5870 2GB Eyefinity Editions Surface!

Wile E · Apr 1, 2010

mastrdrver said:
You realize that for that price you get a bunch or mini DSP adapters.

Still not worth $500 to me. If I was spending $500, I would expect more performance in addition to a bunch of adapters. For $500, Fermi performs better. Not that I'd buy Fermi either tho.

Steevo · Apr 1, 2010

At huge resolutions you don't need AA, so run 4X AF and 2X AA for the same benefit.

Wile E said:
Still not worth $500 to me. If I was spending $500, I would expect more performance in addition to a bunch of adapters. For $500, Fermi performs better. Not that I'd buy Fermi either tho.

You realize at high resolutions Fermi actually fails harder than the 5870?

imperialreign · Apr 1, 2010

Wile E said:
$500 is too much. $450 yes, $500 no.

*sigh* Maybe when we actually see Fermi in the wild, the prices will drop some.

Dang, man . . . you make it sound like we all gotta go on safari or somethin! Quick,get the Land Rover, I'll go grab Livingstone!

I mentioned in another thread - I wonder if we might end up seeing a 4GB 5970 model in the near future?

LAN_deRf_HA · Apr 1, 2010

1 left in stock. You check stock levels by putting it in cart and changing quantity to any number above the current stock level. If it's less it will show you how many you can buy.

mastrdrver · Apr 1, 2010

imperialreign said:
I mentioned in another thread - I wonder if we might end up seeing a 4GB 5970 model in the near future?

You didn't pay attention to the news during Cebit did you?

Wile E · Apr 1, 2010

Steevo said:
At huge resolutions you don't need AA, so run 4X AF and 2X AA for the same benefit.

You realize at high resolutions Fermi actually fails harder than the 5870?

The only performance relevant to me is 1920x1200. Fermi wins there. Besides, I don't want to buy Fermi either.

I'm holding off till the next round, unless I happen upon some sort of killer deal on 2x5850, 2x5870, 5970 or Fermi.

mastrdrver · Apr 1, 2010

Wile E said:
The only performance relevant to me is 1920x1200. Fermi wins there. Besides, I don't want to buy Fermi either.

I'm holding off till the next round, unless I happen upon some sort of killer deal on 2x5850, 2x5870, 5970 or Fermi.

I'll let you in on a little secret: Charlie has already stated on the S/A forums that "the next round (read refresh)" at least for AMD will be on 40nm.

28nm TSMC: Risk late 4Q 2010, full production 2Q 2011
28nm GF: Risk 1Q 2011, full production 3-4Q 2011

A "cooler and better" Fermi isn't coming till next year, spring is said to be best bet.
AMD 6 series is said to be Evergreen shaders inside next generation architecture.

imperialreign · Apr 1, 2010

mastrdrver said:
You didn't pay attention to the news during Cebit did you?

If I had the time to pay attention to the tech convention, then I might not be wondering about the possiblity of a fatter dualie . . .

Care to enlighten me?

Steevo · Apr 1, 2010

Wile E said:
The only performance relevant to me is 1920x1200. Fermi wins there. Besides, I don't want to buy Fermi either.

I'm holding off till the next round, unless I happen upon some sort of killer deal on 2x5850, 2x5870, 5970 or Fermi.

I got a awesome deal on mine. Wait for the newegg specials, then use one of the coupons they send out occasionally. Or when they give you a pending rebate for a fucked up order.

mastrdrver · Apr 1, 2010

imperialreign said:
If I had the time to pay attention to the tech convention, then I might not be wondering about the possiblity of a fatter dualie . . .

Care to enlighten me?

Np

Probably got lost in amongst all the talk of 5970s. I know XFX will have one and I think Sapphire will too.

Here is the XFX: XFX 5970 4GB Black

Wile E · Apr 1, 2010

mastrdrver said:
I'll let you in on a little secret: Charlie has already stated on the S/A forums that "the next round (read refresh)" at least for AMD will be on 40nm.

28nm TSMC: Risk late 4Q 2010, full production 2Q 2011
28nm GF: Risk 1Q 2011, full production 3-4Q 2011

A "cooler and better" Fermi isn't coming till next year, spring is said to be best bet.
AMD 6 series is said to be Evergreen shaders inside next generation architecture.

I don't really care what Charlie has to say. I think he's a moron. I'll wait for more trustworthy sources. Doesn't matter tho, either way, I'm pretty good right now, performance wise. No need for me to upgrade right now.

Steevo said:
I got a awesome deal on mine. Wait for the newegg specials, then use one of the coupons they send out occasionally. Or when they give you a pending rebate for a fucked up order.

I do keep my eyes open for good deals. Nothing has suited my fancy yet.

imperialreign · Apr 1, 2010

mastrdrver said:
Np

Probably got lost in amongst all the talk of 5970s. I know XFX will have one and I think Sapphire will too.

Here is the XFX: XFX 5970 4GB Black

Yeah - I completely missed that article amoungst the dramacano of 480.

Horrendous price. Hopefully the other ATI vendors will step up as well, but I doubt the price would budge if nVidia don't step up the competition.

I guess I'll just watch how things develop . . . while I continue to wait for 5970 supply to resurface :ohwell:

alexsubri · Apr 1, 2010

Wow the 6 port is amazing ! I'll stick with my 5850 xfire

The extra "1gb" is for those who want to take advantage of Eyefiniti without major FPS drop, eitherway --that HIS MW2 card looks bad ass!

Blacklash · Apr 2, 2010

I'll slum with regular triple HD 5870 Crossfire. Not paying 1500usd to replace them.

Regular 5870s are over on ZZF for 395usd with free shipping.

mdsx1950 · Apr 2, 2010

Great card. ~~lJust a bit pricey.~~

EDIT: Actually thought about it twice. I think its worth every penny for those who game at high resolutions. It might not be worth for some of your'll but it sure is worth every cent for some people. Specially those running Eyefinity.

Nick89 · Apr 5, 2010

This is like the best VIDEO CARD EVER for flight sims! DCS: black shark will be so awesome with 3 monitors!

wahdangun · Apr 5, 2010

yeah it will be great for my FSX setup

but shame microsoft won't make it again hiks

digibucc · Apr 5, 2010

Wile E said:
Yeah, which pretty much defeats the purpose of having 6 monitors on a single card for gaming. You need more than one card anyway.

well no because with crossfire makes the second card's ports unusable. if it didn't i'd agree but as is the only way to do gaming is to crossfire 2 cards, and use the 6 ports on card one to power the monitors.

DTV DRAGON · Apr 5, 2010

what iam finding hard to get is another plain sapphire hd5870, nothing in newegg canada, and i want to c/f with my current card
sorry to stray off topic abit

mastrdrver · Apr 6, 2010

ebay is your friend there.

Wile E · Apr 7, 2010

digibucc said:
well no because with crossfire makes the second card's ports unusable. if it didn't i'd agree but as is the only way to do gaming is to crossfire 2 cards, and use the 6 ports on card one to power the monitors.

You are missing my point. A single card is not capable of running a 6 monitor setup at good quality with decent framerates. You have to turn everything down. This makes 3x2 Eyefinity mostly useless for gaming.

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