*** ATi 5870 Launch - In Stock & Ready to Ship ***

[Drake22]

i only woke up at 12 pm and all are gone =(

 

[mothermachine]

i only woke up at 12 pm and all are gone =(

serves ye right for getting up half way through the day! heh.

 

[wolvers]

The only difference is warranties/goodies/stuff in the box at this stage. The cards are all exactly the same I believe.

We know that the Sapphire definitely comes with Dirt2 though.

 

[straxusii]

So does XFX, says it on the XFX web site

 

[Showboat]

Never more has the saying "You snooze, you loose" been more appropriate!

 

[magnuswinwick]

Are the XFX's going out today still? Surprising that the Sapphire's were sent out at like 10:30 and the XFX's still haven't, just logged into my account and still "in warehouse queue"

Not that surprising, the goods won't go just as and when they are ready, they probably have two pickups per day by their courier.

 

[reflux]

All of them come with Dirt2 don't they? Heard it was some marketing initiative from ATi.

 

[Plebo]

+2

+3

 

[wolvers]

So does XFX, says it on the XFX web site

powercolour has a separate boxed version for grid2 listed on their site though that's different to the one shown on OcUK.

 

[Sultan of Ping]

Have the XFX shipped yet, I was one of the first to order at 07:11 (OC884352)?

Thought I was pretty early too, and my order time was excatly the same as you - but I was too late been told Friday or Monday. Gutted...

 

[straxusii]

How can we be too late, the XFX were shown as in stock ages after 07:11

 

[Sultan of Ping]

How can we be too late, the XFX were shown as in stock ages after 07:11

I don't know, the OcUK site was showing 10+ in stock for ages after I placed the order, and people who seemed to have ordered much later than me have gotten a card. I'm very frustrated, to say the least...

 

[Azza]

How can we be too late, the XFX were shown as in stock ages after 07:11

From what I know, I don't think they had much XFX cards in at all.

 

[nib95]

Going over the reviews, I'm come to the conclusion that the 5870 is a bit of a rip off still. At £100 less, the 5850 is an infinitely better buy, especially at only around 13% (at my gaming resolution) performance difference.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/30.html

Which begs the question...for my 5850, should I order the Sapphire or the XFX? What do you guys think?

 

[wolvers]

Just noticed that on a competitors site the powercolour, xfx and sapphire cards are all listed as coming with GRID2. Reflux must be correct.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

i only woke up at 12 pm and all are gone =(

Someones just got some Sapphys in.

 

[nib95]

Just noticed that on a competitors site the powercolour, xfx and sapphire cards are all listed as coming with GRID2. Reflux must be correct.

Grid 2? There's a second coming out?

 

[asoxedri]

Ive slightly considerd ATI tho im waiting a month to see if theres any chance nivida bring something out but as i know nothing about ATI. What arethe best brands to get with best customer support patching and such ?. dont want to be stuck with a card like i did inthe past which wouldnt play a lot of games as patches were slow coming out.

sapphire do usually come out on top of the others in the later stages.

 

[straxusii]

OK just got off the phone to sales, apparently they never had any stock of XFX 5870 only sapphire's. It was an error on the website like the 5850's.

Nice one

 

[Azza]

Grid 2? There's a second coming out?

He means DIRT 2.