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Discussion On The ATI Radeon 5*** Series Before They Have Been Released Thread
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Oh god, they still using those crap loud coolers by the looks of it, thought they would have at least changed those buggers, oh well, looks like a wait for the more expensive custom cooled cards then as per usual 
Thats a 5850 above, i hope its just the way that pic has been taken that makes it look about 30ft long, otherwise the 5870's not gona fit many cases, as it will be longer than that
Ahh hang on, that'll be the OEM jobbie more than likely, as i remember that other OEM card pic doing the rounds before that looked massive as well, and when the retails came out, they were much shorter.
Thats a 5850 above, i hope its just the way that pic has been taken that makes it look about 30ft long, otherwise the 5870's not gona fit many cases, as it will be longer than that
Ahh hang on, that'll be the OEM jobbie more than likely, as i remember that other OEM card pic doing the rounds before that looked massive as well, and when the retails came out, they were much shorter.
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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
Agreed, can't believe they haven't learned their lesson yet...
They should at least offer two versions of the cards from launch, at different price points. A lot of people demand a decent cooler and don't want a jet engine roaring away in their PC.
Sapphire and Power Color both produced excellent coolers for the 4890, why can't AMD manage this themselves?
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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
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.
Soldato
Yes, that build will work just fine with any recent GPU, and no reason to assume otherwise with the new cards. It should make for a good system.
As for PSUs, if I were buying now for the system you propose, I'd probably go for the Corsair TX650. Good solid power supply, nice and quiet, stable rails at a good efficiency, and should give you enough headroom to add a second card if you like (assuming that the power draw on this generation is at least similar to the last).
Does anyone know for certain when these cards are going to be on the shelves? I know a man on the inside but he's been incredibly tight lipped this time round, hopefully he will spill some beans in a day or two. He normally sells me his hand me downs very close to the release date but the only email he's sent me lately says to contact him late September at the earliest...
Does this mean we will be able to game on three displayes without the t2go?
I hope the 5870x2 will maxout all games at 2560 1600!
I read on another well known forum nvidia are working on a gx2 version of the 300gtx!
Whos gonna win the 300gx2 or the 5870x2. I have a feeling the ati ones may be cheaper.
Soldato
Assuming 5850 will be about 20% slower than the 5870 then if a 5850 wont even beat a GTX 260 by a good margin i think the performance is going to be rubbish.
Soldato
I am actually using the 4890 stock cooler now and it's not bad at all, until I fire up a game then it makes some noise. But tbh not much more than my old GTX 280 did. I seem to remember my 4870 stock cooler being MUCH, MUCH louder?
It is a disappointment that they haven't changed the cooling system though
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Soldato
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?
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$299, nice. 
Soldato
How much would that be here?
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.
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$299 is around £182 here i think, but i can't see them being that low, so id say maybe £260, or anywhere inbetween that and £300, doubt they'll be much more going by how the 4800 series were priced.
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Soldato
well its about what I think (£250) I m guessing the Nvida will be over £300
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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
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Soldato
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
if thats the case I ll would say £400
for the Nvida card, I rember what happened with the GTX280 - Status