HD5870 and HD5850 Reviews

[tajoh111]

LoL exactly, I m not sure what people were expecting, especially with Launch Drivers... I see big potential still, you have it beating the x2 in most cases and the 295gtx in many... doing it quieter, and as a single card solution.. pretty impressive.

I see this launch as an opportunity for NV, the door is left really wide open because the gap is not nearly big enough.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643&p=17

If you ignore resident evil(37%) and Dawn of war II(loses by 4%), the gap between CF 5870 and GTX 285 SLI is between 10-20% ahead for the 5870cf.

This is all speculations but..

If the GTX 380 is indeed 510 shaders vs 240 and higher clocks than the gtx 285 and they improve the AA algorithm which has been long overdue for the company and other things coming with the new architechture(since it is said to be new), I can see a GTX 380 possibly being as fast as a CF 5870 or a 5870x2. If this happens(and it is a big if), NV will be able to charge as much as they want for the gtx 380. And similarly a gtx 395 will be untouchable. I know its the halo, and people don't spend the most money there(volume), but its enough to make the 5870 crumble in price which is a good thing. It also gives NV room to attack the 5870 in its own home, with scaled down versions of the gtx 380.

I think waiting for the gtx 380 whatever flavor you go, because I can't see the gtx 380 not having an effect on the price of the 5870.