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Discussion On The ATI Radeon 5*** Series Before They Have Been Released Thread

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NickK said:
Hmm - Mac Pro twin quads, 16GB, 5870 2GB. Things could get interesting next year!
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Yeah that will be great for all them Mac games... oh wait...

Anyway you could build a PC that matches any Mac specs, with higher quality components, and for less money.
 
Rroff said:
This is one of the reasons I dislike all the dogging of physx and CUDA - they've been out ages, they are well rounded, mature products and no one else can be bothered to create their own alternative or actively work towards a common standard... eventually we'll have open CL and physics implementations on that but it will be ages before its at the same calibre if even that as of CUDA and physx... unnecessarily holding up progress for months or even years.
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You forgot about Microsofts DirectCompute API? Sometimes called Compute Shader. It's supported in the latest NV drivers.
Not quite as advanced as OpenCL though.
 
Wakinglimb said:
I tried to find a thread from a couple of weeks ago in which those of us recommending just getting a £120 HD4890 now rather than waiting (just a week) for the new ATI cards were ridiculed by Kylew et al. I am just wondering if they are still thinking that a £120 HD4890 is a poor purchase following a- the lack of concrete details and b- the ever more possible £220 plus price tag?

I'm not trying to be argumentative with this one, just wondering if the extreme optimism of a 2x performance, £150 graphics card has subsided or if there is still a feeling that could materialise.
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Go read the comments again, especially if you're gonna pick my name out especially.

I told people to wait a few days until the 10th to see if we get any news about the graphics cards, as well as making people aware that there are new cards coming. Not everyone knew that ATi were releasing new cards.

23rd is what? Less than 2 weeks past the 10th, yeah I can see your point now, a massive 2 weeks...

We don't know the prices for sure, they still could turn out to be $199 and $299.

All we've seen is <$400.

That ranges from $0-399.99.

:rolleyes:
 
kylew said:
We don't know the prices for sure, they still could turn out to be $199 and $299.

All we've seen is <$400.

That ranges from $0-399.99.

:rolleyes:
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That's clutching at straws a little.

AMDs own slides show "under $400" for the 5870 and "under $300" for the 5850. It's fair to assume this means $399 and $299 - anything else would have been a missed marketing opportunity. If it turns out to be less, I'll eat my hat.
 
Duff-Man said:
That's clutching at straws a little.

AMDs own slides show "under $400" for the 5870 and "under $300" for the 5850. It's fair to assume this means $399 and $299 - anything else would have been a missed marketing opportunity. If it turns out to be less, I'll eat my hat.
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It's not clutching at straws at all, I'm not 'hoping' that those are the prices, I'd be able to afford $299 or $399, that's not the issue.

The issue is what makes the most sense, and $299 and $399 makes absolutely no sense to me what so ever.
 
gurusan said:
299 for a 5850 seems a bit much
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To me, what makes sense is price points being associated with 'model numbers' as such.

If, for example, they released a 5450, without seeing the performance, you'll have a rough idea of what that card should cost.

Say you find out its performance equals that of a 4870 (theory don't forget)

Would you then assume its price should match?

Price to performance isn't relative, price for performance is only an interest to the consumer.
 
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