First listing for ATi's Radeon 5870 1GB DX11 card

[dikinher]

http://www.hardware.info/en-UK/news/ymicl5qYwpyaaZY/Sapphire_Radeon_HD_5870_for_preorder/

Nearly a week ahead of its launch, Dutch retailer Salland Automatisering briefly listed a Radeon HD 5870 1 GB accelerator from a now-masked manufacturer (we are fairly sure it's Sapphire, looking at its part number "21161-00-50R" that resembles the part number scheme of other products from this manufacturer). Since Salland's pricing is usually consistent with those of other major European retailers, it gives a coarse indication of what you would have to pay for a Radeon HD 5870 1 GB: 268.90 EUR (excluding taxes), 319.99 EUR including taxes applicable in The Netherlands. AMD's Radeon HD 5870 1 GB accelerator is slated for September 23. It also comes in a 2 GB variant priced slightly higher, and an Eyefinity Edition planned. Salland was quick to withdraw the listing.

http://images.hardwareinfo.net/news/5870_sm2.png

[JH24]

Cool! That's IMHO a pretty nice price. Certainly lower than I expected. This means that a HD 5850 is hopefully considerably lower too. (I'm really interested in that card)


Thanks for the info.

[hell_of_doom227]

I am buying this card :) My SLI GTX280 can go to bros machine and i will be happy with single ATI 5870 until Nvidia releases GTX300 and decide to perhaps get second ATI 5870 for crossfire or ditch ATI and go for SLI GTX300.

Btw, I am getting 2Gb version cause i don't think 1Gb of memory is enough for such GPU. Grand Theft Auto IV is going to be happy with 2Gb.

You gotta love Intel platform, so available for Crossfire and SLI - no limitation.

[Moo]

Is there an official release date for the Radeon 5800 series cards in the U.S.?

[Maverick123w]

I dunno about official but keep hearing the 22nd/23rd of this month getting tossed around.

[CaptNKILL]

What other graphics cards cost $268 euros right now? That may give us an idea of how much it'll cost in the US.

[methimpikehoses]

What other graphics cards cost $268 euros right now? That may give us an idea of how much it'll cost in the US.

nvm i converted from pounds :retard:

[lee63]

268 Euros = 394.49600 U.S. dollars;)

[dikinher]

Close ups of the 5800 series

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-09-18/10b.jpg

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-09-18/10a.jpg

[LitHiuM]

Wonder how long it will take for full cover waterblocks to appear... soon I hope. Gonna get me a couple of 5870's :)

[Maverick123w]

Unless some really good info about the GT300 comes out b4 the middle of October I'll be getting one myself.

[slaWter]

268 Euros = 394.49600 U.S. dollars;)

Unfortunately that doesn't work that well. Hardware is always more expensive here.
Usually it's more like $399 => €399 :(

[lee63]

Unfortunately that doesn't work that well. Hardware is always more expensive here.
Usually it's more like $399 => €399 :(
Thats too bad...are you gonna wait for the 300s?

[slaWter]

Thats too bad...are you gonna wait for the 300s?

Definitely.

[KasuCode]

I plan on buying at least one 5870 2GB 6 display port version. and 4 5850s or 5750s depends on performance for my other computers(4).

[lee63]

Is it possible to run Tri Xfire ?

[Fotis]

Is it possible to run Tri Xfire ?

Of course! Why not!:)

The price for Europe seems ok to me and I'll probably go for the 5870 2GB.

[lee63]

XFX

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7215/atrhd587034mdcopy.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/i/atrhd587034mdcopy.jpg/)

[DHP]

Hopefully I can get my hands on 1 HD5870 next week.

I am just going to use 1 card.

More than enough for all games. :)

[lee63]

HIS

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011217

[dikinher]

This is tempting. I've never liked ATi because of their drivers, even though I was in love with the X1900XTX which was my last purchased ATi card. I think I'll wait on Nvidia's next series of video cards. Besides, physx support is always a plus.

[shadow001]

Just to get an idea of how a 2 and 3 card configuration works...Seems to be a beast when applying 8X antialiasing :D



http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5950/fullscreencapture921200.jpg

[lee63]

Just to get an idea of how a 2 and 3 card configuration works...Seems to be a beast when applying 8X antialiasing :D

I might get three of these....that should last me all of next year.

[Sazar]

XFX

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7215/atrhd587034mdcopy.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/i/atrhd587034mdcopy.jpg/)

I have some concerns about heat and sound based on that puny little outlet :(

Hopefully the card doesn't heat up too much.

[K007]

Just to get an idea of how a 2 and 3 card configuration works...Seems to be a beast when applying 8X antialiasing :D



http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5950/fullscreencapture921200.jpg

that chart is so confusing...sometimes 2 way gains not much then 3way more than doubles...:headexplode: