Hd5870 - $299

[w0mbat]

oh well thats what prices one of my 'contacts' have for RRP

Is this ur "contact"?
http://forums.ocworkbench.com/showthread.php?p=451389

[Helloworld_98]

Is this ur "contact"?
http://forums.ocworkbench.com/showthread.php?p=451389

if it is his contact then it's wrong,

why would Dirt 2 come out that much earlier than the DX11 cards?

I assure you it will come out in September, probably on the 10th or 11th to coincide with Dirt 2's release.

[trinibwoy]

why would Dirt 2 come out that much earlier than the DX11 cards?

Because 99.9% of people playing Dirt 2 won't be doing so on DX11 cards? In any case, November is very doubtful at this point. It looks like AMD has all their ducks in a row.

[Dainas]

Because 99.9% of people playing Dirt 2 won't be doing so on DX11 cards? In any case, November is very doubtful at this point. It looks like AMD has all their ducks in a row.

Sorry to be offtopic, but whatever DX11 may bring to the table it will also be wasted on Dirt 2. Codemasters quiet simply suck and hardly can make prettier visuals than the later NFS crap. Just because their games don't look horrible as a sim racer does not make them halfway decent when you look at what the console halo titles have been doing forever. Also Don't bother boring me with links to screenshots to the counter, GRID fooled us all too.

ATI should consider itself well out of the gates long before anyone is pining to turn on DX11 in a game

[Heinz68]

why would Dirt 2 come out that much earlier than the DX11 cards?

I assure you it will come out in September, probably on the 10th or 11th to coincide with Dirt 2's release.

Many sites report the Dirt 2 PC version is delayed till December in order to have the DX11 features. Here is one LINK.

I think it's save to say the PC Dirt 2 is not going to be out before the DX11 cards at least in the AMD/ATI case.

[Olivon]

Is this ur "contact"?
http://forums.ocworkbench.com/showthread.php?p=451389

Maybe November for real availability but press reviews before ?

Edit : Digitimes

Nvidia and AMD are preparing to launch their latest DirectX 11 supporting GPUs in the second half of 2009, according to sources at graphics card makers.

Nvidia is scheduled to complete engineering samples of its DirectX 11-based GT300 GPU at the end of September in order to start shipping in December at the earliest, the sources noted.

Meanwhile, AMD is prepared to launch its DirectX 11-based Radeon HD 5800 series (RV870) in late September and will start mass shipping in October. AMD will launch two models initially, the Radeon HD 5850 and 5870, the sources added.

AMD declined the opportunity to respond to this report saying it cannot comment on unannounced products. Nvidia was also contacted, but did not respond by the time of publication.

Digitimes is pretty reliable, no ?

Thx DVHardware

[flopper]

Nvidia be lucky if it works without a re-spin.
if so add 3 months to that.

ATI be supreme on market for at least 4+months.