First 5850 Review?

[Twoboxer]

Don't let the title fool you - 1x5850 and 2x5850 performance included:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870_CrossFire/1.html

 

[wh3resmycar]

all i can say is RIP GTX285. that 5850 is definitely "the" card of the moment.

 

[eklipz330]

WHAT?!??!?!

ATI is BUGGIN out with these cards.... oh man, i'm shittin my pants, and i don't even work for nvidia

they are so done. and the 5850 retails at $300?
price was undercut and performance overtaken... oh nvidia, i will be at your funeral.. i can't even imagine what kind of performance/price ratio they'll have to match if they wanna stay in the loop... prices may be not as awesome as the release of the hd 4000 series, but geeez

 

[Harrisson]

Total domination, poor Nvidia... 2 x 5850 is ~500$, thats GTX295 price, they will be lucky if they can sell those for 350$ now. BTW, techpowerup havent tested with 8x AA, in this case 5800 series dominance would be even more spectacular.

 

[jennyh]

2x5850 is going to be extremely popular yes.

 

[Harrisson]

"Some things just look better in pairs"

 

[eklipz330]

what's even more wow... going from a 4850 to a 5850 is around a 2x increase in performance

it seems as a 5850is about equal to a 4890... they cud have pretty much pulled a nvidia and did a rename.. im glad they didnt though

*edit*

i retract my statement... its an overall better card. they have really outdone themselves

 

[Twoboxer]

Please do not post here - there is a consolidated thread:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=33&post=270690&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

 

[jennyh]

It was a nice spot twoboxer. I noticed it myself earlier but I thought somebody else must have mentioned it before now.

Just to clarify, it wasn't two *actual* 5850's, but two 5870's with features turned off so that they behaved as 5850's.

I'll repost that 2nd sentence in the main thread.