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

[LoadsaMoney]

what have you heard please

Im saying nothing, will find out tomorrow if it was right.

 

[Frame352]

Im saying nothing, will find out tomorrow if it was right.

We'll ask questions, and you can answer them in smiley format

 

[magicroundabout]

but you could have heard anything and say if it is right or not.

you should narrow it down if your not going to give your info away completely.

is it price?
performance?

 

[Randell]

so is it true that its not as fast as a gtx295? heard something like 40% less hmm not good is it

the benchmarks linked to indicate its about 75%-95% the speed of a GTX295, depending on the game. If its around 80% the cost of the 295, why is that bad?

 

[straxusii]

What's that loadsa it's actually a 512bit GDDR5 memory bus? AND 3200 shaders! woohoo!!

 

[Kenai]

Im saying nothing, will find out tomorrow if it was right.

This is BS, you're just trying to pull a Derren Brown lottery stunt!!

'I reckon I know something but I can't tell you if i'm right or not until the information is public anyway'

I know your game, it won't wash here

 

[DeadMan]

Yeah what he said.. and btw my card was the 6 of hearts.. WTF!!!

 

[mmj_uk]

Im saying nothing, will find out tomorrow if it was right.

Will it be along the lines of "How much?!?" QQ or just not enough to go around?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

All ill say is, if what i have heard is right, then prepare to be dissapointed tomorrow, as what has been said already by some people, is going to have turned out wrong.

 

[Countcussy]

All ill say is, if what i have heard is right, then prepare to be dissapointed tomorrow, as what has been said already by some people, is going to have turned out wrong.

Ordered some redbull & popcorn. Sleeping may not be an option


Ooooo Post number 666.

 

[toon_mad]

am i the only one who cannot see much difference between the DX10 and DX11?

http://www.alexnab.com/01hardware02/images/0210_08.jpg

 

[fross]

Over 100 pages of discussion omg! What's going to happen when the cards DO come out?

 

[gurusan]

Over 100 pages of discussion omg! What's going to happen when the cards DO come out?

An "official" thread with reviews and such consolidated to 1 thread...and probably an "official 5870/5850 overclocking" thread.

 

[kylew]

am i the only one who cannot see much difference between the DX10 and DX11?

http://www.alexnab.com/01hardware02/images/0210_08.jpg

I think you are.

Look closely, better lighting, better shadows, sharper crisper textures and the texture of the objects appears to be a bit 'rougher' in the sense that the tree bark looks rougher like it's bump mapped or something.

Although, the images are at slightly different angles, so the stuff missing from the 10.1 image could be due to that.

The shadows are definitely darker on the DX11 image, but also softer at the edges.

 

[booyaka]

All ill say is, if what i have heard is right, then prepare to be dissapointed tomorrow, as what has been said already by some people, is going to have turned out wrong.

so it's just you who has heard something and no one else?

 

[tdream]

am i the only one who cannot see much difference between the DX10 and DX11?

http://www.alexnab.com/01hardware02/images/0210_08.jpg

The shadow on the DX10 picture is too dark, DX11 uses global illumination and deferred shading to create realistic looking shadows

It's subtle in that picture but will be not so subtle when there are lots of shadows on shadows. It's like Crysis with "realistic" config. The shadows are waaaay too dark. A lot of the shadows are way too dark even in direct sunlight. I think the most visually easy way of improving visual fidelity is to use better textures/shaders on everything. Wall, ground, all models and increase the resolution the closer you are to them.

 

[gurusan]

What have you heard loadsa? Surely this can't be another R600 hype and then fail thing going on?

 

[fross]

Look closely, better lighting, better shadows, sharper crisper textures and the texture of the objects appears to be a bit 'rougher' in the sense that the tree bark looks rougher like it's bump mapped or something.

Personally, I can only really see the better, smoother edges of the shadows, the rest looks the same to me...

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

All ill say is, if what i have heard is right, then prepare to be dissapointed tomorrow, as what has been said already by some people, is going to have turned out wrong.

My guess is that this refers to the price.

5850 = £300
5870 = £400

would be pretty disappointing for example.

 

[tdream]

I think you are.

Look closely, better lighting, better shadows, sharper crisper textures and the texture of the objects appears to be a bit 'rougher' in the sense that the tree bark looks rougher like it's bump mapped or something.

Although, the images are at slightly different angles, so the stuff missing from the 10.1 image could be due to that.

The shadows are definitely darker on the DX11 image, but also softer at the edges.

There's no difference in the textures.