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

[magicroundabout]

all for under $400.

nvidia are gonna need something special up there sleeve to come even close to these

 

[londonbairn]

Jesus, they look amazing! They really have delivered I hope!

Where are the naysayers to tell us that it's rubbish and we should invest in PhysX etc?!

 

[mrk]

PhysX is awesome and I think these new ATI cards will fail because the dirvers will be as rubbish as ever, all show no go.













Heh.

 

[ViRuS2k]

PhysX is awesome and I think these new ATI cards will fail because the dirvers will be as rubbish as ever, all show no go.













Heh.

someone got any bleech we got bugs lol

 

[Vince]

PhysX is awesome and I think these new ATI cards will fail because the dirvers will be as rubbish as ever, all show no go.













Heh.

I have as many issues with my Nvidia cards as I do my ATI ones, both companies are as bad as each other in this respect.

 

[mrk]

The above 2 people need to be put down tbh for not spotting the last line!

 

[hideki]

what is the current gens power on load/idle, just to compare with those new numbers

 

[Vince]

The above 2 people need to be put down tbh for not spotting the last line!

Touche my friend

 

[reflux]

The above 2 people need to be put down tbh for not spotting the last line!

mrk you joker!

 

[mrk]

what is the current gens power on load/idle, just to compare with those new numbers

ATI 5870
Idle: 27w
Max: 188w


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Puts things into perspective

 

[mrk]

The idle power consumption alone would save me a pretty penny each month as my comp is idle 24/7 (never gets turned off as I access it from work).

Absolutely amazing stuff.

 

[md99]

all for under $400.

nvidia are gonna need something special up there sleeve to come even close to these

They will. Quadruple the cost of the 5870 and one will be yours

Can't wait for this card, was going to get a 5850 but I'm definitely going for the 5870 now.

And a new 23" monitor and Coolermaster 932. Looks like I'll be back on the dog food for a few months

 

[Nelly]

Would be rather amusing if the 5*** series is optimised for AM3 & reaches higher fps than using P55 chipset!! lol but I doubt it but you never know.

 

[reflux]

ATI 5870
Idle: 27w
Max: 188w


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Puts things into perspective

What's the base wattage draw of the system then?

 

[queamin]

The above 2 people need to be put down tbh for not spotting the last line!

bah i am getting on and couldn't see it either

 

[mrk]

What's the base wattage draw of the system then?

No idea, I just googled it.

My PC uses 268watts being idle according to a PSU calc online, that does not account for the gfx card going into idle mode or the lower fan speeds I have + the sub 10% power usage it sits at most of the day so that 268 is probably 100watts less.

I guess I should buy a meter to calculate a day's idleness usage and then again when the 5870 arrives

 

[Fire Wizard]

ATI 5870
Idle: 27w
Max: 188w

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*Snip (Picture)*

Puts things into perspective

I'm afraid that isn't really a fair comparison since that chart shows the wattage rating of the entire system as opposed to those screen shots which show the wattage of the actual card itself. Regardless of that though, the ATI Radeon 5870 power consumption is still better than the ATI Radeon 4870 which consumes around 90 watts when idle and the ATI Radeon 4890 which consumes about 60 watts when idle.

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[rossw]

R.I.P nVidia..

 

[hideki]

Puts things into perspective

thats what i was looking for, thnx

 

[Tute]

mrk, don't forget the graph is system draw and the figures reported are for the graphics card only.