Originally Posted by adamc still no reason to replace my 8800GT it seems :D
Im beginning to wonder if there will ever come a time that 8800 will become redundant lol. Stilla place in the market for it....whatever its called these days.
I agree about the conclusion of the GTX260 Core being a better choice. However the HD5850 is getting close in the price range of around 200 euro. I think people that want to upgrade should wait until NVIDIA introduces their DX11 card. Maybe we hopefully see some shifts in the budget and mid price range. I at least now know that my good old GT8800 is getting to old for this **** ;)
It's good to see the GTX260 I bought a couple of weeks ago was a good choice. I managed to find a galaxy GTX260+ overclocked for $230 (same $ as a stock HD 4870) when most retail stock 260's start at $280 (NZ prices). the fan makes a hell of a racket if left to its own devices, but a quick manual adjustment calms down the vaccum cleaner of a cooler (could be great as an HTPC card with the fan set to 10%)
ATi's new midrange cards have been pretty disappointing, and lack of Fermi is chaffing my nips right now.
Is it just me or is there a lack of upcoming hardware to get excited about?
Originally Posted by crompers you'd ahve to be silly to buy one of these cards for the DX11 compatibility, considering the performance gap we saw at DX10
exactly...if we learned anything from the 8800 gtx when dx10 came, it's that we shouldn't worry about what it WILL support, as the performance will likely take a massive hit. i agree, this is not a good buy at all right now...
This card needs to be at it's MSRP for it to make sense. That means £75 ex VAT which is towards the high end of ATI's MSRP. Only £65 ex vat for the 512MB version. What a fantastic little card that would be.
Hey guys, what is up with your gtx260 framerates. every review i check different fallout 3. and im talking drastically lower then what you guys showed in 2008 benches of the same card....
ieven in this review a gtx260 gets more fps at 2560 4aa then 1680 4aa?
Originally Posted by javaman will any of the HD5xxx series cars be single slot?
For sure, yes.
It looks like the entire 5XXX series will support 3 displays. I'd be a little difficult for them to do that unless they get rid of that second DVI output.
Originally Posted by GanjaStar Hey guys, what is up with your gtx260 framerates. every review i check different fallout 3. and im talking drastically lower then what you guys showed in 2008 benches of the same card....
ieven in this review a gtx260 gets more fps at 2560 4aa then 1680 4aa?
If that's Fallout 3, It's a driver bug that only effects lower resolutions. Crysis numbers, COD numbers and Stalker numbers are all fine - it's just FO3 that's buggy on Nvidia hardware.
I've been with a 4850 for over a year now - and for £4£ I just can't see why ATI thinks this card has a place in the market. It seems to perform with a few frames on most tests - I will be taking your advice for now and saving my pennys for a 5850/70 :D
Originally Posted by feedayeen It looks like the entire 5XXX series will support 3 displays. I'd be a little difficult for them to do that unless they get rid of that second DVI output.
Even when 5400 or wotever they will call it comes out? The low end always has had a single slot gfx card as well as a low profile one. I'm sure one will eventually be released.
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Im beginning to wonder if there will ever come a time that 8800 will become redundant lol. Stilla place in the market for it....whatever its called these days.
Same as the 4850.
It seems to run very cool and quiet though, I guess that would make it reasonably good for HTPCs?
Depends your budget.
I'm looking at 4850/GTS 250 for "affordable" buyers guide. 5750 would be in this market but it's 40% more expensive :/
ATi's new midrange cards have been pretty disappointing, and lack of Fermi is chaffing my nips right now.
Is it just me or is there a lack of upcoming hardware to get excited about?
exactly...if we learned anything from the 8800 gtx when dx10 came, it's that we shouldn't worry about what it WILL support, as the performance will likely take a massive hit. i agree, this is not a good buy at all right now...
ieven in this review a gtx260 gets more fps at 2560 4aa then 1680 4aa?
I'd be surprised, the 4850 was a nice single slot card, but it ran as hot as hell. Two of them in crossfire dumped a LOT of heat into the case.
For sure, yes.
It looks like the entire 5XXX series will support 3 displays. I'd be a little difficult for them to do that unless they get rid of that second DVI output.
If that's Fallout 3, It's a driver bug that only effects lower resolutions. Crysis numbers, COD numbers and Stalker numbers are all fine - it's just FO3 that's buggy on Nvidia hardware.
Even when 5400 or wotever they will call it comes out? The low end always has had a single slot gfx card as well as a low profile one. I'm sure one will eventually be released.