BE HONEST, are you buying a 5970? Why?

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I'm just curious as it just seems like this particular item is WAY out of most folks' league price wise (and that's not even considering the need for a 750w PSU/giant case/etc.). So, if you are one of the lucky few who will be ordering this beast, please explain your reasoning. I'm not trying to bash at all, this is just the kind of thing I would never think of owning and would love to hear from future owners as to thier reasoning for purchase.

 
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BE HONEST, whats the point of this post?
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Never been curious before ? I think its valid, I cant ever see a scenario where i would ever buy one either. I think it would be nice to know just what type of system people who want one of these are running.
Is it an actual need for the card or a want ?
My whole system (well just the tower that is) cost less than the asking price of this card.

Mactronix
 
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Not, not at all. I have no use for such Behemoth, even a 5870 might be overkill for my system. Getting a 5970 would be like throwing money down the drain due to CPU bottleneck. Not to mention I have a single 22 monitor, not two 30's...
 
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Well, production of such cards are low to begin with, and are much cheaper than say a nVidia Mars card, and outperforms it by 30%+ or so.
Now, imagine having 3 30' screens. and only want the best gaming scenario your wallet can afford, as is what we all want.
Understand, if people have more monies, it doesnt make them evil,quiotic or foolish, theyre just like all of us, and companies make products for them, just like for all of us.
Simple if you think of it
 
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I've had Caravans since 2002, the latest one purchased in July. What's it like? Spaciously Sexy. 😗

As for the 5970, not my type, it's a Bugatti Veyron, big and fast and pricey, not my style. But I'd be tempted to buy one for the ladies. 😉

Anywhoo, off to watch hockey and then UFC 106. [:thegreatgrapeape:3]

 
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Personally no, but thats because i just ordered my sapphire 5870 2 days ago before i knew about this one. And the 5870 for me might already be too big for my case, ill have to wait and see though.
 
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I also would not buy one because at this point, there is really nothing that needs that much power and i like to keep my computer on the lower end of power consumption because otherwise my room gets hot, even on a cold day
 
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I have a confession to make... I HAVE paid $600 for a video card once... right when the 7800 GTX came out it was $600... and I paid that price. I wanted to be able to play Oblivion damnit! (for the youngsters... Oblivion was the game that punished video cards before Crysis came on the scene) Although I'm FAR from wealthy, I have lived a relatively simple/easy life... my electric bill was $36 this month... I have a rent-free lake front cabin in a crime-free area... I go to work on time every day... I pay my taxes... and well, I guess sometimes you just like to treat yourself to the nicest thing available. From a value point of view, buying a $600 makes ABSOLUTELY no sense (I'm excluding professionals when I say that) I doubt I'll do that again though. I guess everyone wants to feel on top... if only for a second... and if only for something as trivial as GPU bragging rights.

Now I aim for $200-$300 for a GPU and around that same price for a CPU... the price increases exponentially after that, but the performance goes up in a more linear fashion. i5-750 + ATI 5850 = Good enough for me :)
 
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yea 4 way sli, you will be able to watch all the lights on your block dim when you turn it on. Might want to have a nuclear reactor in your basement to power it. reminds me of the movie christmas vacation when they turn on the Christmas lights and the power in the entire town goes out.
 
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I've got to find a scenario to use that line!!


I just bought my first house this year, and in Wal-Mart the other day I walked past the Christmas lights, and all I could think about was that movie. Safe to say I just kept walking.
 
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BE HONEST, whats the point of this post?
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I'm being honest when I say the point of your point has no point, only a question?

Seriously, people will buy the 5970 for the same reason rich peoplbuy Ferraris. They want the best and they're friggin' filthy rich so it's just chump change to them. But to go with that they probably have the largest gaming LCD monitor so it wouldn't be a complete waste unlike a Ferrari stuck on LA's freeways during rush hour.

Or, maybe they just want to stroke their ego and brag to say their system can truly run Crysis 100 fps with all settings maxed out.

I plan to buy a 5970 about 2 years from now when it's performance will be in the midrange compared to the latest released cards. Why? Because I'm not friggin' filthy rich and have to wait!

 
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To be realistic for a while though its not like the card is that enormous of an unnecessary graphics monster. Put it on a decent size/resolution screen, 1920x1200 and above playing Crysis/warhead on enthusiast settings and it will do the job nicely but i wouldn't call it over kill by any measure.
Its good that we have hardware like this available to people and more importantly the Development community. I don't know but would have thought that the companies would let the Dev's have hands on newer tech as soon as possable ? We need to keep having the Hardware challenge the Software and vice versa or else things would stagnate totally.
There is an argument to say it has stalled somewhat with the almost legacy support of DX9 in games but that's a business/cost (think console ports here) decision that if handed to any of us we would make i think.
The naming policy is a bit weird but then if they are looking at multi chip cards in the future as a standard then loosing the X2 moniker kinda makes sense.
Mactronix
 
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