AMD Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 confirmed to be launched on 22.10.2010

[kadozer]

Not impressed at all. I will sit tight with my GTX 465--> 470 and the Core sitting at 800 with more headroom left.

Should post this in the Nvidia forums. Don't worry about the responses you get in this thread, you'll get plenty of 'attaboys pats on the back' for your purchase decision.

[generics_user]

4pm on the east coast and non on newegg. Hate paper launch's

there was no launch yet; launch is tomorrow

[Kain665]

lol that's not how it works...

[HelixPC]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...-6870-review/1

6870 Review!

[kadozer]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...-6870-review/1

6870 Review!

"looks for UBISOFT benchie" nope, check.

Great an early review.

edit: They reeeaaally need to include Civilization V in these reviews. A really good metric for DX11 performance. This would highlight the DX11 performance for people on the fence between a 5870 at slightly lower cost vs 6870.


Bonus for us few audiophile whores on XS: 7.1 channel, lossless sound 192kHz / 24-bit and 1.4a through HDMI (sweeeeet)

[geo]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...-6870-review/1

6870 Review!

Thanks

[zerazax]

The guru3d review puts the 6870 awfully close to the 5870 in a lot of the intensive games, so getting a 5870 on less power draw and less cost is going to be awesome

[Motiv]

The guru3d review puts the 6870 awfully close to the 5870 in a lot of the intensive games, so getting a 5870 on less power draw and less cost is going to be awesome

since guru is now down, any idea on the tessellation improvements?

[generics_user]

Not impressed at all. I will sit tight with my GTX 465--> 470 and the Core sitting at 800 with more headroom left.

you were lucky with your unlock; only very few people got a stable card; and i agree that barts brings nothing new for GF100/104 or HD58xx series owners, but i think that this chip is going to be very impressive considering the extremely high efficiency (which simply isn't there on GF1xx cards and isn't really high if you compare cypress to RV7xx)

[kadozer]

since guru is now down, any idea on the tessellation improvements?

Only a smudge behind in Battlefield DX11 benchmark like 55 fps avg for 5870 to 52 fps avg to 6870 @1920 X resolution.

edit: see below screenshot more like 52 to 46fps.

[Hey Zeus]

The Guru review is utterly slow. Very nice numbers so far. Nvidia better ready that 475 fairly quickly

[HelixPC]

The guru3d review puts the 6870 awfully close to the 5870 in a lot of the intensive games, so getting a 5870 on less power draw and less cost is going to be awesome

As long as prices stay around $225-250, the 6870 is a good choice

[Hey Zeus]

Is there any idea on the projected price of the 6870 on the egg? 249.99?

[Motiv]

Only a smudge behind in Battlefield DX11 benchmark like 55 fps avg for 5870 to 52 fps avg to 6870 @1920 X resolution.

so basically, reading this review, the 6870 is between a 5850 & 5870, apart from tesselation (which has improved).

The price however is under a Nvidia 470, making it a mid-high range card, rather than the 5870 which is higher priced?

Or am I reading it wrong.

if so, these cards are pretty decent, and don't burn a hole in your pocket or your electricity bill

[HelixPC]

Overclocking sucks tho, 954mhz was max core guru 3d

[Hey Zeus]

so basically, reading this review, the 6870 is between a 5850 & 5870, apart from tesselation (which has improved).

The price however is under a Nvidia 470, making it a mid-high range card, rather than the 5870 which is higher priced?

Or am I reading it wrong.

if so, these cards are pretty decent, and don't burn a hole in your pocket or your electricity bill

470 is now 229 on newegg. Price drops happened today.

[Eagleclaw]

lol gurus site must be getting pounded for these reviews

[HelixPC]

470 is now 229 on newegg. Price drops happened today.

This is why i love AMD, pushing the prices down! good job , winners here are the customers who waited to upgrade their graphics cards.

[Manicdan]

This is why i love AMD, pushing the prices down! good job , winners here are the customers who waited to upgrade their graphics cards.

only took like forever, lol. a 5850 is like 25% cheaper relative to launch over a year ago?

[[XC] hipno650]

all of you need to get off the Guru3D site so i can read this review

until i read this review though best part of this whole launch seems to be GTX 470 for like $250.00 thats a sweet deal

[kadozer]

Ok here's some screenshots while its down.

[Hey Zeus]

Ok here's some screenshots while its down.

Thanks but who cares how it compares to the 5870. We all want to see how they compare to the 460/470/480

[kadozer]

Thanks but who cares how it compares to the 5870. We all want to see how they compare to the 460/470/480

True but not hard to dig up the 460/470 past reviews yourself no?

[Hey Zeus]

True but not hard to dig up the 460/470 past reviews yourself no?

The review is down so the info i want on those pages isn't accessable.

[kadozer]

The review is down so the info i want on those pages isn't accessable.

Not like Guru3d is the only one that reviewed the 460/470 in the past. You'll probably find similar test setups.