU card will be as fast as or faster than the 5970 in almost all scenarios. It will retail with a price of $600

You just can't argue with 512 shaders @ 1500+Mhz, along with 384-bit GDDR5.

can you show link or something?? didn't read anything about it and never saw it........would be an interesting read for me

 

[shadows5631]

http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/641156-guru-legit-nvidia-specs-benchmarks.html

 

[FreakingHell]

http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/641156-guru-legit-nvidia-specs-benchmarks.html

Those are fake.

PewPew, there is no source for the performance or price.

The specs have been out for a while though, And that's enough to hazard a guess.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

Those are fake.

PewPew, there is no source for the performance or price.

The specs have been out for a while though, And that's enough to hazard a guess.

mmm okay