Friday, September 25th 2009
AMD Radeon HD 5870 X2 Pictured
Behold AMD's, and soon aimed to be the industry's most powerful graphics accelerator: Radeon HD 5870 X2 "Hemlock". Armed with two "Cypress" Radeon HD 5870 graphics processors, this dual-GPU monstrosity packs twice the shader compute power. From the looks of it, the card is slightly longer than its single-GPU sibling from the series, and is better ventilated, although the cooler design more or less resembles it. It draws its power from one 6+2 pin and one 6 pin PCI-E power connectors, just like two of its ancestors in the R700 and R680. Listed for pre-order on a European online store, a Radeon HD 5870 X2 by Club3D is priced at 677 EUR (incl. applicable taxes, 568.9 EUR excluding).
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Xtreme Systems Forums
145 Comments on AMD Radeon HD 5870 X2 Pictured
That's about average for starting Electrical Engineering salary in the states. Huh? You live in a flat that's only 8 sq ft?? That's some tight dimensions.
Do you sleep standing up? ;)
Freedom of speech it is.
So now explain to me how ATI is "forcing" you to buy anything when a 3870 will run any game out right now just fine? This is a top end GPU my friend. A luxury component. No one "needs" this to run anything. I mean ATI isn't China. They're not forcing you to do anything.
Like what I did there? ;)
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Try to run GTA VI on a 3870 or RE5 for that matter, it is simply not fine anymore.
The RV670 with 320SPs isn't that much of a monster, it performs somewhere between the 9800GT and the 9600GT.
It is at default with 512MB memory, it easily runs out of frame buffer at resolution of cheap 16:9 monitors.
There is no point in bringing in the 3870, it is pretty much out of stock and it is a waste of energy.
ATi isn't China, because China right now isn't forcing people do do anything. :nutkick:
Is this card and the 5870 necessary to be so long? Nope.
There really need to be a reasonable limit on the length of components, after all it is a component which is suppose to fit in a standard case.
Your case can fit it, does not automatically means this card should be excessively long.
Everytime I am stating the fact, there is always the Red Army that is chanting "ATi is always right!" after me.
Really, though, I think the big thing that needs to be addressed is form factor. We've practically outgrown the ATX form - look at the size of our GPUs, our CPU coolers, the increased demands we place on our NSB/SSB (which would benefit more from being closer together) . . . I mean, sure, our cases can easily fit the motherboard, but the amount of other components your average rig runs quickly cuts off airflow inside a case . . . not to mention the relative size of components is making it harder and harder to install devices.
Just throwing out an idea I think everyone overlooks . . .
What does it matter how much Americans pay? They work, six dollars an hour, you work, six pounds an hour. Americans pay 500 for a card, you pay 500 for a card.
It's so irrelevant what the actual markup is between cost and sell-out. Do you sit around and do that with everything, milk, shoes, televisions? Would you refuse to buy a Ferrari because in reality they didn't cost anywhere near 400,000 to build?
Just be happy that they actually sell them IN Europe, and not force you to buy them from the end-user side, THEN ship them overseas.
The number one reason for the long card is cooling. The frickin' chip gets hot. The cooling surface area is at least twice as it was in the previous generation. For both single GPU and dual GPU cards.
The second reason is marketing. Gamers need to show off their long... cards. The good people at ATI/AMD got that.
About the price. All fanboys should wake up. ATI/AMD is not here to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside... they are here to make money. You think they are making the prices go down in the market, but in reality they are doing what they can just to survive.
In fact ATi give me your best shot.. after theoretically installing this I still have like ~9 inches left to spare:p
Note to those that complain about standards....This card is still within regular E-ATX (13") maximum length.
Here, a 5870 costs 349 euros while the same card costs $379.99 in the US. Applying this conversion rate, the 5870x2 will be around $737: that is if this conversion rate is accurate, which i wouldn't be surprised if it were quite close ...
$737 doesn't seem that high for a new top dual GPU card, wouldn't you dudes agree?
Ofc, conversion rates vary from country to country so it would depend on the country where that particular store is from ...
My case can fit a 20ft card if I want to.
I am stating the card is longer than it needs to be, not because I can't fit it in.
if gt300 was the g80 was, there's one only thing that ati will do, reduce price as always done, because they can compite with the competition
the fact is that in US a card cost ~370 USD which has already included the seller profit
let's say i own a company and buy from US 1000 card and shipp them in EU; i'm sure that the card price including shipping won't be higher than 370 USD at arrival in EU;EU don't have custom taxes for pc and parts only VAT which is up to 25% (depend on country) so the card prices go up to 460 USd;we add another 10% profit for me and the card selling price to retailers will be around 500 USD which will add another 10% so the card price go up to 550 USD=390 EUR familiar number no? this is why 1 USD=1 EUR;it won't be if EU don't have VAT like US (they'll have soon and the prices will go up but this won't affect EU prices as all goods exported from a country is VAT free)
before someone say that 390 EUR is too much (in Germany the card is 320 EUR) i want to point that the calculation is with 25% VAT and depend from country...(Germany-19%);anyway we'll have almost the same result that 1 USD=1 EUR almost...
omg how many mudderfkin eyefinitiies can i hook up to this puppy? I tink a standard 5870 is enuff for me. ya. And you guys crying about teh length, any girl will tell you it all about the girth, anyway dont forget with no power connectors on the end its probably easier to fit in the case.