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** Official omg I just got my 5870 thread **

So they have a crap fan profile then ? I suppose they just cook everything in the case !

Have You tried manual fan settings ?
 
Just tired NFS: Shift with my 5870... Didn't do much hehe. It's fixed the framerate when it is smooth but most corners = slight gutter framerate (30-40fps)
 
maxilive said:
Just tired NFS: Shift with my 5870... Didn't do much hehe. It's fixed the framerate when it is smooth but most corners = slight gutter framerate (30-40fps)
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This came from the hardocp review.

AMD provided this tidbit of information regarding NFS: Shift.

In another TWIMTBP title, we submitted a list of issues that we discovered during the games’ development. These issues include inefficiencies in how the game engine worked with our hardware in addition to real bugs, etc.. We have sent this list to the developer for review.

Unfortunately you will be unable to get a fair assessment of our hardware’s performance on this software until the developer releases a patch to address and fix our reported issues.
 
TheRealDeal said:
This came from the hardocp review.

AMD provided this tidbit of information regarding NFS: Shift.

In another TWIMTBP title, we submitted a list of issues that we discovered during the games’ development. These issues include inefficiencies in how the game engine worked with our hardware in addition to real bugs, etc.. We have sent this list to the developer for review.

Unfortunately you will be unable to get a fair assessment of our hardware’s performance on this software until the developer releases a patch to address and fix our reported issues.
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+1 shame on EA for doing this to ATI card owners, had a feelin it wasnt the cards at fault, and cant see EA fixing it either

Also did no one get these cards yesterday, or were they all online only orders
 
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TheRealDeal said:
In another TWIMTBP title, we submitted a list of issues that we discovered during the games’ development. These issues include inefficiencies in how the game engine worked with our hardware in addition to real bugs, etc.. We have sent this list to the developer for review.
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IIRC this was a case of 6 to one and half a dozen to the other - they requested some fixes on the ATI side where standard features didn't work as uh standard and ATI weren't forthcoming either...
 
hyperst said:
+1 shame on EA for doing this to ATI card owners, had a feelin it wasnt the cards at fault, and cant see EA fixing it either

Also did no one get these cards yesterday, or were they all online only orders
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I'm very careful when it comes to TWIWMTBP and whatever the ATI one is games. If they dont play well I always DSR them.
 
tested the autosoftware clocks

900 core 1300 stable with out voltage jumps and stock fan speeds :)
temps are quite high
but within spec

ATI cards after all love to run hot
and optimaly hot and if ATI built them this way then they must know what there doing.
:p
 
ViRuS2k said:
tested the autosoftware clocks

900 core 1300 stable with out voltage jumps and stock fan speeds :)
temps are quite high
but within spec

ATI cards after all love to run hot
and optimaly hot and if ATI built them this way then they must know what there doing.
:p
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Virus - seriously now, are they quieter than your 4870x2?
 
straxusii said:
One thing is for sure, when the GTX380/360 come out if they are significantly better than the 5870 they will be a lot more money as ATI will drop the price.

Ran vantage on extreme 5870 still @ stock
X8213
GPU score of 8033

3Dmark06 at default
20010
sm2/sm3/cpu
7596/9921/5379

Probably CPU limited I guess for 06, I had hwmonitor running in the background this time and the highest temp the GPU reached was 77C

Crank the 3dmark06 settings up to 1920x1200/4xAA/16xAF and score is 16408, temp reaches 84C
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Yeah it must be a CPU bottleneck as I get 22500 on 3DMark06 with my 4890 and i7.
 
MDPlatts said:
What I'm wondering is wheres the traditional spoiler from NVidia - i.e. new drivers with magic performance boost - or are they running so hard already with the 4890 that their out of breath and have nothing left - or did both companies get such pastings over such things in the past that they do it in the monthly driver updates now rather than wait for the opposition to "release" ?

This is not dig at NVidia - it would be AMD in my sights if it were the other way round.

M.
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I was thinking exactly the same, very unlike Nvidia to keep quiet during an ATI launch
 
Given the recent batman/physx comment it may simply be Nvidia dont HAVE anything to counter with. Its been a while since they were so majorly on the backfoot.
 
jigger said:
4870 512 > 4870 1024 > 4890.

I think it safe to say ATI will have refreshed at least once by the time the GTX300 hits.
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Sigh - did you even read what I wrote?

4870 > 4890 was a refresh.

4870 > 5870 was a generation.

So, I expect a 5890 refresh in 6 months as you say - NOT a new generation 6870. That'll be 15moths away.
 
amigafan2003 said:
Sigh - did you even read what I wrote?

4870 > 4890 was a refresh.

4870 > 5870 was a generation.

So, I expect a 5890 refresh in 6 months as you say - NOT a new generation 6870. That'll be 15moths away.
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Maybe not the 5870 was delayed because of the 40nm tsmc problems. I believe amd wanted these cards released around 4 months ago. I still think a 6 series will be around a year away.
 
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Comparing size with the 3870

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My messy case :D But pure awesome inside! Very stock PC...
 
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