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    Bring... bring the amber lamps.
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    just got mine from Newegg.com I ordered a Diamond 5970, for MSRP, $599.99, and shipping was only 8 bucks. I am happy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jakethesnake011 View Post
    just got mine from Newegg.com I ordered a Diamond 5970, for MSRP, $599.99, and shipping was only 8 bucks. I am happy.
    I cant see the diamond 5970 on the egg, you have a link to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaredpace View Post
    I cant see the diamond 5970 on the egg, you have a link to it?
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-088-_-Product

    It was available by the time I clicked on it, guess not anymore.

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    it went quick i was going to get the HIS elarier today around 4 when it was up but I was like 2 minutes to late and then the gigabyte went before the diamond, would have preferred gigabyte over diamond but my diamond 4870x2 served me very well, so I didnt hesitate to get this one, i hope it overclocks well.

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    GIGABYTE HD 5970 2GB for $599.99

    It was gone before I could even get it in my cart.

    You geeks are going after these 5xxx cards like the running-of-the-brides at a Filene's Basement gown sale.

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    Well these are expected results, just like in the case of 5870... 5970 is about 40% faster than 5870 (I had predicted more like 30-35, so good work) but this is nothing next to the 70% difference that was between 4870 and 4870x2. It might be the CPU limiting everything here.

    I have a 5870 and I use it at 19x12... I haven't overclocked it even 1MHz, because quite frankly only Crysis needs overclocking when its maxed and I have finished it like 5 times already. So I don't think I can justify buying a 5970 for $600 to increase my already overdelivering rig 40 percent.

    I also don't think 5970 is a good option for a new build. Even it's super high end, you can't get more high end than 25x16 and even at that resolution there doesn't seem to be any need for anything faster than a 5870.
    Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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    You geeks are going after these 5xxx cards like the running-of-the-brides at a Filene's Basement gown sale.
    its cause they know the price is going up again

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manicdan View Post
    its cause they know the price is going up again
    That's why I'm going to stay cool, bide my time, and get one of these in 1/2010 when (hopefully) the dust settles down a little bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xenolith View Post
    That's why I'm going to stay cool, bide my time, and get one of these in 1/2010 when (hopefully) the dust settles down a little bit.
    that little bit part scares me. given normal circumstances, the price should have gone down 20-30% from Oct to Mar

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    Will someone who gets or has one of these elusive cards try it with Shattered Horizon? I'll even give you my last guest pass to do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solus Corvus View Post
    Will someone who gets or has one of these elusive cards try it with Shattered Horizon? I'll even give you my last guest pass to do it.
    I'll ask our reviewer to run it. We should have a copy.
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    Sweet. I just want to know how it scales relative to vantage since most reviews have that.

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    3 phase per gpu?!? theyre just playing.. they keep the 4 phase 5990 for fermi arrival

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    There's probably something I'm missing...

    If you want extreme, surely two 5870's is a better option, due to decreased clockspeeds on 5970.

    There are some drawbacks - More power consumption, less motherboard options... but aren't you buying this because you want performance?

    The 5970 is the price of 2 5850's... but that's to be expected, performance per dollar, isn't it? I havent gotten to the reviews yet.

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    This review has two 285s in SLI( they are much faster than a 295) in it.
    http://techreport.com/articles.x/17986


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    Quote Originally Posted by jaredpace View Post

    ohhhh!!
    I missed that

    Two questions:
    - When will they restock the cards?
    - Black Friday... will they give 10% discount?
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    Something to look forward to if you're in the market for a 5790: XFX 5970 Black edition
    Comes late Nov or early Dec.




    What a nice looking card.

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    looks like a 5970 with a sticker.

    I want 2gb per GPU.

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    when is the 5990 out ? i think i can hold out for that or fermi to take back the crown

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    Whats the deal with Sapphire's version of the 5970?
    They only clocked it 10MHz higher then stock.... and they call it "OC Edition" ?
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    If looking at overclocking this card long term, I'd wait for non-ref designs with enhanced power delivery.The biggest slaves Volterra currently supply are rated at 45 amps each. Assuming those are the ones ATI used on the ref design, you've got 135 amps per GPU before OCP kicks in.

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    About the CPU limitation, do you guys remember when the I7 came out and suddenly all multi gpu configurations ran at higher fps?
    Check this review on guru3d.com

    http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i...ance-review/19

    Well, for 5970, we need another I7 release.

    Even if we have good scaling when we OC them, that doesn't mean we are getting 100% out of these cards, they seriously need faster CPUs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kadozer View Post
    Something to look forward to if you're in the market for a 5790: XFX 5970 Black edition
    Comes late Nov or early Dec.




    What a nice looking card.
    It's all the same when you rip off the heatsink and put it under water.

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