New specs for HD 5870 & 5850

Looks very good. Nvidia has no new cards to respond to the low/mid range but i hear there high end card is going to be a beast. 512sp, 2gig gddr5 512 bit, 40nm, dx11.

If the power consumption really is that low I'm rather shocked. Looks good for multi gpu versions.

too bad it costs $300 just for the 5850

yea the power consumption seems insane! let's hope it's all real

Now we just need some DX11 games. Just not in 5 years when a new Graphics API is out.

The first game that has DX11 is Dirt2 on PC, the Aliens Predator (thing) + 2 more but I don't remember.
I think they are going to launch the HD58XX with a techdemo of they're own and with the gameplay of Dirt2.

Yea, but it nuthin compared to nVidias new killer monster bbq fps beyond a zillion card

For some reason I would like to see that on the market
They would most likely bundle it with a power plant.

I dunno, if they're at 1600 Shaders and 80TMU's, AND a higher clockspeed, how could they not eat the HD 4870X2 for breakfast? Same # of shaders/TMU's and such, higher bandwidth (per core), and in a single-chip.

Methinks that 60% increase was talking about the HD 5850.

Cant beleive where I got thursday the 10th launch date from but I have been looking forward to today for a long time just to find out it could be the 23rd instead

Am looking forward to seeing the true benchies and specs soon, but from what is going around it looks like they will have a stonker of a card to release,

It seems to me that Nvidia has definately got the lead on faster cards, well they have since the 7xxx series and dont doubt when they launch the gtx300 it will be a huge card, but I am now quite happy sticking to ATI roadpath and upgrading accordingly, as it just costs so much less for the required performance! (unless I was going to get a 30" screen of course)

It's almost twice as powerful as a single 4890. Not a 4890x2, which if it existed would only have around 1.7x the power of a single 4890 in terms of fps scaling.

It is a *lot* more powerful than a 4870x2.

We've seen previous ATI cards double in performance compared to newly ones like hd2xxx < hd3xxx < 4xxx so this one is no different and crysis is already showing about 125% improvement or maybe a bit less. Only if the news circulating are correct we're talking

The 4870 was a lot more powerful than a 3870x2. In fact the 4850 was just as powerful as the 3870x2.

ATI have made that again with room to spare, if not actually increased the gap. I will be very surprised, looking at those crysis benchmarks, if the 5870 is not even more of a power increase over the 4870x2 than what the 4870 was over the 3870x2.

If Nvidia haven't made a simalar jump, they might as well forget all about it this round.

Im really really disappointed in nVidia in only being able to release 6 cards in almost 2 years, with still nothing on the horizon.
I was hoping nVidia would at least show for a new DX, or even a new OS, but guess not, they must be having many problems

I agree that the leaks point that the HD 5870 should stomp on everything (as it should be ~20% faster than the HD 4870X2/GTX295), however, to blatantly say it IS as powerful as 4890CF and it IS a lot more powerful than an HD 4870X2 should not be done, as we don't have reliable, conclusive evidence.

If you're speculating on leaks, do not state things as fact. When JDJ says things based on links, he uses words like "should be" "appears to" and such. Take note of it, it's the reason he has credibility, and many who have similar views do not.

Though I am on your side, I believe the HD 5850 will be roughly equal to the HD 4970X2, and the HD 5870 should be a solid 20% above the GTX295, that is, if the leaks are correct/unaltered/etc.

Cool.

WOW !!! i wonder how much that Samsung monitor will cost

Annand does

i think at most it will be on pair with the 4870x2, best case scenario IMO...

Only the fanATics.

yep... ur always so positive jennyh...
its 60% better than 4870 u guys want to bealieve its 60% better than 4890 but no one said that...

6 screens of wow at 80fps on full details...I doubt a single 295gtx do that.

The 4870x2 isn't really much slower than a gtx295 anyway Nica...

and for ATI to charge $400 its must be good...

Well. Two good cards in row. Not so bad at all. The chip is actually a guite bit larger than previous, so the increased price is in line with that aspect. It will be really interesting to see what 4770 upgrade will be like. DX11 ofcourse, but if there is any speed increase allso, it would be interesting card allso in cheaper price segment, when the uppper part is going to be more expensive than 48xx series.