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

AshFU · 9 Sep 2009 at 12:48

so when are these cards up for pre order? we talking soon'ish or later in the year ?

Fens · 9 Sep 2009 at 13:17

michaelmk86 said:
Can someone ban kylew, because is getting very annoying.

lol the irony...keep it up though mate, your blatant trolling has been mildly amusing

Looking forward to seeing benchmarks and prices, may well be tempted to upgrade my trusty old 4850 before the pre-christmas games release bonanza begins.

muggs · 9 Sep 2009 at 13:24

so will we deffos get benchmarks tomorrow or what?

Fenris · 9 Sep 2009 at 13:32

muggs said:
so will we deffos get benchmarks tomorrow or what?

No one knows, I thourght this had been established.

We "expect" to get benchmarks tomorrow as it is the official release of the cards, so any reviewers that have received and benched the cards but until now couldn't show these, should.

Dark_Angel · 9 Sep 2009 at 13:34

Looking forward to the numbers

Guys please relax on calling each other trolls... you don't want the dons to issue holidays

PakJai · 9 Sep 2009 at 13:52

It's silly to ask about benchmarks before or on the day of release. Reviewers will most likely not have the time to produce a decent full review, even if they did, it will not be an optimum nor fair one. Just be patient and wait

Tute · 9 Sep 2009 at 14:04

I thought they got the review samples ages ago and were free to get benching, but were bound by NDA as to when they could publish it?

Normally Anandtech have reviews ready to go on day of release!

bru · 9 Sep 2009 at 14:22

It will be so funny if tommorrow all we get is the specs and a few pics, with all the benchmarking and reviews and more important the prices still to come at a later date.

fross · 9 Sep 2009 at 14:36

Consensus seems to be the NDA is the 22nd, tomorrow is just the paper launch. So it may be a slow day tomorrow :/ I hope not though!

gary996 · 9 Sep 2009 at 14:53

5870x2 wanted here. But will be wanting water cooled so will have to wait for these to come out before i purchase

LoadsaMoney · 9 Sep 2009 at 14:57

bru said:
It will be so funny if tommorrow all we get is the specs and a few pics, with all the benchmarking and reviews and more important the prices still to come at a later date.

Tomorrow will be pics and specs, will just be a presentation/slideshow, prices should be confirmed though, and when they'll be available.

Tute · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:07

bru said:
It will be so funny if tommorrow all we get is the specs and a few pics, with all the benchmarking and reviews and more important the prices still to come at a later date.

I think it might be followed by a sacking and pillaging of the ATI HQ.

reflux · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:09

I'll be grabbing a 5870 if they're reasonably priced. My 260 is a workhorse but it's time to move on.

Metalface Mark · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:16

reflux said:
I'll be grabbing a 5870 if they're reasonably priced. My 260 is a workhorse but it's time to move on.

Thats how i feel with my 275, but when you see the Resident Evil 5 benchie and in particular the Batman Arkham demo, and just how amazingly perfect it runs with physx and 60fps graphics at high res, it makes you wonder whats the point in upgrading when lazy developers arent churning out stuff as high quality as this every time which would make sure no one needs an upgrade.

dustofnations · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:22

Metalface Mark said:
Thats how i feel with my 275, but when you see the Resident Evil 5 benchie and in particular the Batman Arkham demo, and just how amazingly perfect it runs with physx and 60fps graphics at high res, it makes you wonder whats the point in upgrading when lazy developers arent churning out stuff as high quality as this every time which would make sure no one needs an upgrade.

The industry will ensure that it never gets to a point where "no one needs an upgrade", that's for sure

SfnX · 9 Sep 2009 at 15:35

ye if they make a game (except crisis) thatrequires you get the lastest and greatest hardware then casual gamers arent rly gonna go for it, also for people who cant spend as much freely.

Broken Hope · 9 Sep 2009 at 16:24

1600 SP and 80 TMU's it is then.

Currently AMD invites selected representatives of the press in order to present their newest generation of graphic cards, the HD 5850 and HD 5870 series, which will be released at the end of the month.

According to SemiAccurate the new graphic cards offer over 1600 stream processors. Trusted sources confirmed this feature and enabled us to have a closer look on the architecture of the cards.
Actually AMD quite simply doubled the number of SIMD units from 10 to 20. Still every SIMD unit contains 16 5D units and a Quad-TMU. Overall: 1600 stream processors and 80 TMUs.

* 40 nanometres
* 1600 SPs
* 80 TMUs
* 256 Bit GDDR5
* September 2009

Based on equal clock frequencies the new models have theoretically twice as much shader and texture performance as the present HD 4850 and HD 4870 series. Though increasing the power more than a 100 per cent will just be possible in a few cases, as the memory interface is still restricted up to 256 bits. Nevertheless AMD improved the performance quite a lot and developed a remarkable graphic card series, which outclasses his older brothers easily.

http://www.hardware-infos.com/news.php?news=3184&sprache=1

gary996 · 9 Sep 2009 at 17:22

Why did they restrict the memory interface to 256 bits. Is it easier to do or does it keep the price down?

Broken Hope · 9 Sep 2009 at 17:25

gary996 said:
Why did they restrict the memory interface to 256 bits. Is it easier to do or does it keep the price down?

Mainly because it's easier and also because as chips get smaller they can't physically put the amount of pads needed for a wider interface. 256 bit with fast GDDR5 is plenty of bandwidth anyway.

straxusii · 9 Sep 2009 at 17:27

Doesnt mention ROPS, was 16 on the 4870 and alledgedly will be 32 on the 5870.