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Forums › Desktop computing › 5870 first reviews out!!!! AND WHAT A CARD


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# 41840 23-Sep-2009 21:12
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http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,695689/Radeon-HD-5870-Review-of-the-first-DirectX-11-graphics-card/Reviews/?page=10


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5870,2422-21.html




less power upto 40-60w than a 4870!!!!! :(


and less than 0.5fps in most benchmarks off a 4870X2 :S


Oh man!! 

WHY ATI WHY MUST YOU TEMPT ME :(




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  # 257934 23-Sep-2009 21:19
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Wow no need to buy a heater in Winter just use 2 x 5870's in SLI!

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  # 257955 23-Sep-2009 23:45
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No point jumping yet, Nvidia's next gen card is only a few months away. Even if it's not as good at the 5xxx series from ATI it will bring the prices down.

 
 
 
 


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  # 257980 24-Sep-2009 08:53
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Be a bit hard to do SLI with ATI cards wouldn't it? Hahaha



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  # 257991 24-Sep-2009 09:21
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haha, CF :P

Yeah the GT300 would be good to wait for, just to drop the prices, unless it's what they did with the previous 2 gens of cards, just renaming the 8800GT :( that's what turned me off them.

Still, if they brought out a card better than the 5870 at the same or lower power consumption, count me in :)




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  # 258006 24-Sep-2009 10:03
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sbiddle: Wow no need to buy a heater in Winter just use 2 x 5870's in SLI!




Hell yeah :) and you won't use as much power as 2x 4870s, so double the benefit.

I need a heat pump, guess I could convince the woman that it has dual purposes, although then she'll complain about me spending too much time gaming again




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