5870 vs 4890 crossfire

[fjc1998]

I gonna upgrade as soon as i figure wich to buy.When i upgrade ill also be upgrading my cpu ,a phenom X3 720 to core i5.My phenom's bottleneking too abd 😀

 

[fjc1998]

Yeah, GTX300 launch week.

Whens GTX300 coming out?

 

[TheViper]

Whens GTX300 coming out?

January it seems.

 

[fjc1998]

January it seems.

ok and do know any retailers that currently has 5870s in stock?

 

[TheViper]

ok and do know any retailers that currently has 5870s in stock?

Nope. And none of them should at the moment. I know of a few instances where retailers bought a few cards from other retailers just to fill orders.

Demand is simply higher than ATi and TSCM anticipated and yields were below expectations.

However, nVidia fans pointing out the low yields and availability for HD 5000 series cards might want to consider how things look for nVidia given that TSCM will also provide them with their 40 nm chips.

Worse for nVidia is that ATi simply buys chips individually as they are produced but nVidia buys a whole wafer at a time. Meaning every piece ATi buys works while every piece nVidia buys might only have 10% working chips.

 

[fjc1998]

well i guess im postponing my upgrade =(

 

[terribleteee]

hey I just hooked up a 4890 to a old 32 bit Pentium 4 board. I should've checked compatibilty first because I don't have that motherboard anymore. I wrote a complete description of the situation on anouther thread if anyone would like to comment.

 

[fjc1998]

hey I just hooked up a 4890 to a old 32 bit Pentium 4 board. I should've checked compatibilty first because I don't have that motherboard anymore. I wrote a complete description of the situation on anouther thread if anyone would like to comment.

i dont get you and as long as you have a motherboard with a pci express x16 or somthin like that it should work

 

[TheViper]

With an old P4 CPU, he probably had an AGP based motherboard.

 

[terribleteee]

would that card screw things up I feel like waving my hands in the air running around screaming I'm new I don't know what to do. I had a hd4650 in it and it was running great

 

[terribleteee]

I can't find any liturature on the board and I can't get tech support from gateway because its to old

 

[fjc1998]

would that card screw things up I feel like waving my hands in the air running around screaming I'm new I don't know what to do. I had a hd4650 in it and it was running great

well the simples way is to change mobos . other than that i think theres no other way

 

[terribleteee]

I'm thinking the same thing I'm gonna have to troubleshoot all the components. I've got a 790FX-GD70 Sitting on the shelf waiting for the AMD 965 to come in the mail. I was hoping to use the old board for business purposes. Looks like I screwed myself trying to play with new toys... At least P4 boards are cheap