# AMD Readies Radeon HD 5830, Seals Upper-Mainstream Gaps



## btarunr (Jan 12, 2010)

Having reclaimed the positions of having the fastest graphics cards and the most powerful GPU with the DirectX 11 compliant Radeon HD 5000 series, AMD is looking to make DirectX 11 accessible to all market segments. Later this month, AMD is expected to announce its lower-mainstream Radeon HD 5600 products, but with it, also an addition to the Radeon HD 5800 series: the Radeon HD 5830. This product is expected to fill the gap between Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850. 

The Radeon HD 5770 is priced in the sub-$200 range, while the HD 5850 at around $300. This gap is currently held by the previous-generation Radeon HD 4890, which faces competition from some NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 series products. It is expected that the Radeon HD 5830 will be about as powerful as a Radeon HD 4890 in current applications, while being priced slightly lower, and a little more competitive owing to its feature set and future-proofing. The new product could be announced on the 25th Jan. No additional details or specifications are known at this point.





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## Scrizz (Jan 12, 2010)

excellent!

and first post too!


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## kylzer (Jan 12, 2010)

Good news could be trading my 5770 in very soon


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## Kantastic (Jan 12, 2010)

Looks yummy, I'm glad I got my 5770 sold, I was starting to miss it too xD.


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## Bo_Fox (Jan 12, 2010)

Yay!!!  A 5770 with 256-bit memory!!!

'nuff said!


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## Fourstaff (Jan 12, 2010)

Do you think it is halfway between a 5770 and 5850? or it is slightly closer to the 5850 and Ati will release a "5790" closer to 5770?


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## gvblake22 (Jan 12, 2010)

Fourstaff said:


> Do you think it is halfway between a 5770 and 5850? or it is slightly closer to the 5850 and Ati will release a "5790" closer to 5770?


I doubt we'll see a 5790, there's no point in flooding the market like that.  Heck, I think the 5830 is kindof pointless but I'm still looking forward to the reviews.  My guess is that the 5830 will be closer to 5850 than 5770.


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## pantherx12 (Jan 12, 2010)

Brilliant, may get one actually......


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## devguy (Jan 12, 2010)

Man, on par with the 4890?  That sounds disappointing to me.  What I hope for is that it will be a 5850 with reduced clocks (kinda like 2900pro/xt), but chances are they are going to gut the stream processors to somewhere between 800 and 1440 (likely 1280) and reduced clocks.


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## pantherx12 (Jan 12, 2010)

devguy said:


> Man, on par with the 4890?  That sounds disappointing to me.  What I hope for is that it will be a 5850 with reduced clocks (kinda like 2900pro/xt), but chances are they are going to gut the stream processors to somewhere between 800 and 1440 (likely 1280) and reduced clocks.



It costs less 

Only 5 series card that is cheaper then is equivalent.


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## Bo_Fox (Jan 12, 2010)

Historically, the HD x7xx series (with the 2nd digit being 7) for the last 3 generations meant 128-bit bus.

The x8xx series meant 256-bit bus.



Fourstaff said:


> Do you think it is halfway between a 5770 and 5850? or it is slightly closer to the 5850 and Ati will release a "5790" closer to 5770?



Well, a 4890 is 19% faster than a 5770, so I would expect a 5770 with 256-bit bus to be ~20% faster.  

A 5850 is 28% faster than a 4890.







So, if the 5830 is exactly like a 5770, but with the same bandwidth as a 4890, it should be pretty much in between (roughly 22% faster than a 5770), after adding about 3% for optimizations due to the HD5k series architecture and drivers over the 4890.


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## [H]@RD5TUFF (Jan 12, 2010)

It's about damn time.


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## erocker (Jan 12, 2010)

pantherx12 said:


> It costs less
> 
> Only 5 series card that is cheaper then is equivalent.



And it will overclock far past 4890 speeds I'm sure.


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## pantherx12 (Jan 12, 2010)

erocker said:


> And it will overclock far past 4890 speeds I'm sure.



Aswell as DX.11 ( which does look good, even if it flops its worth it for those few games! )
Lower power
Lower heat


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## Bo_Fox (Jan 12, 2010)

Yeah, but as long as the trilinear optimization problem will be fixed (at least if ATI decides to allow us to disable it), I'll have a hard time upgrading my 4870 to a 5770 or even a 5830--those DX11 games are still so few, far and between.

Take a look at this thread (the last couple pages) for the trilinear optimization fix (not 100% sure about the whole thing, though):  

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=106814


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## DirectorC (Jan 12, 2010)

OMG it's the *GTX 275 KILLER*


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## [I.R.A]_FBi (Jan 12, 2010)

good replacement for my 4830 ... was saving for a 5850


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## Jstn7477 (Jan 12, 2010)

DirectorC said:


> OMG it's the *GTX 275 KILLER*



I'm glad that I chose to buy an Insignia Advanced 22" 1080p TV (which is now my PC monitor too, because my Sceptre 22" 1080p monitor that I got 2 months ago is utter shit) instead of a GTX 275. This TV kicks ass. 

I'll probably buy a 5K card sooner or later, since Fermi might be a furnace/leaf blower.


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## EastCoasthandle (Jan 12, 2010)

This is indeed good news.  I suspect yields have improved to bring a lower 256 bit part.


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## Deleted member 67555 (Jan 12, 2010)

[I.R.A]_FBi said:


> good replacement for my 4830 ... was saving for a 5850



my thoughts exactly


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## Hunt3r (Jan 12, 2010)

Cxb


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## Kantastic (Jan 12, 2010)

To those to want to buy one of these, do it right when they're launched and still at MSRP. Availability will only decrease and prices are bound to increase.


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## DirectorC (Jan 12, 2010)

EastCoasthandle said:


> I suspect yields have improved to bring a lower 256 bit part.



Eh? These cards are merely the latest victims of product binning.  Not that I wouldn't rock one, but it's basically crippled versions of cards that would have otherwise ended up as 5870s.


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## crazyeyesreaper (Jan 12, 2010)

yea whats the point almost all chips both cpu and gpu tends to be done this way Nvidia does ATi does Intell and AMD both do it this is nothing new or worth even caring about because at the end of the day u still get a functional gpu that kicks ass end of story 

without product binning there really wouldnt be a tiered gpu system it would be 1 gpu or nothing because no company will make a specific arch to fill 1 market segment


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## DirectorC (Jan 12, 2010)

crazyeyesreaper said:


> yea whats the point almost all chips both cpu and gpu tends to be done this way Nvidia does ATi does Intell and AMD both do it this is nothing new or worth even caring about because at the end of the day u still get a functional gpu that kicks ass end of story
> 
> without product binning there really wouldnt be a tiered gpu system it would be 1 gpu or nothing because no company will make a specific arch to fill 1 market segment



Well, without product binning, either most wafers would end up being a waste, or the cost of creating microprocessors would be astronomical.  It's just a natural process of the manufacturing process.  Well, dammit, that's why the link that describes product binning has been in my sig all this time.

But basically, pure fact: this certainly says nothing about _improvement_.


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## crazyeyesreaper (Jan 12, 2010)

true enough im just being a dick and stating the obvious


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## HalfAHertz (Jan 12, 2010)

I'm guessing it'll either be a 5770 core with a 256 bit buss or a castrated 5850 with ~1200 shaders. What do you guys think?


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## Steevo (Jan 12, 2010)

More than likely the shader count reduced as it is cheaper and then can use the same PCB as the 5850.


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## HalfAHertz (Jan 12, 2010)

Steevo said:


> More than likely the shader count reduced as it is cheaper and then can use the same PCB as the 5850.



What do you mean? How is a 5850 core cheaper than a 5770 that's basically half its size? Or do you mean it'll be cheaper because they won't have to redesign the pcb


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## 1Kurgan1 (Jan 12, 2010)

DirectorC said:


> Eh? These cards are merely the latest victims of product binning.  Not that I wouldn't rock one, but it's basically crippled versions of cards that would have otherwise ended up as 5870s.



By yields he means, not as man crippled cards that need to go to 128bit, and that they now have a good enough return to be able to make a lower end 5800 series.


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## Steevo (Jan 12, 2010)

HalfAHertz said:


> What do you mean? How is a 5850 core cheaper than a 5770 that's basically half its size? Or do you mean it'll be cheaper because they won't have to redesign the pcb



Cheaper as they can use defective cores, on a existing PCB. Notice how only after a certain length production run do they start making these cards? They have been stockpiling defective cores that didn't meet 5850 standards, and now have enough to make a new card.


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## [I.R.A]_FBi (Jan 13, 2010)

i feel it will be a 5850 with lower clocks


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## MK4512 (Jan 13, 2010)

Wait, doesn't ATi make those GFX cards?

They probably own ATi, but still it bothers me...


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## HalfAHertz (Jan 13, 2010)

I see. I didn't know yields were still that bad.


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## alwayssts (Jan 13, 2010)

I agree with those that say 1280sp.  I reckon ~625mhz, which would be exactly 1.6TF.  It also would be almost exactly proportional to 5850 as 5850 is to 5870 shader/texture-wise, if all the ROPs are still there.

Such a card would be ~10% faster than 4890, and like someone else mentioned, will likely be clocked to just *slightly overcome GTX275*/GTX280, as they should line up PERFECTLY.

Considering DX11 and the scarcity/price of GTX275, priced at $200 this will be a big win.

Can you see the new lineup shaping up?

_5970...No Contest
5950 v. Fermi...ATi
5890 v. FermiGT...ATi
5870 v. GTX295....ATi
5850 v. GTX285...ATi
5830 v. GTX275...ATi
5770 v. GTX260*...ATi (Price/Perf)
5750 v. GTS250 1GB...ATi
5670:v. GT240 1gb...ATi
5650 v. GT220...ATi
5500 series (Redwood GDDR3) v. whatever...ATi
5400 series v. GT210...ATi_

*5830 will make GTX260 irrelevant.

Nice stack!  

It took 'em 5 years, but ATi, you done good (or nVIDIA done bad.)


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## Soylent Joe (Jan 13, 2010)

oooooh...do like  I may have to kick out the ol' 4870 for some cheap dx. 11 powah.


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## DailymotionGamer (Jan 13, 2010)

Kantastic said:


> Looks yummy


Looks the same like the rest


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## crazyeyesreaper (Jan 13, 2010)

shoo troll shoo you wont buy this gpu anyway


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## AlienIsGOD (Jan 13, 2010)

I would def go for one of these if the only had reduced shader count.  It would be a good investment.


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## Soylent Joe (Jan 13, 2010)

If an overclocked 5830 is like a 5850, and an overclocked 5850 is like a 5870, isn't the 5830 basically the same as the 5870, but $175 less?  

Stupid transverse property, not behaving properly IRL.


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## alwayssts (Jan 13, 2010)

I wonder if they'd have the shame to cut it back to 1200 shaders and 24 ROPs.  That's certainly another possibility.  A crappier one, but possible none-the-less.  They'd have to compensate with a higher stock speed, something like 675-700mhz.

Whatever the case, count on it beating GTX275/280.  Other than filling the gap, that's certainly the point of this product.


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## tkpenalty (Jan 13, 2010)

DirectorC said:


> OMG it's the *GTX 275 KILLER*



You mean GTX 275 killer-if-only-nvidia-would-supply-GTX2xx-cards.


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## DirectorC (Jan 13, 2010)

Soylent Joe said:


> If an overclocked 5830 is like a 5850, and an overclocked 5850 is like a 5870, isn't the 5830 basically the same as the 5870, but $175 less?
> 
> Stupid transverse property, not behaving properly IRL.



No, the 5870 is the base product.  It's what AMD intended to make.  The 5850 is a binned-down version of the 5870 with a certain amount of disabled SPUs.  The amount less of SPUs is actually determined during the binning process.


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## alwayssts (Jan 13, 2010)

DirectorC said:


> No, the 5870 is the base product.  It's what AMD intended to make.  The 5850 is a binned-down version of the 5870 with a certain amount of disabled SPUs.  The amount less of SPUs is actually determined during the binning process.



Amigo, I think he was be facetious.


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## Steevo (Jan 13, 2010)

HalfAHertz said:


> I see. I didn't know yields were still that bad.



If Fermi is having a issue with production and that is the primary reason they aren't delivering ATI is suffering the same, but they have built in such a way that defective cores/stream processors can be laser cut and eliminated. Build a stack of a few hundred thousand dies and then make a card off them.

If you get 1000 cores per die, and have a net cost of $5 per core, a clean core rate of 50% that you can sell for $100, 25% that you can sell for $80, 10% that you can sell for $50, and 15% that are unacceptable for current use you don't just throw those away. You stock pile them for use in a future card that is even lower powered.


Now lest say out of the last 15% or 150 cores per die 80% are acceptable for use in a card like this, and you can still sell them at $40. 40*120=$4800 almost enough to pay for the die, making all the rest of it profit. And your waste is only 30 cores per die.



It is called engineered for cost, nothing you buy today is made to the original specs. A card gets made, no expense spared, no small stone unturned. Once it is made and performs within a certain spec, then the next set of engineers get it, and they are only looking for ways to cut the production cost. Lower quality solder, slower memory, competitive quotes, use more aluminum instead of copper, cheaper caps, etc.... they do this untill the life expectancy and failure rate reaches a certain point, and then orders are made. After that it is all just absorbtion costs that each MFG puts on the card itself. Some companies like XFX make their own brand by changing the PCB to a different color, adding a 50 cent piece of plastic, charging $20 more and being ready for the absorbtion costs a better support staff. At the end of the day they still make more than the next guy, but they also sell fewer. Sapphire makes ATI card for them, my X1800XT had a ATI sticker under the sapphire one.


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## mastrdrver (Jan 13, 2010)

Depending on how good Google is, the 5830 is suppose to use the 5850 boards. Would I be right in to assume that if it used a 5770 board that it couldn't have more than a 128 bit bus?

ATI-forum.de
Google translation


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## HossHuge (Jan 13, 2010)

erocker said:


> And it will overclock far past 4890 speeds I'm sure.



Ya, I expect it to be an O/C monster much like the 4830.  My Powercolor 4830 would do 750 on the core.

As it did in these reviews.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4830/29.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/4830-radeon-crossfire,2098-12.html


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## Deleted member 67555 (Jan 13, 2010)

I have my 4830 at 700/1200 24/7 fan @60%
47c full load 36c Idle


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## MilkyWay (Jan 13, 2010)

£160 is my limit for a card, it just gets far to expensive after that. The price drops you see kinda out weigh the early adoption for me.

If this is above a 5770 then yeah i might take a look if its sub £200 doubt it but it would be nice.

I would only do it if it was better than the card i have, it has to be better than a 4890 because a 5770 is in that territory already.

Although i might just wait a year for Fermi and if its expensive or shite by that time the ATi cards will have dropped in price and second hand will be available too.


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## Deleted member 67555 (Jan 13, 2010)

MilkyWay said:


> £160 is my limit for a card, it just gets far to expensive after that. The price drops you see kinda out weigh the early adoption for me.
> 
> If this is above a 5770 then yeah i might take a look if its sub £200 doubt it but it would be nice.
> 
> ...


You sound like that Retarded Voice in the back of my Head saying wait!!!! it'll be $179 1 month after release JUST WAIT IT OUT!!


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## Mussels (Jan 13, 2010)

this may be what i upgrade to.


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## Bo_Fox (Jan 13, 2010)

mastrdrver said:


> Depending on how good Google is, the 5830 is suppose to use the 5850 boards. Would I be right in to assume that if it used a 5770 board that it couldn't have more than a 128 bit bus?
> 
> ATI-forum.de
> Google translation



Hmm, perhaps you're right.  I'd prefer 1200 shaders at 700Mhz than 800 shaders at 850MHz, as the former would churn out much more horsepower!

But perhaps it takes a 5850 board since it has a 256-bit design (traces, pins, etc..)?  A 5850 board is not too terribly long, and it could be just a bit modified, like with what Nvidia did for their GTX 275.

Is this 5830 supposed to be released real soon (a week or a month)?


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## mastrdrver (Jan 13, 2010)

Bo_Fox said:


> Hmm, perhaps you're right.  I'd prefer 1200 shaders at 700Mhz than 800 shaders at 850MHz, as the former would churn out much more horsepower!
> 
> But perhaps it takes a 5850 board since it has a 256-bit design (traces, pins, etc..)?  A 5850 board is not too terribly long, and it could be just a bit modified, like with what Nvidia did for their GTX 275.
> 
> Is this 5830 supposed to be released real soon (a week or a month)?



About 2 weeks according to that link (25th). If they could use the 5770 board I would think they would since it would be cheaper for AIB partners than the larger 5850.

I'm thinking 5770 core and memory speeds, so it doesn't end up slower, plus a 256 bit bus.


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## theorw (Jan 13, 2010)

I think the 58xx series card should have the HIGH END PCB design,fully digital etc...The 5770 PCB is clearly cheaper design for reducing cost mainly and because its enough for 128bit.
For 256 the complexity is much bigger so the PCB should stay HIGH END like the other 58xx cards so using the 5850 PCB would look the most logical decision for amd!


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## Bo_Fox (Jan 13, 2010)

^^  +1



mastrdrver said:


> About 2 weeks according to that link (25th). If they could use the 5770 board I would think they would since it would be cheaper for AIB partners than the larger 5850.
> 
> I'm thinking 5770 core and memory speeds, so it doesn't end up slower, plus a 256 bit bus.



The 5850 board is still shorter than the reference 4870/4890 boards, so I dont think the 5850 board is bad at all!  

A few possible specs:

800 shaders, 850 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)

800 shaders, 900 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)

1200 shaders, 700 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)

1280 shaders, 700 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)

The higher, the better!


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## buggalugs (Jan 13, 2010)

nice


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## TheMailMan78 (Jan 13, 2010)

[I.R.A]_FBi said:


> good replacement for my 4830 ... was saving for a 5850



Get the 5850 man. Go that extra mile!


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## werez (Jan 13, 2010)

if it`s only 10-15EUR cheaper than 5850  i'm not interested . Hope i`m wrong


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## Flyordie (Jan 14, 2010)

I heard the HD5770 was going to get a refresh... Instead of 128bit GDDR5 they would re-arrange the VRAM and do 192bit GDDR5. Then completely drop the HD4890 and the HD5770 would replace the HD4890 entirely. This is just rumor on the specs, but the refresh was planned.


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## DirectorC (Jan 14, 2010)

werez said:


> if it`s only 10-15EUR cheaper than 5850  i'm not interested . Hope i`m wrong



Well in terms of USD, a 5850 starts at 300 if you're lucky, though it's 320-350 realistically for some/most cards.  It looks like the 5830 is poised to come out in the 250 price range.  I know that it translates to less of a difference in Euros, but it's gonna be way more than 10-15 for sure.


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## TheMailMan78 (Jan 14, 2010)

DirectorC said:


> Well in terms of USD, a 5850 starts at 300 if you're lucky, though it's 320-350 realistically for some/most cards.  It looks like the 5830 is poised to come out in the 250 price range.  I know that it translates to less of a difference in Euros, but it's gonna be way more than 10-15 for sure.



Dell had a Visiontek 5850 for 279 this week.


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## Kantastic (Jan 14, 2010)

^They tax almost everywhere so you're looking at $300 or so.


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## a_ump (Jan 14, 2010)

u kno what's amazingly retarded thou. is that every single HD 4XXX series card is being replaced by a HD 5XXX series card of similar performance but the HD 5XXX series costs more when technically it should be cheaper.

HD 5750$129 = HD 4850$99
HD 5770$164 *<* HD 4870$169

The HD 5770 has a smaller chip, with a 128-bit bus which is cheaper than the HD 4870's 256-bit bus, and the HD 4870 slightly outperforms it...so the HD 5770 should be cheaper but its not which is homo. The same with the HD 5750, 128-bit bus vs a 256-bit bus, smaller die vs a bigger die. And the HD 4850 is $30 cheaper...just ridiculous. 

And now this HD 5830 is suspected to be at HD 4890 performance for $250 or so?? yet the HD 4890 is only $200.....boo for ati's pricing..but i get the whole need to make money and make up for the past years i suppose.


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## DirectorC (Jan 14, 2010)

Yeah, ATI & AMD get to be the ones raking in the cash for once.  I don't see a problem with that.  Their GPUs are definitely deserving of it.


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## erocker (Jan 14, 2010)

a_ump said:


> u kno what's amazingly retarded thou. is that every single HD 4XXX series card is being replaced by a HD 5XXX series card of similar performance but the HD 5XXX series costs more when technically it should be cheaper.
> 
> HD 5750$129 = HD 4850$99
> HD 5770$164 *<* HD 4870$169
> ...



Newer tech costs more! OMG. Nothing new at all bud. Add to that that this newer tech currently has no competition, even more is charged to the consumer. I do agree, it is not the best situation for a consumer to be in.


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## Deleted member 67555 (Jan 14, 2010)

erocker said:


> Newer tech costs more! OMG. Nothing new at all bud. Add to that that this newer tech currently has no competition, even more is charged to the consumer. I do agree, it is not the best situation for a consumer to be in.



Which is exactly why this NON Nvidia Fan can't wait for Fermi to hit the markets and hopefully with some bang


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## a_ump (Jan 14, 2010)

erocker said:


> Newer tech costs more! OMG. Nothing new at all bud. Add to that that this newer tech currently has no competition, even more is charged to the consumer. I do agree, it is not the best situation for a consumer to be in.



newer eh? lol i suppose since its dx11 certified HD 5XXX is newer, but the HD 5770 chip just looks smaller than the HD 4870's imo, course idk the technicalities. N NO SHITS!!! fermi needs to hurry up n bounce up in the market on top of ATI's prices n get dem down to da floar!!


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## [I.R.A]_FBi (Jan 14, 2010)

TheMailMan78 said:


> Get the 5850 man. Go that extra mile!



wait for fermi pricedrops then?


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## Mussels (Jan 14, 2010)

[I.R.A]_FBi said:


> wait for fermi pricedrops then?



when fermi drops, does it become limpi?


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## MKmods (Jan 14, 2010)

this will be cool for <$200, that should lower the 5770s to around $140ish and the 5850s to around $250ish(where they should be).
(so AMD hurry and get rid of all the 4870/90s)


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## [I.R.A]_FBi (Jan 14, 2010)

Mussels said:


> when fermi drops, does it become limpi?



i lol'd


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## werez (Jan 14, 2010)

[I.R.A]_FBi said:


> wait for fermi pricedrops then?



by the time fermi comes around and i can actually put my hands on the card directX 12 will be out . )


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## [I.R.A]_FBi (Jan 14, 2010)

werez said:


> by the time fermi comes around and i can actually put my hands on the card directX 12 will be out . )



maybe dx13 that my friend aldon always talks about


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## [I.R.A]_FBi (Jan 15, 2010)

any more news


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## mastrdrver (Jan 16, 2010)

Off topic: Chinese forums are weird 

OT: PCOline

They say MSRP will be 239 USD.


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## Aleksa (Feb 1, 2010)

*5830 unoffical specs*

unofficial specs 5830 

5830 is binned 5850,
same PCB, cooling, connectivity, DDR5, BUS 256 bit,
GPU core 625 Mhz,
Memory 800 Mhz DDR5,
1280 shaders.


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## MKmods (Feb 4, 2010)

Hurry the hell up and release it already!


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## PP Mguire (Feb 4, 2010)

Exactly my thoughts.


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