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Graphics Is the 5850 worth twice the price of a 4870 1GB?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by brodel, 24 Sep 2009.

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  1. Slizza

    Slizza beautiful to demons

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    What if the Nvidia cards are more expensive and slower at launch? :wallbash:
     
    Slizza, 27 Sep 2009
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  2. smc8788

    smc8788 Multimodder

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    They won't be both.

    They're not stupid, so if they can't compete with the speed of the 5800s (and nVidia are already sounding confident that they can beat the ATI cards, though I'm not sure how much they can be believed), then they'll have to compete on price by making their cards cheaper, and ATI will surely follow suit.
     
    smc8788, 27 Sep 2009
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  3. shawnglory

    shawnglory What's a Dremel?

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    If you are looking for a card right here and right now yes it's a well worth buy. Like said earlier drivers are still somewhat new and immature and greater performance increases will be available shortly.

    If you could wait a while more why not save up for a 5870? It's a beast.

    and NVIDIA is going to be overpriced again this time around thanx to their physx ageia branding and the overhyped brand name.
     
    shawnglory, 27 Sep 2009
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  4. trig

    trig god's little mistake

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    exactly...

    yeah, that would be amazing. i dont think green team can be that retarded...
     
    trig, 27 Sep 2009
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  5. Horizon

    Horizon Dremel Worthy

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    I'll believe them when I see benches. They can be alluding that they'll beat the ati cars in price for all we know.
     
    Horizon, 28 Sep 2009
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  6. trig

    trig god's little mistake

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    or size of the gpu...or number of times they'll rebrand the same card...or....:D
     
    trig, 28 Sep 2009
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  7. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    And two other things:

    EyeFinity (which, admittedly, isn't for everyone)
    Vastly superior load and idle power draw.

    :)
     
    Paradigm Shifter, 28 Sep 2009
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