Thursday, November 12th 2009
Radeon HD 5970 Gets Listed
Some of the first online store listings of AMD's newest high-end graphics accelerator, the ATI Radeon HD 5970, have started to surface. Austrian computer hardware online store aggregator Geizhals.at has sources out three such stores which list the accelerator by AIB partner Sapphire, between € 505.39 and € 514.46, including 20% applicable tax (excluding which, it is priced between € 421 and € 428). The Sapphire HD 5970 accelerator listed carries the part number 21165-01-50R. It features a total of 2 GB of memory (2x 1GB), contrary to an earlier report. A short list of stores can be found here.
121 Comments on Radeon HD 5970 Gets Listed
oh and. please no refer me being AMD fanboy i not. i buy best price/performen card i find not look @ company name but you may b different
Wrong and you have no proof to back-up this claim. You took what I said out of context again, but whatever you're just reaching deep to demonize.
I find some people have a hard time conceptualizing and forming educated opinions especially when it's scary to estimate. Even if I am wrong in my projection of 13-25% worse than 5870s in crossfire it says something that I've thought about it and shared the idea with the community. It's not poison, I didn't bring up Fermi, and I stated my expectations based on GOOD REASON. You can call it crap. Hell I'm sure Wolf appreciates the sentiment.
Cheers Kid. I should have expected as much from this community and kept the fist comment a little less terse. Apparently being an adult is reserved for staff members. Anyone with an opinion or sense of humor is labelled a child. :rolleyes: I gotta add it makes it harder to buy a product when a few sharp tongued people make its discussion a bad memory.
It's nice how we've gone from a complete debate over actual points of arguement, to silly name calling and bickering . . . mind you, I'm not the one who threw the first stone.
So says he who has proven by his own account that his interpretation is correct, even after having been proven wrong. So, I guess then, you yourself are also lumping yourself in with the trash, eh?
Opinions are like assholes - everyone has one, and they all stink. Sadly, the ones that smell the worst are those based off of conjecture rather than factual information. Again, show me the hard factual information, not an "opinion" based off of testing hardware that is not yet available.No proof that a case setup doesn't directly affect the operating temperature of one's hardware?!
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That's good man, you should be a tech comedian!So, you're that 100% definite in your fuddled opinion that you're not willing to take me up on my offer, eh? I have no fear of setting my rig up and benching a single 4870x2 against two 4870s in crossfire, with all hardware at stock clocks.
But, I'm guessing that since you've been proven wrong, you're afraid of my results nailing that coffin shut.
And regarding Wolf's "hypothesis" - I never directly stated it was crap . . . that's your interpretation, kid. :toast:Well, if such discussion leaves a bad taste in your mouth . . . perhaps one should be a little more tactful in future discussions . . . as well as be a little more careful as to what "information" one wants to stand behind. I guess that'd be a little easier to swallow if one was more willing to act like an adult, instead of figuring it's only reserved for staff memembers around here. It's always funny how some users throw out comments, and then try to pass it off later as it only being "a joke," if maturity were factored in, then you'd know for sure that throwing out such comments is not the smartest of ideas when a discussion is starting to become a bit more lively.
But, I guess by your standards, I'm not allowed to have any opinion of my own, and that your opinion is the only correct one around here, eh?
As of that, I'm done dealing with you and your "opinions" in this thread. Take a bow, you're the second user who's ever made any of my *ignore* lists! :toast:
Any test done can yield some information if done half correctly. I trust what wolf found, and I trust myself. You can pick apart and choose which words you want to split hairs over, but I honestly tried to understand you posts as a single idea with multiple points. In a spat it looks like we both like the smell of our own farts, but even I'm willing to admit when my sh!t stinks. My sh!t stinks right now, but I feel entitled to defend myself. I remember being told to ignore people who lack the skills to debate, and as tiring as it is to deal with people who think in absolutes and can't admit fault in comprehension it's important to try anyway. I'm not saying you lack these skills directly. If you find that you've misunderstood anything in this thread then you'll be the one to realize it, and as for me I'll do my best to understand your point of view. I only argue that ATI plans to do nothing innovative. Some time last year they published a plan of attack of sorts. The plan basically showed how they plan to fill in the gaps of performance with multi-gpu solutions and then match the multi gpu solution with a single card solution in a smaller process. They intended to show the difference between themselves and the competition. I can only assume that this means their multi-gpu solutions aren't meant to be anything special. Real innovation happened when they made the 5870 despite it being a double-up on the previous generation. I say this because the heat/power specs are so little for something so powerful on a single gpu. In no way am I impressed with the performance or the price. Whatever gave you the impression that I was being hypocritical is probably a misunderstanding. As for your hopes of a superior player in the 5970 I wish you the best. Whether you get the card or not it would be nice for you to be right on the money with whatever it is you think might happen.
You're the second person who's added me to an "ignore" list. Maybe it's fate ;)
I can hardly be called a fanboy for either, I love my GPU's of any make, shape or color :laugh: and heres another spanner to throw in the works, I had micro-stuttering with my two 4870's in CF, just goes to show every users experience will be slightly different.
There's a simple solution that I found even saved some kittens guys; DFTT.
Since then I have owned ATI cards and while they have not been perfect; I have been happy with their performance for the price. Also, if nvidia ever gets off the "holier than thou" seat and starts thinking about the consumer once again; I will then give them a little respect. I applaud them for putting out some very nice cards, but they still haven't ever cared about decent prices for their cards. Their needs to be better competition overall in my opinion. Just having two major video card companies is not that great in the long run. I wish Matrox and Voodoo were still in the game, but alas they aren't.
All you fanboi's should be encouraging more competition because that will help with pricing and also with inovation.
i think that's the 5970
i don't know if that's a "reliable" source but yeah
@[H] - I thought you would find it interesting that I am usually able to find GTX295s for under $470 including tax and shipping. Here's an example: www.unitedoffice.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=VCGGTX295SXPB&vid=356&src=F
Just last year I got a few people GTX280s for $200. I'm sorry this post may smell green to some people, but before it gets all nasty I helped a few members here get Diamond 5870s for $360. Fitseries likes to help people find deals too. Newegg isn't the only place to find electronics.
13.5 inches (first time i heard that.. i made penis jokes too)
I 'added' to your imperial with a metric figure, tee hee hee!:D
EDIT: that's fair enough Binge, but we're talking about launch for now with the 5900s. More appropriate figures would be the launch figures for those cards you're talking about.
do anyone know when this car get launched?
If this gets launched by December I'll have to cut away some hdd bays to get it to fit for sure.
maybe it's good for people that want longer e-pen