*****ATI 6850 / 6870 NOW IN STOCK AT OCUK!*****

[Liampope]

We have it's just that some of fans have acceptance problems. This reminds perhaps we should all really geek out and a tribute thread for ATI.

They're all called ATIs in the shop.

 

[Slam62]

ordered a 6870, with Sat delivery, way cheaper than here, come on guys stop being greedy.

 

[mkfk1]

The other place selling them way cheaper (£176.45 and £132.67inc vat and del) has sold out now!

If OCUK were priced competitively I would have bought from here.

I just want to brag, I got in time this afternoon and pre order at 132.67 for the 6850.

 

[jorzeh]

If they was the same price as the other place i'd have bought from here but i didnt order yet im hopping ocuk comes thru for me

 

[Marine-RX179]

If they was the same price as the other place i'd have bought from here but i didnt order yet im hopping ocuk comes thru for me

I'm hoping OcUK would come through for me too, but for the Gigabyte/MSi Cyclone GTX460 1GB to below £140. They can keep their HAWK 2 for all I care

 

[Jordw]

What I want to know is - how on earth is anyone ever going to shift their remaining 5850s and 5870s?? They will have to come down massively in price to clear wont they? In which case I might be tempted by a 2nd 5850

I'm hoping this brings the prices of the 5870 down so I can look at crossfiring. If I hadn't within the last couple of months bought a 5870 I'd have probably bought 2 of the 6870s.

Interested in seeing the 69xx too.

 

[EdGey]

3870 -> 4870 -> 5870 -> and they decide to make the 6870 slower?

What is it with these companies. Do they purposly make it as difficuilt for the consumer to understand as possible?

 

[MoodyB]

The price is the giveaway.

Expecting a new card at £200 to perform better than a card that cost £300 new is pushing it a bit.

 

[Nodiggidy123]

The price is the giveaway.

Expecting a new card at £200 to perform better than a card that cost £300 new is pushing it a bit.

i know. i must admit when i saw the price of the 6870 a little bit of wee came out. would it be much of a performance boost over a gtx 280?

 

[MoodyB]

Probably not.

The 6870 is slightly quicker than a 5850. A GTX 285 is a bit quicker or slower than a 5850 depending on what website & game benchmark you look at.

I've no idea how much slower the 280 is compared to the 285, but I guess there isn't much in it.

Wait for the 6950 / 6970 for a bigger performance boost.

 

[oweneades]

i know. i must admit when i saw the price of the 6870 a little bit of wee came out. would it be much of a performance boost over a gtx 280?

Hopefully this will help:

Anandtech 5850 vx GTX285 comparison

The 6870 is roughly 10-15% faster than the HD5850 wheras the GTX280 is around 5-10% slower than the 285.

Looking at the graphs a 6870 would probably give you around 20-25% performance boost depending on the game.

 

[Defiant306]

They will always be ATI to me

+1 from me as well

We have it's just that some of fans have acceptance problems. This reminds perhaps we should all really geek out and a tribute thread for ATI.

To right I do, in my view ATI was a better brand over AMD as they became one company.

 

[kalvindeane]

Is it true these are 3D capable? Do they need 120mhz Monitors like the Nvidia cards do?

 

[Phoenixdancer]

Is it true these are 3D capable? Do they need 120mhz Monitors like the Nvidia cards do?

Yes they will i presume as the concept is still the same.