If they dont cut prices im not buying i still think the 5850 is slightly to expensive, just drop it sub £200 and you would see those cards going a lot faster. The 5830 is almost as expensive as the 5850 which is pointless.
Sorry but the last few gen of cards have not cost this much.
I dont have that kind of cash to blow so i just have to stick to what i have, RAM and GPU have went up in price while hard drives and CPU's are actually really good prices at the moment.
couldn't agree more with you there.
HD 5850 -
$289
HD 5830 -
$239
HD 5770 -
$149
The HD 5830 is much closer to the HD 5850's price than the HD 5770's. Most people that would consider buying the HD 5830 probly run either 1680x1050 or 1920x1080. If you look at the graphs by w1z, the HD 5830 is only 5-7% faster than the HD 5770 on avg. yet the HD 5850 is 37-40% faster than the HD 5830.
Price wise the HD 5830 should be hella lot closer to the HD 5770. The HD 5850 costs ~21% more than the 5830, yet the HD 5830 costs ~38% more than the HD 5770. 37-40% more perf for 21% more cost makes alot more sense than paying 38% more than the HD 5770 for 5-7% more performance. HD 5830 is horribly priced and personally, anyone that purchases one is, imo and no offense, really stupid