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***The Official ATI Radeon HD 5850 / 5870 Reviews and Discussion Thread***

I have been sleep deprivated all week so i will definatly sleep tonight and wake up to 2x5870s, then the mini orgasm kicks in and i jizz on the spot, then gameing time WOOOOOT :p
 
fornowagain said:
couple of EK blocks
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Someone else with crossfire then :) arghh it's...so.....tempting.....Maybe I should stay away from the results thread tomorrow. ;)

ViRuS2k said:
I have been sleep deprivated all week so i will definatly sleep tonight and wake up to 2x5870s, then the mini orgasm kicks in and i jizz on the spot, then gameing time WOOOOOT :p
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Or wake up at lunchtime to a note saying no one was their to receive them. hehe
 
kablooey said:
Someone else with crossfire then :) arghh it's...so.....tempting.....Maybe I should stay away from the results thread tomorrow. ;)



Or wake up at lunchtime to a note saying no one was their to receive them. hehe
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If that happens i will drive to the warehouse and personaly collect them :)
 
These benchmarks were done on beta drivers, just wait 2 months and see how much of an improvement the 5870 can make.
I would not be surprised if it would end up, just about edging ahead of the 295 in 95% of scenarios.
 
ViRuS2k said:
Its all fun mate, jump in anytime ;) you do know im not stupid right lol
im just humerous, and i consider my self a comedian at heart i always make people laugh :D

*dont tell anyone i said that. :p
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You're going to have a ridiculously fast setup, can't wait to see the lolage results from benchmarks
 
mmj_uk said:
Plus 48xx series has inferior angle dependant anisotropic filtering, worse quality than NVidia infact.
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This grinds my gears.

Does a slight difference in IQ really matter? I'm not sure about you, but I don't spend £300 on a graphics card to stare at still images looking for every little discrepancy.

I mean come on, i'd happily take the IQ from a 9800 Pro. It just doesn't matter.

[Edit] I just want to add that this is a rant at everyone who questions IQ, not you in particular! :p
 
Tute said:
This grinds my gears.

Does a slight difference in IQ really matter? I'm not sure about you, but I don't spend £300 on a graphics card to stare at still images looking for every little discrepancy.

I mean come on, i'd happily take the IQ from a 9800 Pro. It just doesn't matter.

[Edit] I just want to add that this is a rant at everyone who questions IQ, not you in particular! :p
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When you spend 300 quid on GFX card surely IQ plays a massive factor?

Or it should do for most.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
When you spend 300 quid on GFX card surely IQ plays a massive factor?

Or it should do for most.
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Not really, i'd rather have good image quality and exceptional performance, than good performance and exceptional IQ.

I just think there's a point at which IQ reaches diminishing returns.
 
Tute said:
This grinds my gears.

Does a slight difference in IQ really matter? I'm not sure about you, but I don't spend £300 on a graphics card to stare at still images looking for every little discrepancy.

I mean come on, i'd happily take the IQ from a 9800 Pro. It just doesn't matter.

[Edit] I just want to add that this is a rant at everyone who questions IQ, not you in particular! :p
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Such negligable IQ improvements were used as a primary reason to buy ATI GPU's in previous years so I would say it matters to some yes.

It might not be a huge difference but it's an improvement none the less.
 
Subtlesnake said:
I don't think the issue is that AMD are selling a card for £300, but rather that in terms of value for money, the new cards can't live up to the standard set by the 485/4870.

Then you paid double the money for double the performance (going from a 3870 to a 4870); this time around you're paying double the money for ~60% more performance. If the 5870 was over 2 times faster than the 4870, I doubt people would be moaning about the price tag.

As it is, the 5870 seems like it would be better placed at £200.
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You are forgetting the dollar exchange rate has changed from when it was $2 to the pound.

Launch price 4870 = $299
Launch price 5870 = $399

Price increase = 33%

If i accept your 60% gain for a moment then the card is a bargain. 33% more money for a 60% gain.

It's only the weak pound which is stopping these being £229 inc vat over here.
 
mmj_uk said:
Such negligable IQ improvements were used as a primary reason to buy ATI GPU's in previous years so I would say it matters to some yes.

It might not be a huge difference but it's an improvement none the less.
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Nvidia cards used to have utter crap IQ, this is why I never bought Nvidia cards always went for ATI, it wasnt till the 8800GTX was released that image quality was on par with ATI's.

Saying this I've used a GTX295 and 4890 & I dont see any difference in in-game image.
 
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