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

PGdude · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:27

muppet said:
bloody hell that looks longer than a conger

Who's conger, exactly?

straxusii · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:32

Perfect_Chaos said:
44% bare minimum on one game, which would mean 22fps increase if it runs at 50fps

Thing to bear in mind is that could have been in a game scoring 100fps already and cpu limited.

TNA · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:44

james.miller said:
thats great but that wasnt a launch card was it? my 8800gtx wasnt a launch card either, but it was still £330. but anyway, i did the same with a 9500np

the r9700 pro was ~£290 at launch.
the x800xt was ~£340 at launch.
the 2900 xt was ~£295 at launch.
the 3870 was ~£150 at launch.
the 4870 was ~£185 at launch.

Yeah, from what I recall was at least a month after. I remember a pro being £80-90 extra. Was my first time flashing bios, what a thrill, I remember being scared I may screw it up and my money will be down the toilet.

Yamahahahahaha · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:47

PGdude said:
Who's conger, exactly?

Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m (10 ft) in length. [/wiki]

That's quite strange because I always thought the conger was getting longer, la la la la...

PGdude · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:47

TNA said:
Yeah, from what I recall was at least a month after. I remember a pro being £80-90 extra. Was my first time flashing bios, what a thrill, I remember being scared I may screw it up and my money will be down the toilet.

Great to get the performance instead, then.

We'll have none of that these days, it seems, though.

Lightnix · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:55

So:

Long card.

Ladiesman417 · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:57

TNA said:
I paid £180 for my 9700 and flashed the BIOS and made it a pro. Still in my friends old rig and working fine and dandy

yarrak how you doing

Yamahahahahaha · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:59

Lightnix said:
So:

Long card.

That won't go in my case. Gah.

Edit: I've not seen any other sources saying 11.8inches, only 10.5... That custom cooler is longer than reference.

PGdude · 21 Sep 2009 at 18:59

Lightnix said:
So:
[snipped long card is long]

Long card.

Erp.

I may need to rethink my new case options.

magicroundabout · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:01

update. not sure if posted already but

Cards are launched on Wednesday this week *confirmed*

OCUK have the largest stock of Sapphire 5870's and a single card is reaching on stock over 25k in 3dmark06. What system it's benched with i don't know sorry.

also the approx end user price should be roughly £280 inclusive

and

Apparently it is outperforming gtx295 quite happily, with the added bonus that it is a DX11 part....

p0ss3s3d · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:01

Lightnix said:
Long card.

Holy macaroni. Thats ridiculous. But cool.

PGdude · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:04

Hemlock does sound pretty badass though.

Like a medieval beast of a man that slew any dragon that looked at him funny.

Hemlock was his *****.

Perfect_Chaos · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:05

magicroundabout said:
update. not sure if posted already but

Cards are launched on Wednesday this week *confirmed*

OCUK have the largest stock of Sapphire 5870's and a single card is reaching on stock over 25k in 3dmark06. What system it's benched with i don't know sorry.

also the approx end user price should be roughly £280 inclusive

and

Apparently it is outperforming gtx295 quite happily, with the added bonus that it is a DX11 part....

-25% to 100% of a 295 is not outperforming it from the benchmarks we have seen so far.

Tom|Nbk · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:06

Yamahahahahaha said:
That won't go in my case. Gah.

Edit: I've not seen any other sources saying 11.8inches, only 10.5... That custom cooler is longer than reference.

My case laughs at you all

TheGamingGeneral · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:06

Buckster said:
I'm going to guess at 299.99 for the 5870

anything over 300 will make people gulp - 299.99 sounds about right ?

I think you are right, an XFX XXX edition 2 GB card, may push past the £300 mark (launch day atleast) but thats at a stretch. If it was much more, then we are approaching, £600+ for a 5870X2? Nnnnah I dont think so (hope not!).

I think the 5850 will be £179-199 personally, as Nvidia will adjust the price point of the 285. And 249-279 for a 5870 1GB, 2GB and OC cards, over and above.

Atleast on launch day. Am still debating it here, am working this weekend, but off monday tuesday, and I have both days to fill

james.miller · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:07

lol. it'd fit in my silverston lc17. hmmm

Perfect_Chaos · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:09

i mean 85 - 100% i think.. oops

Lightnix · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:12

Yamahahahahaha said:
That won't go in my case. Gah.

Edit: I've not seen any other sources saying 11.8inches, only 10.5... That custom cooler is longer than reference.

I've heard 10.5" for Cypress (the 5870), but Hemlock is the X2 variant, which unless I'm mistaken hasn't had any info for released apart from that one slide.

PGdude · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:15

Tom|Nbk said:
My case laughs at you all

Here comes the battle of superiority/inferiority complex. All decided by case.

I think I'm at the bottom end of this scale. I'll end up keeping most of my rig outside the case :rolleyes:

magicroundabout · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:16

Perfect_Chaos said:
-25% to 100% of a 295 is not outperforming it from the benchmarks we have seen so far.

my quote is from someone who works at sapphire so are to be trusted.