The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

[zshadow]

Is this going to be like
8800 GTX launch (Oct 2006)
- no new games, limited availability, very high price, crazy power hungry.

, or like 8800 GT (Nov 2007)?
- correspond to launch of Crysis, cheap, plentiful,

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Personally, besides Vantage scores and such, I dont see the big deal. Besides Crysis, is there anything HD4890 or GTX285 can't handle (or CF/SLI)? Some reviews dont bother even with 1600x1200 or no AA, and skip right to 1920x1200 8xAA. Maybe I'm out of touch, but besides Battleforge, I dunno of any famous DX11 games coming up.

I'm in the same boat I don't see any reason to lay down $400 for this card (or $800 if going CrossFire) for marginally better FPS in Crysis, a two year old game. I have a single GTX275 and runs everything fine maxed at 2560x1600 aside from Crysis. There are virtually no demanding games on the horizon either, at least for the forseeable future. Modern Warfare 2 and Bioshock 2 are console ports and likely will run just fine on even a 8800GT.

I guess if you want to run 8xAA, this is the card for you - looks like there's huge gains there. But for most people running 1920x1200 with 4xAA I don't see the point o.o Granted ATI is delivering one hell of a card but no games are stressing current high-end systems apart from Crysis. Until something gives me a reason to upgrade I will stay where I'm at.