Maaaaatteeee, cancel that and get a system with a single 5970 card in it, should be cheaper than the 2x 5870 and faster to boot
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Maaaaatteeee, cancel that and get a system with a single 5970 card in it, should be cheaper than the 2x 5870 and faster to boot
That is great news. I am about to make my order this weekend, and I am planning on ordering the Sapphire. Will I definitely have my order sent Monday or Tuesday?
Thanks in advance!One advantage of that though, is you paid for the old price - the 5850 has gone up £40-60 since I got mine, don't know about the 5870.
Not considering the amount the HIS 5870's have gone up in price since I ordered the system!
u could get a 5970,it's cheaper & faster than 2 5870
it will be with better drivers... its like 4870x2 vs 2x4870, the 4870x2 was faster.
i know the 5970 is underclocked but its easy to clock it back up to the 5870 clocks, which would make it cheaper
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Indeed, you can clock a 5970 up to 5870 clocks, but which will OC better from there? I'd wager the two 5870s have far more potential, particularly if running Asus bios on two Vapor-X's, for example.
the 5950 is just underclocked, so they'll clock around the same.. also the 5970 is unlocked...
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I'm aware it's unlocked, but it's two GPUs using one cooling system, on one PCB.
but its a 400w cooling performance, am not sure what the 5870 as
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yep and VAT will be back to 17.5% so it will cost more
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maybe i got the last 5870 instock in the country, picked one up from a shop in manchester last monday for £296 
got onto some retailers and all have said getting 5870 stock with the big one mainly being the sapphire 5870s. Is Overclockers getting stock in? Or am I going to have to cancel the order not to mention quite a few places guarantee stock and selling it cheaper at around 280-290 pounds.
Sent a webnote and all I got is no ETA. Probably didn't even call.
Just a pain in the ass to cancel an order because got to wait ages for the refund to come in.
you know, most places take the money on dispatch, not right away.
Sent a webnote and all I got is no ETA. Probably didn't even call.
Just a pain in the ass to cancel an order because got to wait ages for the refund to come in.
you know, most places take the money on dispatch, not right away.
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just a quick note to say i rang up on friday & was told i was 11/24 in the asus queue for the 5850 (ordered on 10th nov). was also told it was the shortest of the queue's & that "they'd been hoping to fill up the backlog by end of next week". i hope they're right
This is the first time I have ordered from OCUK and if their customer service is anything to go by, it will be the last. I have posted in the customer forums asking for some type of ETA, a week, a month or next year and I've not heard anything...not even a reply to tell me they don't have an ETA.
I find it shocking that they can't keep their customers up to date with a £1300 order they have placed.
I find it shocking that they can't keep their customers up to date with a £1300 order they have placed.
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Ditto. Could someone please clear this up for me? What exactly is the hold up on the cards? I've read low yields from TSMC (which were supposed to fixed already), slow delivery methods and price jacking conspiracies. At the moment, it feels like all 3.