The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

[Jakethesnake011]

Wheres the 5870x2, or the 5970, whatever they want to call it, I want it in my computer and running Vantage. Any news on the card? release date, or anything?

[flopper]

If anyone wants so read my test of HD 5850 and HD 5870 (CF combination, games, 3dmark,...) you can find it here: http://www.oc-lab.si/test.php?t=110

It is in Slovenian language, but pictures and numbers are universal anyway

Best regards M-XXXX

seems drivers have some way to go still, the scaling of that combination is better than 5870 crossfire. heh.

[F.stop]

surprised no real figures have come out for hemlock yet and its nearly time for it to be realeased

[M-XXXX]

seems drivers have some way to go still, the scaling of that combination is better than 5870 crossfire. heh.

Aditional 5850 has gave quite a gain But also some driver problems (freezes in 3DMark03, Crysis FPS were much lower that with 2 5870 and so on...) But never the less: 58x0 beta drivers are much better than 48x0 beta were...

[Mungri]

I ordered myself a pair of 5770s. They are a little slower then my 4870s, but 18 watt idle usage on each = sold!

They also came up as £60 less then a 5870, and most reviews and benchmarks show the Xfire 5770s on par if not better than one 5870.

Hopefully I will get ones that overclock well for once.

[punkrockpolak]

My roommate and I both have XFX 5870s. Whenever I play risen I get a thin (1 pixel?) red or white line along the left and top edges of the screen when I play Risen. Same exact thing with my roommate. I didn't get those with my 8800GT either. That's the only time I've noticed anything out of the ordinary so I'll wait for newer drivers before I start worrying about it.

[Mungri]

WHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Both mine are Furmark stable with no artifacts or crashes at 960 / 1445.



Need to re-download and install 3D mark.

[mR Yellow]

WHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Both mine are Furmark stable with no artifacts or crashes at 960 / 1445.



Need to re-download and install 3D mark.

Be careful, u won't see artifacts like the previous generation. The 5xxx series uses a correction algorithm. So, no matter how high u OC mem u still won't see any artifacts. Instead, u will get worse performance.

[Mungri]

Ah, ok. I'm still downloading 3D mark 06 and Vantage, in the meanwhile I'm stressing my CPU overclock to make sure its stable.

180 mhz fsb with 3780 mhz on the CPU and 1.275v is my max stable OC I normally use, so far it is into 20 minutes of quad orthos with all cores at 100%, 73 degrees on the highest core.

If I bump the fsb up to 185 mhz, it blue screens, after that I start benching.

[webbyboy]

When will hemlock be out?

[F.stop]

the nda is over on the 22nd i think

[Jakethesnake011]

Cool, hope to see some good becnhmark result sor something, but with no leaked news of anything I dont know if it will be released soon... I hope it is thou, or I will be added another 5870

[Origin_Unknown]

is hemlock the x2 or the 5890?

[wez]

is hemlock the x2 or the 5890?

Afaik the x2 aka Hemlock is now 59xx.
Havent seen any info on that we'll see a 5890 anytime soon.

Edit: Hoping to see some more of it tomorrow

[Scooby]

Gentleman, with the Cat 9.11 beta driver can one have the ability to do a Crossfire setup say with two 5870's and be able to run game in Eyefinity? Would this work using the two DVI's on one card and one DVI on the other card?

My card should be in by tomorrow...I can't wait.


TY in advance.

[ZL1Killa]

I want to know what in the sam hell is going on with the 5870 cards.... they have been constantly being canceled & dissappearing.

1st: XFX 5870 cards killed everywhere (NewEgg & TigerDirect)
2nd: Asus 5870 no longer available @ Newegg

Are people having too many problems?

[wez]

I want to know what in the sam hell is going on with the 5870 cards.... they have been constantly being canceled & dissappearing.

1st: XFX 5870 cards killed everywhere (NewEgg & TigerDirect)
2nd: Asus 5870 no longer available @ Newegg

Are people having too many problems?

Nah, the supply is just a tad low atm afaik.
Although people who want a card can usually get the brand they want after looking around a little.

[mR Yellow]

I want to know what in the sam hell is going on with the 5870 cards.... they have been constantly being canceled & dissappearing.

1st: XFX 5870 cards killed everywhere (NewEgg & TigerDirect)
2nd: Asus 5870 no longer available @ Newegg

Are people having too many problems?

No problems at all. I just think they can't keep up with demand.

[ZL1Killa]

it would seem if it is a stock issue, they would simply say out of stock like they usually do.

[Mungri]

Just a word of caution on the Sapphire 5770 / 5750 cards - They provided everysingle reviewer with the version that comes with Dirt 2, but everyone that is available on retail is a different PKU version without Dirt 2.

Annoyed I was, just wont be buying anymore Sapphire cards.

Even some retailers arent aware of this as they list the 'dirtless' versions PKU code, but show a picture of the box with the Dirt 2 logo on it.

[wez]

it would seem if it is a stock issue, they would simply say out of stock like they usually do.

Well what problem(s) would it be then? Don't you think we would have seen some reports by now if that was the case?

I see both XFX and Asus cards in stock at other shops. So i wouldnt get too worried

[ZL1Killa]

i've already heard of issues with xfx.

i wouldn't have thought that newegg would have dropped the asus line of gpu cards.

[mR Yellow]

i've already heard of issues with xfx.

i wouldn't have thought that newegg would have dropped the asus line of gpu cards.

Like what? I've heard nothing of the sorts.

[ZL1Killa]

all 7 are now back at newegg instead of just 2 being listed....

[Blkout]

i've already heard of issues with xfx.

i wouldn't have thought that newegg would have dropped the asus line of gpu cards.

No issues with XFX that any other brand wouldn't have. They're all reference designs right now. Whatever you heard is an isolated case. XFX just happens to be selling more than most other brands other than possibly Sapphire. More buyers, more issues tend to make themselves known.