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

magicroundabout said:
crossfire review for Virus boy (and others) ;)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870_CrossFire/

sorry if posted already
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getting to the conclusion i think they're fanboys of Nvidia

Not meant for resolutions lower than 1080p = You wouldn't crossfire @ 1024x768 would you! would you?
Requires a CrossFire supportive motherboard with two PCI-Express slots = Obviously
At its high price, it loses competiveness = Fair Point. could SLI 2x 295's and spend another £80 instead
In a pair, HD 5870 heats up the case pretty bad = Add another fan
DirectX 11 won't be relevant for quite a while
No support for CUDA / PhysX
 
magicroundabout said:
getting to the conclusion i think they're fanboys of Nvidia

Not meant for resolutions lower than 1080p = You wouldn't crossfire @ 1024x768 would you! would you?
Requires a CrossFire supportive motherboard with two PCI-Express slots = Obviously
At its high price, it loses competiveness = Fair Point. could SLI 2x 295's and spend another £80 instead
In a pair, HD 5870 heats up the case pretty bad = Add another fan
DirectX 11 won't be relevant for quite a while
No support for CUDA / PhysX
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Aye wrote by W1zards sleeve, he's probably on the Jen-Hsung payroll.
 
ViRuS2k said:
Yeah a bigger hit to my frames aswell no thanks i beleave i have the optimum res for my gameing needs :)
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About 20% by the look of it. Well, 8% if you factor in the improvement in scaling for the higher res.

There's a good chance my maths is completely wrong though! :p
 
Blah, 10.38 and still no pics or decent meaty home review. We have to beat America people - they are FIVE HOURS BEHIND!!!!

People who are recieving them are not at home or not posting. This is driving me insane.

Time for another coffee.
 
magicroundabout said:
getting to the conclusion i think they're fanboys of Nvidia

Not meant for resolutions lower than 1080p = You wouldn't crossfire @ 1024x768 would you! would you?
Requires a CrossFire supportive motherboard with two PCI-Express slots = Obviously
At its high price, it loses competiveness = Fair Point. could SLI 2x 295's and spend another £80 instead
In a pair, HD 5870 heats up the case pretty bad = Add another fan
DirectX 11 won't be relevant for quite a while
No support for CUDA / PhysX
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Why, the reviews I've read show that SLI GTX285's pretty much match Xfire 5870's for £200 or so less?
 
So far all I see here is people saying they have their cards, but no pics, no benchies, a WoW troll and the like. Pointless really in making such a thread, that we have to wait 4 maybe 5 pages before we see anything realistic...

At this rate, I might just go to Virus2K's house and know for a fact I'll get more than I bargained for :p lol :D
 
I was expecting pics of people unwrapping around 9-10 AM. But yeah so far just 1 dude talking about WoW of all games :mad:
 
CK61938 said:
So far all I see here is people saying they have their cards, but no pics, no benchies, a WoW troll and the like. Pointless really in making such a thread, that we have to wait 4 maybe 5 pages before we see anything realistic...

At this rate, I might just go to Virus2K's house and know for a fact I'll get more than I bargained for :p lol :D
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Oh er?:o

Tom|Nbk said:
SLI 285's is basically a 295 right?
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More like SLI 275's isn't it?
 
lol that did make me laugh when i see the 1 st person to test the best card out,, goes and tests it on WoW :S
 
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