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Started by jammin, Nov 20 2009 02:46 AM

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#1 jammin

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 02:46 AM

We know that the HD 5970 is currently the fastest card out there, so how will Sapphire's OC version fare? Read the review here - http://www.overclock...re_radeon_5970/

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:02 AM

very long <_<
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 05:50 AM

i dont mean to be picky but how can the price be both a pro and a con at the same time? :huh:

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 08:06 AM

i dont mean to be picky but how can the price be both a pro and a con at the same time? :huh:


Check out some of the prices of previous flaghsip cards from NVidia - the 8800 Ultra springs to mind.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 08:24 AM

While it is a lower release price than flagship Nvidia cards it is still out of the price range for most users these days. Hopefully the 5870s will drop.

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 08:26 AM

While it is a lower release price than flagship Nvidia cards it is still out of the price range for most users these days. Hopefully the 5870s will drop.


I might wager a guess and say that this probably won't happen until Nvidia does something. :closedeyes:

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 08:28 AM

The price is considerably lower than two 5870's though, and overclocking does give a large boost of performance.

Great card IMO.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 08:35 AM

The price is considerably lower than two 5870's though

^this, I thought the price was pretty good, any lower and no one would buy a 5870.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 11:00 AM

Aside from the shroud being populated by female versions of bananas in pajamas; great card for a great price!
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 12:05 PM

very long <_<

She didn't mind :rolleyes:

Pretty wicked card. Though, hope that scaling issues gets fixed in DoD the performance really suffered there.
I can't wait for the day the 5970 comes down to $250 like the 4870x2 is :D

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 01:27 PM

Holy Crap.

that is a seriously loooong card. I thought the Vapor X 5870 was long. Damn.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 01:33 PM

Holy Crap.

that is a seriously loooong card. I thought the Vapor X 5870 was long. Damn.


I thought I read the Vapor-X was SHORTER than the regular version...


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