I don't believe I've seen any mention of whether hemlock is to be 2 (2x1) or 4gb (2x2) reference yet. If it turns out its only 1GB of GDDR5, I'm more inclined to get a single 5870 now and wait.
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I don't believe I've seen any mention of whether hemlock is to be 2 (2x1) or 4gb (2x2) reference yet. If it turns out its only 1GB of GDDR5, I'm more inclined to get a single 5870 now and wait.
TRY CRYSIS WARHEAD BENCHMARK ( if u don't mind ).....make similiar my setting...
1920x1200, DX 10, 8xAA, Enthusiast, FROST, etc
4890 def clock
http://i36.tinypic.com/nohagn.jpg
I WONDER, 5870 touch MIN AVG 30 FPS , 4890 def only 12.75 FPS
THEN OC 4890 @ 950/1150
http://i36.tinypic.com/t6xyyq.jpg
http://nl.babelfish.yahoo.com/transl...TrUrl=Vertalen
That old page that 404'd
For whatever reason, nvidia cards score better on minimum framerates in Crysis, with average framerates normalized.
That said, if 5870 is the same as 4890 CF you should see minimum of around 19-21, average around 30-32.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...i_8.html#sect0
30 minimum FPS median low is IMPOSSIBLE, even GTX295 QUAD SLI is 23 fps minimum. You probably need 10 teraflops to get 30fps minimum in Crysis, lol.
Nothing strange. 2560x1600 has almost twice as many pixels as 1920x1080.
I run the NFS shift demo on a a HD4870 512MB and have between 35-50 fps at 1920x1080, with 4xAA and 4xAF. C2D E6750@3.6GHz. Everything at high except for motion blur at medium (I don't like motion blur too much).
does anyone know how well these cards handle AA. it seems rv870 has top notch texture filtering.
Im so getting this, my Gigabyte rep told me they are getting only 5 pieces and its all going to newegg. More should come in october he said. This is the So-Cal warehouse in walnut.
Is the NDA released on 22nd or 23rd EST? I'm hearing both so much I don't know anymore.
This guy, 'armenianlegend' has two 5870's overclocked to 900/1200 in crossfire here (hes shown pics):
http://www.overclock.net/ati/578416-...hmarks-10.html
He's looking for someone to help him overclock his ram, and then hes going to do some crysis runs. Any takers?
Pre orders already up at ZZF $399.99, $299.99 for 5850
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10011217
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros
^^^ I don't see where to pre-order... :(
It also says the 5870 has 800 stream processors. Must be a misprint.
I'm tempted sooo bad, but I want the XFX version because of what I heard about their customer service and lifetime warranty. Gonna have dreams about whether to get one or two. Only game I'll be playing with it for a while will be AION, but I love the occasional Crysis run so two would come in handy. Hell, I have 3 GTX260's (3rd was being RMA'd because it died...) and I don't even game, just got it for Crysis and Vantage (28k)... but the Microstutter was soooo bad, it was epic.
Decisions decisions. What move you think I should do?
Just a heads up for postumus' Crysis VH 1080p benchmark with 16QXAA. 16Q does not work on ATI cards. This is why postumus had a higher framerate with 16Q (30fps) vs 8xAA (27fps). The 16Q setting on an ATI card is essentially NO AA; I've verified with users on other boards.
A GTX285 would get about 26fps and an overclocked 285 would get you about 27.5 under a no AA setting. So double the teraflops and we get...3 more frames per second! :rofl:
Is this going to be like
8800 GTX launch (Oct 2006)
- no new games, limited availability, very high price, crazy power hungry.
, or like 8800 GT (Nov 2007)?
- correspond to launch of Crysis, cheap, plentiful,
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Personally, besides Vantage scores and such, I dont see the big deal. Besides Crysis, is there anything HD4890 or GTX285 can't handle (or CF/SLI)? Some reviews dont bother even with 1600x1200 or no AA, and skip right to 1920x1200 8xAA. Maybe I'm out of touch, but besides Battleforge, I dunno of any famous DX11 games coming up.
I'm in the same boat I don't see any reason to lay down $400 for this card (or $800 if going CrossFire) for marginally better FPS in Crysis, a two year old game. I have a single GTX275 and runs everything fine maxed at 2560x1600 aside from Crysis. There are virtually no demanding games on the horizon either, at least for the forseeable future. Modern Warfare 2 and Bioshock 2 are console ports and likely will run just fine on even a 8800GT.
I guess if you want to run 8xAA, this is the card for you - looks like there's huge gains there. But for most people running 1920x1200 with 4xAA I don't see the point o.o Granted ATI is delivering one hell of a card but no games are stressing current high-end systems apart from Crysis. Until something gives me a reason to upgrade I will stay where I'm at.
some people wanan run multi display options.
fps isnt the only choice for upgrades, windows 7 supports dx11, and also vddm 1.1 which Nvidia cards dosnt as they are dx10.
(old tech)
The option for people running 4870and such is different as they already got fps, windows 7 support for vddm 1.1 but lack tripple screen option.
Then again, some have waited to upgrade for 6+ months ;)