5800 ati cards????

any of you guys know when the 5800 line up will hit us??? It was supposed to be at the beginning of this month!

Thx....

hope Tom will have benchmarks for those very soon

Yeah, little chance of the HD5K series launching before summer, especially during the current economic situation, better to extend old lines rather than launch into everyone being broke.

4890 is RV790 core and 4870 is RV770 XT

Probably just a same difference as a q9450 to q9650 if in CPU

ya, its the last leverage of old technology before the real 40nm kickin

A row of transisters around the outside of the chip to allow for higher clocks is basically all it is.

Mactronix

anyway if any1 wants to upgrade the graphic card that he owns right now i suggest he waits even if it hurts

i dont really care about dx11 i care about 40nm and the fact that this brings better performance with a lower price

4 example u bought a 4890 u paid 250$ u got 100% performance now after 2-3 month a new card arrives like say 5850
it coasts 230$ and gives u 120% performance + all the additives


so what do u think

lower coast
lower power consumption
lower psu requierements
lower heat
higher performance
higher clocks
more stream processers
40 nm