HD5970 to launch on Nov 18th

sygnus21 said:

They'll all be in stock just in time for christmas... at a premium price. :)

Yeah, and it's great that I don't "need" one....I've currently got an Nvidia 9800GTX+...so that's handling my current needs quite well.

As an aside, you don't really need this type of power just to enable higher levels of AA/AF. A 5850 is enough for any modern game, Crysis at 1080p, as always, an exception with very high settings. This is getting to the point where the GPU will weigh more than the case.

smarteyeball said:

Frostmourne said:

This is getting to the point where the GPU will weigh more than the case.

It's getting to the point where the GPU will become a whole system on it's own

I think we've past that point.

It’s definitely getting to the point where the GPU costs more than the CPU...ouch!

I'm wondering... do we really need a new GPU released every six months, or are the video card manufactures bleeding us to death. Hmmm...

All I know is a 12+in card won't fit in my case. My GTX260 has 3/8in clearance from my hard drive cage. So it would not only be just the card cost but also new case for me.$$$$

sygnus21 said:

I'm wondering... do we really need a new GPU released every six months, or are the video card manufactures bleeding us to death. Hmmm...

Probably not...but when the new benchmark tool comes out and a nerd finds that they are no longer #1....they just gotta upgrade for the sake of upgrading.

That's one thing that I love about forums such as these. Although I am a systems admin for a living, and feel that I spend way too much time and money on my home computers, I find that so many others here have put me to such shame that I realize that I don't really have a problem. I'm actually rather frugal, much to my surprise (even though I have an SSD drive in my quad core desktop) :)

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