HD5970 is finally here!

[andy5174]

As title:
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=11036

 

[WR2]

Only five days later than the Austrians 5970 @ €505,39 MSRP

 

[andy5174]

How much is that in US dollars?

 

[andy5174]

It's $1005.53 USD in NZ.

 

[WR2]

$751 USD

 

[andy5174]

OMG, it's extremely overpriced as all the PC parts in NZ as always!

 

[HibyPrime]

Who wants to buy me this for christmas? lol

 

[andy5174]

Definitely not me! I had just spent $1606USD on my new i5 rig last week.

 

[IzzyCraft]

Bringing back good old 8800Ultra prices $700+ USD lol well at least it is 2 chips wonder how much you have to pay to buy one then stick the chip into 5870's that you wanted to crossfire instead and couldn't find.

 

[soundefx]

Well considering the 5870 is $400US, a 5970, which is two 5870 is cheaper than a crossfire 5870.

I can't believe I am going to say this, but, where is nvidia when you need them?

 

[andy5174]

Well considering the 5870 is $400US, a 5970, which is two 5870 is cheaper than a crossfire 5870.

I can't believe I am going to say this, but, where is nvidia when you need them?

Actually, I prefer nVidia being away for longer so that those AMD fan boys will know what IS going to happen if Intel/nVidia vanish as they wish!

As I stated in the other thread previously, AMD is also a commercial company after all and will never give you bargains if they were in the leading place instead of Intel/nVidia.

 

[noko]

Talking about tempting except my Q6600 would be so much a bottleneck with this baby!

 

[cjl]

It's tempting, but not sufficient to make me replace my quadfire 4870x2s yet. Maybe with the next gen.

 

[andy5174]

It's tempting, but not sufficient to make me replace my quadfire 4870x2s yet. Maybe with the next gen.

Why don't you save your money for i9 or Sandybridge? 4 x 4870x2 is insanely excellent at least for another 3 years.

 

[andy5174]

BTW, is 1.384V your core voltage displayed on CPU-Z and the voltage set in the BIOS?

 

[michaelmk86]

An excellent card with massive OC headroom but the price is

 

[Mousemonkey]

An excellent card with massive OC headroom but the price is

Why is 600 bucks for the fastest dual GPU card bad?, it's an ATi card thus it's cheaper than it's Nv counterpart or it would be if Nv had a counterpart.

 

[andy5174]

I think that he is looking at the price in NZ.

 

[michaelmk86]

Why is 600 bucks for the fastest dual GPU card bad?, it's an ATi card thus it's cheaper than it's Nv counterpart or it would be if Nv had a counterpart.

Because the HD4870x2 cost 500€(release date) and now the HD5970 cost 570€.

 

[marney_5]

£519 on overclockers with 9 left in stock!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-PC

 

[Mousemonkey]

Because the HD4870x2 cost 500€(release date) and now the HD5970 cost 570€.

You obviously have yet to get the gist of this forum, the ATi card is cheap the Nv card is expensive, only Nv charge too much ATi would/will never overcharge as whatever you have to pay it is never more than you should pay.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

If nVidia had been able to keep their G200 pricing up, wonder how much the 295 would have cost?
900/950 or more?
nVidia pricing has been outta this world, sorta like Mars

 

[cjl]

Why don't you save your money for i9 or Sandybridge? 4 x 4870x2 is insanely excellent at least for another 3 years.

A lot will depend on what exactly comes out and how much money I have when it comes out. I don't think I'll be getting i9 unless it either performs better than I'm expecting right now, or is cheaper than I'm expecting. Sandy bridge is a distinct possibility. If 4GB DIMMS get cheap enough, I'd seriously consider an upgrade to 24GB as well - that could prove quite useful for some of the actual work I use my computer for (as opposed to gaming).

As for GPUs, I agree. 2 4870x2s (4 GPUs total, not 4 cards) is quite good for now, though I may reconsider if enough DX11 stuff starts coming out. I'm not hurting for speed though. These new cards look amazing though (despite being quite sizable). I'm glad to see the built in overclocking headroom - the 4870x2s don't have a whole lot of room for overclocking.

Oh, and 1.384 is CPU-Z. I don't remember what it's set to in the BIOS.

 

[Mousemonkey]

If nVidia had been able to keep their G200 pricing up, wonder how much the 295 would have cost?
900/950 or more?
nVidia pricing has been outta this world, sorta like Mars

Ifs, buts, and maybes. The decision to kill off the G200's was made a while ago at the top level when a new GPU was decided upon rather than an evolution of the existing one except for the GT210, 220 and 240 which were released back in May/June to the OEM's to satisfy contractual obligations so that it would be possible to then just move on to the next level and cut ties with the old.

 

[michaelmk86]

You obviously have yet to get the gist of this forum, the ATi card is cheap the Nv card is expensive, only Nv charge too much ATi would/will never overcharge as whatever you have to pay it is never more than you should pay.

I just say that the HD4870x2 was cheaper last year than the HD5970, and you start saying that the ATi is cheaper than nvidia witch is irrelevant to the topic, what is wrong with you.