22ndSAS PC Gaming Clan

Just received an email from Overclockers about the new Ati 58xx series cards.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productli ... dium=email

Prices range from £173 (5850) to £270 (5870).

I wonder how a 5850 compares to a 4890 Toxic Edition (overclocked) as they have a similar price.

No 5850 there but there are some benchmarks floating about putting it between the 4890 and 5870

i bought the 4890 2 weeks ago, i just got pwnd

no u didnt mate . unless u paid over the odds for it. u did lol

i take it u missed the 4870,s going for £80.00

The power consumption on the new 40nm 5800 series cards seems really good, and Sapphire are working on a Vapor-X version that should run cooler and quieter than the reference cards (which already boast impressive temp/noise credentials).

There are no 5850 reviews yet, plenty of 5870's but at over £300 its a bit too pricey for me (unless I win the lotto tonight ), so i may have to opt for the 5850.

The DirectX 11 spec sounds impressive, I just hope devs make use of it as there was only 33 titles released for DX10.x since its release!!!

some links that have links in on 5800 series enjoy

first up for those who cant be arsed going thru them is a simple card for card comparison ,so straight t a bench result on the 5850 and above

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/ ... 70/27.html

2nd link anadatech forums containing more links to other site that have reveiwed the cards or seen them
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... id=2336489

$259/£162 for the HD 5850 which puts it slighty ahead of the 4870 again the shops will prolly add somthing to this so be warned

added.more importantly the power comsumption
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/ ... 70/28.html

i planned on buying the 4870 but then i didnt really see a big difference in price with the 4890 so i decided to go with that one. but it the end its still an awesome card so im not to complain

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.a ... 162-00-50r

possibly the cheapest ???

for you guys living down south and not in distance of the shop no its not this is

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175124

why i hear u cry because its free p&p
so the bottom line is yes if u live in west yorkshire , no if u live outside, ebuyer is

plus give it until after xmas and see were the prices are. you know it will dwindle down in price across the whole of the high platform because of these new cards and 4800 series cards will become nice n cheap,