5870 will be more powerful if you go just by specs , recent leaks suggest the same , 4870x2 has scaling issues , 5870 will not , plus its unclear how much the design was changed in rv870 .AMd really delivered this time , everyone wanted the same transformation they had from 3xxx to 4xxx and we seem to be getting it , would be nice to see what NV has but at this point it will be hard for people not to jump the ship considering ATI has everything they wanted.
I hope the rumour that it will be benched tomorrow is true.
If most of this speculation turns out true then I'll know what it is like to experience a 9800 or 8800 ultra.
Unfortunately I got into gaming in the DIRE era when DX10 just came on the scene and cards were underpowered. I started off with an 8600 gts .... :rofl:
HD5870 & HD5850: Final Specifications
http://forums.vr-zone.com/news-aroun...fications.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by KonKorT
Anyone know the pci-e speeds? Is that 166.4 GB/S gonna overload the 8x bus?
Can anyone tell if it's using two 6-pin, or 8-pin + 6-pin PCI-e? One connector looks bigger than the other to me.
http://i32.tinypic.com/2s0xnc2.jpg
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=198Quote:
Originally Posted by onethreehill
Looks 6 and 8 to me.
So it begs the question, is it HD 5870 X2?
NO, i think it's HD 5870 SIX 2GB... see the 6 mini DP connections on the back.... and if it's 6 + 8, then it's not 5850 or 5870... shoot i dunno...
This is true, just watching the video i begun to forget the edge was there, but i guess it comes down to the person. Some people are very anal about this kinda thing and would not be happy unless the view is seamless.Quote:
Originally Posted by sosna
Actaully you could call me an nVidiot (3 GTX280's) but i fell into these just through dumb luck, I first had 2 9800GX2's and i didnt want to really fork out for a new board when it was time to drop them. I only wish 775 had supported what the i7 supports now with both xFire + SLI. I'm happy to admit that i would drop these cards for the next best thing be it from nvidia or ATIQuote:
Originally Posted by cegras
I enjoy benching alot and jumping fence is not a problem. I actually kinda like AMD/ATI just because it's not what most people go, it's not really the underdog it's more of the unknown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sly Fox
Im still betting on those ports in the back being air-intakes for the centrifugal radial fan, but i could be wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaredpace
What do you think final performance will be? :)
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...3800/table.jpg http://resources.vr-zone.com/image_d...acce67556d.jpg
that card is freaking longgg
Looks like the same size as your 8800ultra, maybe 1/2-1inch shorter :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by clo007
http://mob160.photobucket.com/albums...g?t=1241917368Quote:
Originally Posted by clo007
:rofl:
Who cares, who will be looking at GC instead of the monitor...
hmm I don't think so, as GTX 285 has around 165 GB/s, and it dosnt get bottlenecked by x8 in most reviews I seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bojamijams
does that mean this card won't be bottlenecked on pci-e 1.1?Quote:
Originally Posted by {WFH}+SLAYER+
still wait 4 the bench !!!!
Kind of disappointing that its 8+6 pin for power. But I guess its the hard usage numbers that count.
All that bandwidth is transferred internally on the card between the GPU and it's memory for the workloads the GPU has to deal with. The PCIe bus isn't burdened with that kind of load at all, and doesn't have that kind of bandwidth anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bojamijams
I cant believe ATI has stayed so tight lipped with such a xtreme beast of a GPU about to be launched!
Hehehe dragon ball Z... good old times :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luka_Aveiro
I'm defintley gonna pick two of these up and if they announce the GeForce 300's specs to be out-of-this world, I'll sell em'.
These will be my first ATI cards... so excited. :D
I want to see 5870x2 with 4gb instead of 2gb.:cool:
I wonder how well this card overclocks with 8 + 6 pin PCIE connectors. If 5870 hits 1Ghz easy that will put it miles ahead of GTX 285 FTW/ZOMFG/BBQ SLI set up.
What are TMU's? I tried looking it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3Deye
That 5850 seems way $$$ if it is set to replace the 4850?
Texture mapping unit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9