ATI Radeon HD 5970 Reviews! - Updated With New Reviews

jmke · 17th November 2009, 23:40

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Speed and power. Men's insatiable lust for the two, and the desire to be the world's fastest and most powerful have led to wars. And not many are as intense and fierce as the one between ATI and NVIDIA.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...072&cid=3&pg=1
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...on-review.html
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...0launchreview/
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http://www.techspot.com/review/221-ati-radeon-hd-5970/
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http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1738
http://techreport.com/articles.x/17986

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3679
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/...o_card_review/

PR: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=3254
more to follow for sure in the next 24hrs

jmke · 18th November 2009, 14:05

a new beast is born

thorgal · 18th November 2009, 16:59

Launch prices are around €600

better to buy 2x 5870 atm (if you're in this kind of league

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jmke · 18th November 2009, 17:06

2x5870 is more expensive;
2x5850 is about this price;
HD5890 performance falls between the two
yet is priced lower than 2x5870.

€600 is "too low"
previous top end VGAs were launched at €700+.
just to put things in perspective.

also, no point in buying HD5890 if you don't have 30" LCD... ideal setup: 3x24" in portrait mode, only have to find screens without bezel
for 3x30" I would resort to 2x5970

JAMF · 18th November 2009, 23:06

Beamers don't have bezels.

Would 4x in portrait work? 4320x1920 is a ratio of 2.25, pretty close to Cinemascope and close to 4k.

jmke · 18th November 2009, 23:09

Currently no more than 3 screens supported "I think", special edition with >3 is expected and seen in action, but no streetdate on that one

JAMF · 21st November 2009, 16:47

Yeah, the "5870 Eyefinity^6", as reported here recently:

ATI's Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Tested and the back is shown on page 4 and onward.

Running a DP-to-DVI converter has it's own issues though, as HardOCP's Kyle experienced "live" in this video, from about the 23 minutes mark.
http://hardocp.com/article/2009/09/2...nology_review/

18th November 2009, 14:05	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,474	a new beast is born __________________

18th November 2009, 16:59	#3
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,891	Launch prices are around €600 better to buy 2x 5870 atm (if you're in this kind of league ) __________________

18th November 2009, 17:06	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,474	2x5870 is more expensive; 2x5850 is about this price; HD5890 performance falls between the two yet is priced lower than 2x5870. €600 is "too low" previous top end VGAs were launched at €700+. just to put things in perspective. also, no point in buying HD5890 if you don't have 30" LCD... ideal setup: 3x24" in portrait mode, only have to find screens without bezel for 3x30" I would resort to 2x5970 __________________ Last edited by jmke : 18th November 2009 at 17:09.

18th November 2009, 23:09	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,474	Currently no more than 3 screens supported "I think", special edition with >3 is expected and seen in action, but no streetdate on that one __________________

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18th November 2009, 23:06	#5
JAMF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16	Beamers don't have bezels. Would 4x in portrait work? 4320x1920 is a ratio of 2.25, pretty close to Cinemascope and close to 4k.

21st November 2009, 16:47	#7
JAMF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16	Yeah, the "5870 Eyefinity^6", as reported here recently: ATI's Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Tested and the back is shown on page 4 and onward. Running a DP-to-DVI converter has it's own issues though, as HardOCP's Kyle experienced "live" in this video, from about the 23 minutes mark. http://hardocp.com/article/2009/09/2...nology_review/