02-25-10, 12:40 AM
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AMD's Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price
To close the 5850/5770 gap, today AMD is introducing the 5830, a further cut-down Cypress. Today we'll see why this card embodies the idea that there is no such thing as a bad card, only a bad price...
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02-25-10, 12:54 AM
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Re: AMD's Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price
god damn they are making so many freaking cards its insane
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02-25-10, 07:01 AM
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Re: AMD's Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price
Yeah that's a hard sell at $240. It would have been much better if they'd given them 24 ROPs rather than 16.
Also, they aren't available yet. 
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