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Oh god, still using those crap loud coolers by the looks of it, thought they would have at least changed those buggers for these, oh well, looks like a wait for the more expensive custom cooled cards then as per usual![]()
Oh god, still using those crap loud coolers by the looks of it, thought they would have at least changed those buggers for these, oh well, looks like a wait for the more expensive custom cooled cards then as per usual![]()
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
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5850 would rape a GTX260, no?
I think the reason for that cooler is purely to keep there partners happy so they can sell the more expensive custom cooled cards. I am no big fan of noise but as long as a card performs and is cheap i don't care to much about the noise. I can't hear people shouting at me with my headset on in an fps never mind a hoover fan.
5850 would rape a GTX260, no?
According to a fresh report by Donanim Haber, AMD's next performance graphics accelerator, the Radeon HD 5870, codenamed "Cypress" is expected to be aggressively priced, at US $299. At that price, it intends to be highly competitive against GeForce GTX 285 from NVIDIA. The secret-sauce behind the price could be the 40 nm fab process on which the GPU is being built, which allows upping transistor counts while maintaining significantly smaller die-sizes compared to 55 nm.
There is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the specifications of the GPU, including what level of performance with existing application could it end up offering. Some sources, such as ChipHell, which are one of the first to leak pictures of components related to various Evergreen family products claim the Cypress GPU to have an almost 100% increase in stream processor counts compared to RV770, while others remain conservative expecting it to be around 50%. With this kind of a pricing, Cypress could trigger market-wide changes in GPU pricing, if it ends up with a good price/performance ratio at $299.
Cypress is expected to be launched on 22 September, close to two weeks after the company unveils the Evergreen family of DirectX 11 compliant GPUs on September 10. Market availability is expected in October. In related news from the same report, the enthusiast-grade accelerator that uses two of these GPUs, codenamed "Hemlock", is expected to be out in November.
One other new information and also code-named the Hemlock known as the R800 graphics processor with dual new "X2" models. Radeon HD 5870 model expected to have power double RV870. Hemlock or potential naming with the Radeon HD 5870 is said to be launched in November
My guess is they will start at ~£260 but soon drop to £220-£230. Most retailers like to add a bit of "padding" on release.How much would that be here?
Unless ATI have all been bashing there heads against a wall for a year then yes.
I mean why would they bring out a card that is less powerful than something 2 generations behind it?
Yeah be as usual with Nvidia i rekon, they won't let us down im sure, especially if they are GDDR5 on a 512 bus![]()