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NVIDIA cards are now best bang for buck!!!

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-001-NV
GTX295 £289.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-120-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502
HD5870 £339.97

  • The GTX295 cost £50 less than the cheapest HD5870
  • GTX295 is about 15% faster than the HD5870
  • GTX295 OC better
  • GTX295 offers physX support on the other hand the HD5870 offers non existed DX11.;)

Really I don’t think that someone will choose the HD5870 instead of the GTX295.

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Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww £290 for an old generation GFX card.

I'll take six.
 
Decent price on the GTX295 but id still take a 5870 if I were going to buy, so you lose ~15% performance but gain DX11, much less heat and power usage.
 
1 of the games i want in the future has DX11..rest are all DX10, take it im going for 295 if the new gt300s are ***
 
I'd reupload that image as it appears to be hotlinked matey.

Interesting view, but the 5870 has a lot more going for it as already mentioned, and there should be a dual GPU version of that on the way some time in the future. The newer nvidia competitor and new line of cards should drive prices down too when it eventually surfaces. Buying a new GPU when one company appears to have the top end of the market covered (ATI atm) is a bad idea in my opinion. It will almost certianly be cheaper later (including accounting for reduced prices through age etc.).
 
Or you can get a cheaper 5850, which overclocks great, matches a 5870, and is all round just a ridiculously good card and better value than either or the cards you listed.

I also find it funny that, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1324&sortby=priceAsc

the only two listed in stock are both £414, yes, £414, not £298. You'll also notice the £298 is pre-order AND is the dual pcb one. So its basically Nvidia with a bunch of unsellable old version 295GTX which is an old gen card already thats incredibly power hungry and hot.

You'd basically be mad to buy anything buy one or more 5850's if you have £200 or more to spend.

Also as JeffyB said, been on pre-order for a long time already, I wouldn't be all that suprised if few if any turn up considering dual pcb ones haven't been made for some time, I also wouldn't be surprised if its a stunt by Nvidia. List them cheaper than a 5870 all over, make people wait a couple months thinking they are getting a deal, then withdraw them, at which point they'll hope to be near paper launching their Fermi so hoping those people continue to wait for that rather than buy ATi. Probably a mix of both tbh.

Then also don't forget that the 295gtx drivers are mature, the entire GT200 range of cards drivers are very very mature, theres little to no performance to be had except in buggy games. THat 14% difference is definately possible to be made up by more mature drivers in the future.

So a old card, of a last gen product, thats not in stock, or a cheaper massively overclockable 5850, in stock that basically is easily matched to a 5870 once overclocked, will probably match and or beat a dual pcb 295gtx overclocked, and its got future better drivers and DX11 in future games to drag its performance further forward.
 
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Or you can get a cheaper 5850, which overclocks great, matches a 5870, and is all round just a ridiculously good card and better value than either or the cards you listed.

I also find it funny that, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1324&sortby=priceAsc

the only two listed in stock are both £414, yes, £414, not £298. You'll also notice the £298 is pre-order AND is the dual pcb one. So its basically Nvidia with a bunch of unsellable old version 295GTX which is an old gen card already thats incredibly power hungry and hot.

You'd basically be mad to buy anything buy one or more 5850's if you have £200 or more to spend.

Also as JeffyB said, been on pre-order for a long time already, I wouldn't be all that suprised if few if any turn up considering dual pcb ones haven't been made for some time, I also wouldn't be surprised if its a stunt by Nvidia. List them cheaper than a 5870 all over, make people wait a couple months thinking they are getting a deal, then withdraw them, at which point they'll hope to be near paper launching their Fermi so hoping those people continue to wait for that rather than buy ATi. Probably a mix of both tbh.
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Do not forget that all the 5800 ‘is pre-order’ and the cheapest HD5850 cost £241 and not £200
 
Does the GTX295 really overclock better...hmmm not on core it don't nor mem ;)

also to point why put physics on there, how many games use it....exactly my point.

also the HD5870 is a single core card.

saying that my two cards can keep up with a GTX295 mostly depending on drivers, overclock :p etc so whats the big deal ?

I just realied something on that graph, the GTX275 and GTX285 are match on the 1920x1200 res :eek:
 
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