Radeon HD 5870 review

[L1qu1d]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5870-review-test/

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Reading it now, wowzah

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Well the reading begins....

That first leaked Toms Italy review had so many spelling errors and general errors I wasn't sure if they were Chris' or the translation, should know soon.

Be back much later.

 

[L1qu1d]

hahaha, yeah it looks like I traded up.

Edit:

@ Jaydee

Dunno how late I am on this but congrads on becoming a mod

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Not late at all, just today actually, and TY

 

[Jaysin]

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/09/22/amds_ati_radeon_hd_5870_video_card_review

Mas

 

[L1qu1d]

man i can't wait to see the crossX benchies, Think 2 5870 = 4870 X2 quad that actually scales well (or just about).

My estimates since the 5870 is slightly weaker at times and slightly stronger at others, we might see it equal 4870 X2 quadfire.

But again just assumptions.

SCALING FTW!

EDIT

DAmn you jaydee u answered my question before I asked it!

 

[woostar88]

not bad at that price. And DX 11 is a plus as well.

Just release the dam card!!!!

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Another for you;
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/

Unfortunately nothing from my Fav yet B3D/TechReport.

 

[Jaysin]

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

http://www.hexus.net/

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=858

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643

Reading that brought up the IQ debate again for me.
Essentially it's still theoretical, but interesting none the less, I wonder what this will do with their FirePro range, and if they can enable AA above 8X finally (the Quadros support 32X on a single card).

 

[area61]

the card seems pretty happy sandwiched between the 295 and the 4870x2. my call s that the 5850 =>285

 

[Dekasav]

Seems to be getting a lot of good recommendations in every review. [H] gave it a gold award, guru3d must-have.

Overall, good card, quick, and beats the P/P of everything about the HD 4890/GTX275.

 

[Harrisson]

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

LOL !! :lol: CLASSIC !!

 

[one-shot]

Nice picture, Harrison. I've read the review on here and Anandtech, but I look forward to the review at The Tech Report. Looks like a solid card. At the current price, it performs similar to my system so I'm not disappointed that I added another GTX 260 Core 216. I can't wait to see what future drivers will do to performance and scaling.

 

[angry_ducky]

I just read Tom's and [H]'s reviews, and it looks like an amazing card.

One thing that I don't understand, though, is how the new "Eyefinity" technology on these cards differs from previous cards. Is there something special about the inputs, or does it allow you to use dual-screen resolutions with games that didn't previously support it?

I first tried dual-screen gaming two years ago; I played Portal on two 19" monitors (2560 x 1024 rez), and that was with an old Radeon X600. If a Radeon X600 could do that, then there's no way that newer cards couldn't do it. What's the difference with Eyefinity (stupid name)?

 

[woostar88]

geez i thought we are on recession... At the moment, all the 5870 are sold out...

 

[FallenSniper]

I can't wait to see what future drivers will do to performance and scaling.

Same. I feel like it has more hidden potential just waiting to wreak havoc on Nvidia.

 

[cjl]

I just read Tom's and [H]'s reviews, and it looks like an amazing card.

One thing that I don't understand, though, is how the new "Eyefinity" technology on these cards differs from previous cards. Is there something special about the inputs, or does it allow you to use dual-screen resolutions with games that didn't previously support it?

I first tried dual-screen gaming two years ago; I played Portal on two 19" monitors (2560 x 1024 rez), and that was with an old Radeon X600. If a Radeon X600 could do that, then there's no way that newer cards couldn't do it. What's the difference with Eyefinity (stupid name)?

The difference is that with the older multi-screen implementation, the screens were reported to the OS and to the games as two separate screens. Eyefinity combines up to 6 screens into a single large virtual screen, so as far as the game knows, you simply have a really wide screen. All the game needs to support is a non-standard aspect ratio, wheras before, it had to explicitly support multiple screens.

 

[mactronix]

Firstly congrats on the Modship sir JDJ [:lectrocrew:5]
Secondly Anyone have an idea on how long the 5850's will be ? About a week ?
Thanks
Mactronix

PS Love the Batmobile :lol:

 

[silvergo]

needs driver updates....

 

[daedalus685]

Damn, are there gonna be any Vets left that are not super mod lords?

 

[randomizer]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/270690-33-hd5870-hd5850-reviews-discussion