The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

At least that Guru3D review shows us that most of the rumors were true :D

Looks like the 295 still beats the 5870 =[

Wow... I just bought two of them, you know how much it cost me?! $839!


I'm broke now....

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle

XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16 (2.0v) Video Card Retail

Final Price: $399.99

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10011222 XFX :)
I'd order one, but ZZF has always shipped too slow for my tastes, and I bet by the time it ships I'll have found one for cheaper. Must learn to bide my time, must learn.

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Originally Posted by lithpiperpilot

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle

XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16 (2.0v) Video Card Retail

Final Price: $399.99

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Guess you beat me to it, lol.

Get overnight shipping and it'll be $839

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Originally Posted by nascasho

Get overnight shipping and it'll be $839

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Actually only 440 with overnight :P

AAAND already sold out.

where are the 2gb models?

exactly! Where is the XFX 2GB? Are the 2GB cards released today as well?

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Originally Posted by lithpiperpilot

Actually only 440 with overnight :P

AAAND already sold out.

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I got two of the XFX ones, who got the others? Type here!

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Originally Posted by nascasho

I got two of the XFX ones, who got the others? Type here!

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I had to create a ZZF account, and by the time that was done, it was already sold out. Shoulda ordered before posting here. :mad:

I'd get the HIS from ZZF, but they only have a 2 year warranty... XFX's have a double lifetime WTF?!?

but ZZF does have a huge saving on overnight shipping compared to stuff I usually get from the egg... only $17 for two cards shipped.

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Originally Posted by lithpiperpilot

I had to create a ZZF account, and by the time that was done, it was already sold out. Shoulda ordered before posting here. :mad:

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Dude that suuuuucks.

F5 on newegg, do it now!

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Originally Posted by lithpiperpilot

I had to create a ZZF account, and by the time that was done, it was already sold out. Shoulda ordered before posting here. :mad:

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Hahahaha, but then I would have posted it first! :p:
I'm still going to try and wait for the 2gb version if I can. I think about two days is the max I'll be able to hold out though. Just gotta keep myself convinced I don't need the card yet, lol.

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Originally Posted by Soultaker52

Hahahaha, but then I would have posted it first! :p:
I'm still going to try and wait for the 2gb version if I can. I think about two days is the max I'll be able to hold out though. Just gotta keep myself convinced I don't need the card yet, lol.

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Lol. I tried telling myself that, but I have a 8800gts 640. It SORELY needs replacing. It overheats and dies every other day. Plus I only have 2 monitors, none above 1080p, So I don't need the extra vram for 2-3 years.

And now that I purchased this, i'll post that it's now activated.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121346

UPS Next Day Saver $25.16
Rush Processing $2.99
Order Total $408.14

(I just couldn't help myself on the rush shipping :p:)

3 of the 1gb models
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...05000%20series

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Originally Posted by lithpiperpilot

Lol. I tried telling myself that, but I have a 8800gts 640. It SORELY needs replacing. It overheats and dies every other day. Plus I only have 2 monitors, none above 1080p, So I don't need the extra vram for 2-3 years.

And now that I purchased this, i'll post that it's now activated.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121346

UPS Next Day Saver $25.16
Rush Processing $2.99
Order Total $408.14

(I just couldn't help myself on the rush shipping :p:)

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Phew, sold out. My resolve is still solid!
To be honest I'm only buying the 5870 because my 4870 has two problems 512mb gets limiting and the more major one of it being on it's last legs. (As you can see in my sig I already had to revive it once) It also crashes with any OC right now too. I expect stock settings to start giving out in about a month, so that's my absolute maximum.
With that, any XFX cards for 380? :D

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Originally Posted by Soultaker52

Phew, sold out. My resolve is still solid!
To be honest I'm only buying the 5870 because my 4870 has two problems 512mb gets limiting and the more major one of it being on it's last legs. (As you can see in my sig I already had to revive it once) It also crashes with any OC right now too. I expect stock settings to start giving out in about a month, so that's my absolute maximum.
With that, any XFX cards for 380? :D

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I wish. XFX cards will probably stay at 400, they know everyone will buy them. Sucks for your gpu though. Mine stopped working while oc'd a while ago

HIS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-301-_-Product

ASUS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-346-_-Product

I'm really disappointed in the 5870. Sure with 8xAA on it kills the 285 but go back to 4xAA or no AA and it barely beats the 285. In some cases the 285 even beats it. So much for being faster than a 295. Now, at $300 this card would be a decent deal but at $400 I feel it is overpriced. Drivers will help improve the situation but it'd be unrealistic to expect a massive improvement from them.

Time to wait for Nvidia's next offerings..

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Originally Posted by zshadow

I'm really disappointed in the 5870. Sure with 8xAA on it kills the 285 but go back to 4xAA or no AA and it barely beats the 285. In some cases the 285 even beats it. So much for being faster than a 295. Now, at $300 this card would be a decent deal but at $400 I feel it is overpriced. Drivers will help improve the situation but it'd be unrealistic to expect a massive improvement from them.

Time to wait for Nvidia's next offerings..

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Which games 285 beats it?

Another review:
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643&p=18

Man I cant believe how well the 5850 did in the TPU review and priced at $259 at Zippy (not in stock btw). Just makes you look really hard at that GTX285 in your rig. But I'am holding out for a 5870x2 or lower prices on the 5870.

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Originally Posted by zshadow

I'm really disappointed in the 5870. Sure with 8xAA on it kills the 285 but go back to 4xAA or no AA and it barely beats the 285. In some cases the 285 even beats it. So much for being faster than a 295. Now, at $300 this card would be a decent deal but at $400 I feel it is overpriced. Drivers will help improve the situation but it'd be unrealistic to expect a massive improvement from them.

Time to wait for Nvidia's next offerings..

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I agree. It seems like newer cards are only focusing on the high AA/AF and high resolutions where the face their competitors. It's always nice to have no aa/af and somewhat high res' and see a product still kick ass.

It's just nice that they're now (within the past year or so) getting to the point where high res and high aa/af is actually playable and now with superior frame rates.

Regarding 5870 textures. The 5870 supersample settings resample everything in the scene
8x MSAA


http://www.pcgameshardware.com/scree...MSAA_LOD_0.png

8x SGSSAA

hell yeah, that's some awesome IQ right there!

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/scree...SAA_LOD_-2.png

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Originally Posted by phsinc1

Which games 285 beats it?

Another review:
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643&p=18

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Batman AA:

http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/...n-2560-bar.jpg

Also, it barely beats the 285 in other games like GTA IV and RE5:

http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/...5-2560-bar.jpg
http://www.tomshw.it/guides/hardware...%20No%20AA.png

Don't get me wrong, it is a nice card. But I was expecting more, something like the jump from the 3xxx series to 4xxx. Certainly see no reason to get one if you already have a GTX275 or higher card, unless you want DX11 support and Eyefinity.