Just dropped 800$ on 2 X 5870 cards....taking benchmark requests.

Just ordered a Saphire, and an HIS card, because newegg was limiting one per customer. UPS Next Day Saver, should both be here on Thurs. (my day off)

So, just wanted to see your comments and what benchmarks etc. does everyone want to see ?



BTW I am pairing them up with: Core i7 920 @ 4.0Ghz (w/ Xigmatek Thor's Hammer)
Asus P6T X58
12 GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1600Mhz
Zalman 850 W
X-FI Fatality Gamer Pro
Raptor 150
All in Cosmos S case w/ 9 120mm fans ( I hope air flow to the second card is not an issue!)

They have them up, including CF, over at Anandtech.

They seem confused over there about what to think, but [H]OCP is pretty happy.

http://www.anandtech.com/
http://www.hardocp.com/

Yea, I know they've got them up, but I think we all know there are always discrepencies in benchmarks from site to site, and it is always beneficial to take a look at a 3rd party's results for further reinforcement.

And not to mention, I will have great fun benching games with my new cards lol.



to microterf: I will do Crysis of course, but I don't have NFS Shift yet, also I have 24' monitor, 1920x1200, plan on getting two more for eyefinity eventually.

thanks. I plan on getting the x2 when it launches and a 5870 to trifire it. to replace the 4870trifire setup now. Hoping that will be enough to push my 30" and 2 26"ers for eyefinity. We'll know in 2 months.

With all due respect, you are not a third party.

Your results are merely anecdotal.

But by all means, have fun, and good luck with those cards!

You are one crazy mofo. Love your style

I just got off the phone with a buddy of mines over at the Egg and he states that the 5870's are still being unpacked and that they will not be available till noonish.... How is it you ordered a 5870 already???? And as far as one per customer?? That is nonsense....

Can you post a copy of your invoice?

So you are trying to tell me that some Egg reps leaked a few GPU's before the launch?

Well if this is true, why would the OP buy 2 5870's from different vendors? That is kinda wierd, I would have had someone else buy me the same exact GPU just to make sure they are both the same and not look funky....

To answer your questions as best I can OvClkr:

I ordered my cards late last night at about 1 AM, when I went to purchase 2X Sapphire cards, it said in the description that it was ( limit one per customer)

Therefore; I decided to get 1 Sapphire card, and 1 HIS card to get around that problem. There will not be any conflicts between the cards, espescially because they are both stock configurations, based on ATI's own designs. With that being said I would of course rather have two cards from the same vendor, but I don't see it as a big deal. My card got charged late last night, but it has not shipped yet, or at least UPS has not updated to that effect.

I hope you understand now

well, you gotta remember the only thing different will be the sticker on the cooler, and since i am crossfiring them ( and one card will be right on top of the other) you won't even be able to tell them apart. So no worries here.

Well if the coolers are identicle then I guess you are correct.... I was thinking maybe they would be a tad different just like XFX's upcomming GPU's

That's a great idea, and it is very doable, maybe I will do benchmarks with 2.66 (stock) cpu speed, 3.0Ghz, and 4.0Ghz and see how much of a ceiling that keeps giving me. I will definately do that for you.

UPDATE: Cards have been shipped, coming from California to NY, should be on my doorsetep tomorrow by 4 PM.