The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

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Maybe not 1000$ but id think around 900$ for sure. Thats just for the X2 GT300. Yeah these are assumptions, but Im going off these numbers.

Ati 5870 will probally be close to 400$
so how much for the X2 5870? Im sure about double at launch 800$

GT300 probally will be close to 500$
X2 GT300 would be about double,1000$ (800$ if its a nutered die possibly)

The GT300 was designed to be competitive and better than the 5870X2, but rumors from BSN say that it is gonna end up a bit short. Thus forcing Nvidia to produce the GT300X2 (GTX395). From what Ive read Nvidia is only gonna make a 40nm refresh of current GT200b cores to fill thier lineup. GT300 is gonna be only one single part and not have partly disabled cores like a GTX 260 was from the GT200 core. So by this reasoning I can see a hugely expensive 900~1000$ part.

You also have to remember, who ever has the spoils of the fastest card gets to overprice thier top end parts. (NVIDIA TAX)
Look at the gtx285 for 350$, how much faster is it really when compaired to a 4890? is it 150$ more faster. not even close