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Originally Posted by afw
6870 will be around 5-10% slower than the 5870 ... thats what I've gathered from what I've read ...  ... so yeah ... if it has better tessalation performance and consumes less power ... I think we have a winner in 6870 at $250 price point ... wish they'll be a little cheaper tho ... 
EDIT: If im right about the performance ... that is, the 6870 being 5-10% slower ... then it will be similar to GTX470 ... currently the lowest 470 on the egg is $280 ... so I think the 6870 price is grt ... |
If you were right then it should only take a little overclocking for the 6870 to beat the 5870 and that would be great as cirtain areas of performance will have improved as well as being cheaper so for a new setup would proberley be a better choice than a 5870, although really im waiting for cayman and preferably the 6970 and hoping it beats the 480 and uses less power (and preferably costs less as well
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Originally Posted by Super XP
I am hoping this drives prices down for the HD 5870 series.
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If it did push down the prices then would they not be in pretty much the same price range as each other?
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Ok maybe not, just checked newegg and the cheapest 5870 is $350 so yes it would be nice if it did push the prices down. But in the uk a cheaper 5870 is £280 and according to these prices a 6870 would be about £225 (using a direct currencey conversion from euro to pounds sterling) so only £55 away from each other, thus why i thought a price drop would bring them very close to each other.
*another edit*
I just noticed every news post about the new AMD radeons has an ATI icon on the front page, will this change?
