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Discussion On The ATI Radeon 5*** Series Before They Have Been Released Thread
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Soldato
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So it seems the 384bit memory bus rumours are false. 1gb DDR5 will most likely mean a 256bit bus or a highly unlikely 512bit bus.
So in terms of price on release HD4850=$199 and HD4870=$299. Will the Evergreen cards be prices as aggressively? Or will AMD take advantage of the fact they will be first to market.
Considering that the HD4890 is currently selling for sub $200, it will depend on how much of a performance improvement.
Considering that the HD4890 is currently selling for sub $200, it will depend on how much of a performance improvement.
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Soldato
i wonder if it supporting three monitors will mean it can game accros them all, or if it will be the same as dual monitors at the moment where most games dont work with it.
Probably not, as Nvidia will not have a suitable competing product.
I suspect ATi is a lot wiser than nVidia in this respect.
They know they'll ultimately make more money selling these cheaper but selling far far more.
Even if it's about greed, selling it lower but selling in far higher volumes would be the most logical step anyway.
I expect the 5850 to be $199 and the 5870 to be $299
I would expect with something like softTH it'd be a posibility.
Man of Honour
5850 would rape a GTX260, no?
I'd expect this to be reasonable. The 48xx series isn't going away anytime soon I don't think, and with the current $=£ ratio market at present having a new £200 and £300 pair of cards doesnt seem unreasonable when theres no DirectX11 competiotion from Nvidia.....
Price gouging Nvidia style
Soldato
Old renders I think, but for your pleasure I'll post them anyway.
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Man of Honour
Bit long much?
Better fit in my P182...
Better fit in my P182...
Soldato
Posted this HSF pic earlier supposedly the 5870 cooler. But yeah, does look long, kinda X2 length.
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Im thinking of buying a few new components for my next build. Which consists of the following,
Intel i7 920
Asus X58 mobo (not sure which)
Corsair memory (not sure which)
I assume the above will be compatible with a 5 series ATI card? Im thinking of buying all the components apart from the GPU and waiting for the ATI 5 series? What sort of power supply would you recommend?
Cheers
Intel i7 920
Asus X58 mobo (not sure which)
Corsair memory (not sure which)
I assume the above will be compatible with a 5 series ATI card? Im thinking of buying all the components apart from the GPU and waiting for the ATI 5 series? What sort of power supply would you recommend?
Cheers
Soldato
those cards look alittle long unless its just the picture
I found that quite interesting. The way it read to me was the first part was written by the bit-tech staff, and the second part was a scripted piece by nVidia.
Thank you. Im thinking of building a few of these machines and just wanted to clear that up.
Soldato
Well, just posting this has caused at least 5 people to cancel orders for graphics cards. No-one is going to be buying anything between now and September 10th and NVidia's sales are almost bound to plummet. That's why they made the announcement. They're building demand. Look out for the pre-orders from 1st September forward for those that just have to have it NOW!
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