The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

[saaya]

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/09/...-shader-count/

and theres a rumor going around that the 5870 will cost 100$ less than a 295, which is 399$ then? thats pretty high... either yields are bad or ati wants to cash in as long as nvidia cant compete... i have to say, i really dont like what im hearing about prices now... it really spoils the anticipation of the new 800 series :/

i really hope those are only the launch prices and they will drop notably after a few weeks...

EDIT: and about gt300.. it should easily beat a 5870, i dont think anybody doubts that, the question is more about how much itll cost... gt300 will definately bring the perf crown back to nvidia once it comes out, but that seems to be a while and it wont be cheap...

i cant help but feel things actually got worse this time around... ati wont offer great price perf anymore cause nvidia has even less to compete with their mainstream parts, and the highend will be nvidia dominated as before but prices will probably be even higher than before... sigh...