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Old May 27, 2010, 09:37 PM   #1
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Sapphire 5970 wow!!! the price

SAPPHIRE 100280-4GSR Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) 4GB ...

https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name...ess-Video-Card


http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...000101&pid=340 sapphire web site link

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Old May 27, 2010, 09:39 PM   #2
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Old May 27, 2010, 09:40 PM   #3
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I just bought two before they sold out I'm gonna try to drive them to work.
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Old May 27, 2010, 09:47 PM   #4
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Dure realy? Thats kinda stupid IMHO, I would get 2 regular and a water loop for that price. Also thats a six slot setup, in WC you use can use 2 if u cut the air grill
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I just bought two before they sold out I'm gonna try to drive them to work.
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I was thinking of getting one of these several weeks back, still undecided though, but seriously thats expensive shit, nearly $1100 USD, I've seen em down here for around $1260 AUD, thats still expensive but seriously north America must be feelin the recession
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Might be a typo, but how is this a 5970x2?
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yeah i was about to say this is a 5970 with 2 more gigs of ram which is kinda pointless and that price tag is retarded, unless you need a bigger epeen this is absolutly pointless, but if it was a 5970x2 WITH 4 GPUS then i would have thought baout that price and might have bought it, lol
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Dure realy? Thats kinda stupid IMHO, I would get 2 regular and a water loop for that price. Also thats a six slot setup, in WC you use can use 2 if u cut the air grill
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yeah i was about to say this is a 5970 with 2 more gigs of ram which is kinda pointless and that price tag is retarded, unless you need a bigger epeen this is absolutly pointless, but if it was a 5970x2 WITH 4 GPUS then i would have thought baout that price and might have bought it, lol
and a card like this is ment to be the top dog, it's not ment to make sense, just pure over the top power.
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Old May 27, 2010, 09:55 PM   #11
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yeah i was about to say this is a 5970 with 2 more gigs of ram which is kinda pointless and that price tag is retarded, unless you need a bigger epeen this is absolutly pointless, but if it was a 5970x2 WITH 4 GPUS then i would have thought baout that price and might have bought it, lol
I know right? good god though that price is absurd...

Didnt ATI used to say some bull*** that they would never sell a card over $400?
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I know right? good god though that price is absurd...

Didnt ATI used to say some bull*** that they would never sell a card over $400?
They didn't, this is actually made and designed by Sapphire. It's okayed by ati they are giving alot of freedom to sellers these days.
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I just bought two before they sold out I'm gonna try to drive them to work.
Yea, i heard they were putting them in VW's
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Old May 27, 2010, 10:03 PM   #14
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I think the price is where it should be.

2GB 5870's are $550 here. This is two of those...=$1100.

Sadly, this might be my only answer to my eyefinity troubles...
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So would one of these be like a Passat W8!?
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Hahaha some douche on fleabay is selling one for $1599 AUD
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because thats what it is
I'd call a card with 4 5870 GPU's on it a 5970x2, not a single 5970 with double the vidja ram. You'll never see 4 GPU's of the current architecture on a single PCB, but 2 5970 PCB's sandwiched together like the GTX 295 could be possible. Quadfire in a single unit.

Also, what sort of application out right now uses more than say 1.5GB's of VRAM?
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it isnt a 5970X2 ?? it just has 4gb of vram

i think ati/nivida are getting out of hand lol
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Old May 28, 2010, 09:22 AM   #19
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I have dual 4870X2's and i would love to have 2 of these but what i dont understand is why would i upgrade to this if it doesnt even have HDMI!!!! WTF is up with that.... to heck with this overpriced card... ill buy 2 of them for 400 bucks a peice but never 1k each never... with dual DVI outlets who the heck put those on the back of this card really!
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I have dual 4870X2's and i would love to have 2 of these but what i dont understand is why would i upgrade to this if it doesnt even have HDMI!!!! WTF is up with that.... to heck with this overpriced card... ill buy 2 of them for 400 bucks a peice but never 1k each never... with dual DVI outlets who the heck put those on the back of this card really!
All you would need is a DVI->HDMI adaptor though. Theres even one included in the box.
I agree it is a ridiculous price, but its enthusiast/specialized hardware.
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guyz i would like to get one of them but i would rather watercool them

and secondly i run out of space at my current PC!

i have 2X 5970 + Asus xonar+ Physx card. THERE is no SPACE! which motehrboard can provide me with space?
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I know right? good god though that price is absurd...

Didnt ATI used to say some bull*** that they would never sell a card over $400?
Nope, and they still have the highest performance to cost ratio between them and NV anyways.
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which motherboard does one need for it?
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This looks like a 5970 with 4gb ram, can someone confirm or link to something that can confirm?
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looks like an overpriced single card with 2 gpus, 2 gb per gpu, other than the price there is no evidence that this is two cards (with 4 gpus total)

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