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

londonbairn · 12 Sep 2009 at 18:00

Him selling shares doesn't mean much, it's low volume anyway, could be funding anything, new house maybe?

NV have other areas they seem to be doing well in so it's not like they're going crash...

Sasahara · 12 Sep 2009 at 18:17

It might just be a case of selling at the right time, before your main competitor launches what is expected to be a good product.

Then buy them back when the prices goes down.

D13 · 12 Sep 2009 at 18:19

rofl, it is strange timing isnt it?

rubin1961 · 12 Sep 2009 at 18:30

I just hope ocuk get plenty of these cards when relesed cos there is many of us on here who will be purchasing as soon as they appear.

TheRedZealot · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:11

I'm giving them a week or two, all depends on when my 4870 dies

Azza · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:27

rubin1961 said:
I just hope ocuk get plenty of these cards when relesed cos there is many of us on here who will be purchasing as soon as they appear.

Apparently the yield is fantastic on the new GPU, so there should be tons around on launch day.

Tom|Nbk · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:28

Wants to hurry up this X1900XT is hot loud and useless.

JBuk · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:35

I know there's no concrete facts yet but how much faster will a 5870 be compared to a 8800GT do you lot estimate going on the rumours & specualtion so far?

Tom|Nbk · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:38

JBuk said:
I know there's no concrete facts yet but how much faster will a 5870 be compared to a 8800GT do you lot estimate going on the rumours & specualtion so far?

A huge deal faster.

manoz · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:40

Tom|Nbk said:
Wants to hurry up this X1900XT is hot loud and useless.

Mine too, it's the noisiest thing in my room now, crashes in Res5 benchmark, games unsmooth and artifacting.....(still love it though)

Lightnix · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:43

JBuk said:
I know there's no concrete facts yet but how much faster will a 5870 be compared to a 8800GT do you lot estimate going on the rumours & specualtion so far?

Given the 4870 1GB is something like 40-45% faster than the 8800 GT, and the 5870 about twice as fast as the 4870, maybe two and three quarters the speed just as a rough estimation?

Rroff · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:49

Depends a lot - at higher res or shader heavy games you'd see bigger increases than lower res, etc.

If we were to put some theoretical numbers on it taking COD4 as an example it would be something like:

49.8 - 8800GT
78 - 4890
163 - 5870

EDIT: Say we threw something that uses a high end deferred shader program into the mix and it would look something like:

5fps - 8800GT
11fps - 4890
35fps - 5870

spitzoid · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:51

ViRuS2k said:
http://www.direct2drive.co.uk/8234/product/Buy-Batman:-Arkham-Asylum-UK-Download

it says preorder but when you buy it, it downloads to your pc hdd.
then all you have to do is activate it though it might not work anymore as there was a glitch on there system that activated a few hundred copys early lol but if you cant activate it im sure there is a crack out that activates it for you.

Trolling yet again!

Buckster · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:02

I thought it wasn't released either <confused!>

and you chose to pay WAY more than the shop prices for a download version ?

mmmm............

kylew · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:18

Buckster said:
I thought it wasn't released either <confused!>

and you chose to pay WAY more than the shop prices for a download version ?

mmmm............

To be fair, even if he did buy it from direct2drive, he could have used a crack on his preloaded copy and played it.

He's bought it after all, though he does appear to be getting the same issues as 'pirate' users, like the no AA for example...

kylew · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:18

spitzoid said:
Sounds like a load of BS to me, like the rest of your posts.

Do you HAVE to be like that?

kylew · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:20

Lightnix said:
Given the 4870 1GB is something like 40-45% faster than the 8800 GT, and the 5870 about twice as fast as the 4870, maybe two and three quarters the speed just as a rough estimation?

They were a bit more than 40-50% faster, a 4870 was over 2x as fast as a 3870 and roughly on par with a 9800GX2, maybe a bit slower.

JBuk · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:20

Tom|Nbk said:
A huge deal faster.

Lightnix said:
Given the 4870 1GB is something like 40-45% faster than the 8800 GT, and the 5870 about twice as fast as the 4870, maybe two and three quarters the speed just as a rough estimation?

Rroff said:
Depends a lot - at higher res or shader heavy games you'd see bigger increases than lower res, etc.

If we were to put some theoretical numbers on it taking COD4 as an example it would be something like:

49.8 - 8800GT
78 - 4890
163 - 5870

EDIT: Say we threw something that uses a high end deferred shader program into the mix and it would look something like:

5fps - 8800GT
11fps - 4890
35fps - 5870

That's pretty much what I was hoping, so like for like in an older tech game it could be around 3 - 4 times faster but obviously it will really shine in the newer stuff with the more advance shaders that the 8800gt just can't handle

Zenduri · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:22

Tbh im amazed at how childish a lot of the posters have got recently in this thread.

Anyway, im going to wait a month to see if the price drops a little once the 5870's been released then snap one up.

Im thinking a x1650 to a 5870 should be a extremely nice treat.
kind of like going from a dogturd sandwich to a expensive rare breed, medium rare steak for me! lol

kylew · 12 Sep 2009 at 20:24

HybridX said:
Tbh im amazed at how childish a lot of the posters have got recently in this thread.

Anyway, im going to wait a month to see if the price drops a little once the 5870's been released then snap one up.

Im thinking a x1650 to a 5870 should be a extremely nice treat.
kind of like going from a dogturd sandwich to a expensive rare breed, medium rare steak for me! lol

Expensive rare breed medium rare? You've got quite a specification for a steak there.