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Some questions
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1. no one knows
2. no one knows.
added question:
3. why am i asking questions nobody knows the answer to bc of NDAs?
ANSWER: Not sure but please WAIT and FIND OUT.
2. no one knows.
added question:
3. why am i asking questions nobody knows the answer to bc of NDAs?
ANSWER: Not sure but please WAIT and FIND OUT.
Aaah OK thanks. What about the 6870 ?
1. According to Gibbo around £350-£400 on release.
2. Xfire for the 5xxx series is not as optimised as for the 6xxx series but in any case I would expect performance to be around the same or possibly a bit better for the 6970. Xfiring also causes other issues (such as heat, microshuttering, yadada....
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Absolutely no concrete answers available - however I'd be happy to wildly speculate
1) Considering the cost of the 5870 at UK launch (~£300) then it would logical that they may be around here. However, the price of these cards did climb up shortly after release (to around £340 if memory serves) due to lack of competition and currency factors - so the competition will have a large effect on the price.
If the 6970 can match the performance of the GTX 580 (currently priced around £400 for the base models) then I can see the 6970 costing £350-400, at least initially. But if it falls short then the £300-350 range is more likely.
2) Since you can get a 5870 today for £180 then this is by far the best upgrade option for you - even the GTX 580 can't touch 5870CF in most games.