its on its way

Perfect_Chaos · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:27

Tom|Nbk said:
I think we're definitely looking close or above 500 for this

500 would be minimum, otherwise they would have to sell 5870's for less than 250, i dont think they would drop that fast surely?

psychas · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:28

as i said above if its 677 euro its over 600 £

Perfect_Chaos · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:29

psychas said:
as i said above if its 677 euro its over 600 £

yeah better to just get 2 5870's for people who have a capable motherboard.

rubin1961 · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:30

Things are happening to bloody fast,cant keep up.

Greebo · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:33

rick fowler said:
whens the eta of this then and ocuk better have more stock than the 5870's,this looks like a big card.all i need now is the date and the price

Reported but not confirmed to be $599 = £460 inc VAT

JediFragger · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:34

Was hoping these would be around £450, but looking like £500 is possible!

I don't need but I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant it

Greebo · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:34

Perfect_Chaos said:
500 would be minimum, otherwise they would have to sell 5870's for less than 250, i dont think they would drop that fast surely?

maybe but since Nviidia will have theirs out by then it makes sense. Launch the 5870 at $399 with no competition then drop to $299 on launch of the $599 5870X2.

davetrace1 · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:35

omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg its the same size as my penis

unknownsock · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:36

JediFragger said:
Was hoping these would be around £450, but looking like £500 is possible!

I don't need but I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant it

Haha isn't that always the case on these forums

Greebo · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:36

davetrace1 said:
omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg its the same size as my penis

On screen in the picture yes, in real life it's much much bigger

miker1 · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:38

JediFragger said:
Was hoping these would be around £450, but looking like £500 is possible!

I don't need but I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant it

My song that!

Perfect_Chaos · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:40

Greebo said:
maybe but since Nviidia will have theirs out by then it makes sense. Launch the 5870 at $399 with no competition then drop to $299 on launch of the $599 5870X2.

Fair enough, people who already have 1 card can then buy a 2nd for cheaper once the price drops a bit.. so i suppose everybody wins.

xGaffner · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:48

Pete.Dakota said:
Any - ANY - chance one of these would fit in an Antec 300? Might consider sawing off the unused drive bays to make space for this truck of a GPU.

Yeah you might need to...

Tom|Nbk · 25 Sep 2009 at 19:58

I'm expecting 500+ for these suckers. Virus it would be pointless you swapping your singles for one of these.

For a start you'd have depreciation and postage costs to think of when selling your old ones. 600 quid gets you an X2 now for a small premium providing you have XFIRE board.

TheOtherOption · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:00

Niiiice will possibly look to get me one of these as a room heater over the winter months

14" would be insane though - my sapphire 4870 only leaves me with about 2" or so till it would be in the 5"25' bay but thankfully I don't have anything in there so could *probably* accommodate one of these beasts!

chaparral · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:03

So who going be buying two of these ??? Tom|Nbk ??

Tom|Nbk · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:04

Perfect_Chaos said:
500 would be minimum, otherwise they would have to sell 5870's for less than 250, i dont think they would drop that fast surely?

Possibly a drop to $299 wiping out the 4800 series of course.

Lightnix · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:08

Tom|Nbk said:
Possibly a drop to $299 wiping out the 4800 series of course.

Sounds likely. Drop the 5870 to $299, drop the 5850 to $230, have the 5700 series start at $150 or so, and introduce the 5870 X2 at about $599.

Tom|Nbk · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:09

Yea sounds about right tbh.

Makes it a good option for people who bought the 5870 at launch as they will be spending the same or similar outlay for another 5870

Perfect_Chaos · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:13

Tom|Nbk said:
I'm expecting 500+ for these suckers. Virus it would be pointless you swapping your singles for one of these.

For a start you'd have depreciation and postage costs to think of when selling your old ones. 600 quid gets you an X2 now for a small premium providing you have XFIRE board.

Looking at 4870x2 and 2 4870's in crossfire the difference in power usage isn't much at all so i'd imagine it would be the same from 5870's to 5870x2?