ATI... erm, AMD vs nVidia!

[ADT]

Dang... I was considering getting Club 3D's version of the HD 5870, the over-clocked edition, but no stock in SA.

Wow is Mr Nvidia considering getting on to the ATI train?? ....Nice

[Mystical_Titan]

Hey, I'm for whoever is making the best cards. It just happened that for a long time it was nVidia. But until they release the 400-series, ATI is tops. Plus, I don't want to wait a few months for SA to actually get stock of the nVidia stuff!

[Puento]

ATI 5830 more than a 5850? something is wrong there. . .

[vayron]

nvidia physx how to run on ati i am thinking of getting a 5850 is 3d club good brand as it is cheaper then others will prices go down when nvidia launches the gtx400 series for the ati's or will the gtx be in the price ranch to bay

[Mystical_Titan]

Club 3D looks pretty solid... the reason they're cheaper is because they're a fairly new company and they're trying to compete with the bigger fish.

[KillerByte]

This thread is now redundant.

I am busy reviewing the MSI Big Bang Fuzion for the May issue.

HD5870 and a GTX285

You have to see it to believe it

[Mystical_Titan]

Are there actually Fusion products available already or is it still in pre-release phase?

[KillerByte]

they are available in the shops but i would suggest reading reviews before you buy one.

[Mystical_Titan]

Why? Not very stable yet?

[KALSTER]

bit-tech review.

The board looks gorgeous! But it looks like that is where it stops. Poor MSI unfortunately deserves a massive fail IMO.

[Prime]

bit-tech review.

The board looks gorgeous! But it looks like that is where it stops. Poor MSI unfortunately deserves a massive fail IMO.

Ferrite chokes used to be used because they hold the induced charge longer, so we can only assume "supering" the ferrite means they hold even more charge. Or, something along those lines.

*sigh* I think my head just exploded! No charge is induced. Its to do with the relative permiability of ferrite (between 1000 and 20000) VS air(1) which determines how much it will magnetise within a magnetic field. This is physics 1, people! (of course its entirely possible that its tongue in cheek and I am seriously sleep depri...zzzz)

[R3D]

This thread is now redundant.

I am busy reviewing the MSI Big Bang Fuzion for the May issue.

HD5870 and a GTX285

You have to see it to believe it

USed one to validate my 750 i5 it got me 100mhz more than my P7P55D at 0.5v VCORE and got 100MHZ more.

BRILLIANT board but at that price its a bit too much to justify.

[Mystical_Titan]

Nevermind the price, the performance numbers aren't up to anything.

[Rowan Kahn]

The HD 5830 is finally out! It bridges the very large performance gap between the HD 5770 and 5850. I have looked at some reviews on the net and it does indeed fit nicely in the middle. However, the same cannot be said for the price. R2800 is the cheapest I've seen! Most sit on R3k. Makes you wonder what on earth the incentive could be when you could get a full 5850 for that price.

[Puento]

or, you can get two 5770 512mb for 2900, awesome buy. . . The price of the 5830 must be at least around 1900-2400 . . . .

[Mystical_Titan]

I'm sure a pair of 5770s in CrossFire will do the job... the 1 GB version probably isn't that much more expensive?

[Mystical_Titan]

Do you even get a 512 version of the 5770? From what I see, they're all of the 1k variety...

[Puento]

512mb 5770 it will rock your world!

[Mystical_Titan]

Yay. Good for them.

[ADT]

You still considering going ATI Mystical??

[Mystical_Titan]

Yes... although, if I sell my PC now, nvidia will probably be on the market by the time I'm ready to buy a new one.

[ADT]

Wow, my card/s will be powerful if i CrossFire

[Mystical_Titan]

Yip... the new ATI's are awesome...

[Puento]

two 5770's in crossfire is definitely the best graphics setup for the money. . .
Price = 5850. . .
Performance = 5870. . .

[ADV4NCED]

Actually 2 x 5770's only get you +- 1000 points more than a single 5850

Notice the 4890 being faster than the 5770 too - So to crossfire 2 x 4890's would be quite a bit faster than 2 x 5770's

This is why I cant understand people choosing a 5770 over a 4890. Sure you get DX11 but how many DX11 titles are out anyway? Besides that, what would the performance be like if you played DX11? You most certainly would struggle to hold high maybe even med-high gfx settings, so chances are, you'll play on DX9 or DX10 and higher the gfx settings. That's what I would do anyway...