Sapphire 4GB '5990' unvieled

[smarteyeball]

Sapphire ready to launch Radeon "HD 5990 4GB" - Bright Side Of News*


Realistically it's just a custom 5970 PCB with Arctic Cooling, but with 2GB usable VRAM and the power of a 5870 in a 'single' card config with OC headroom, it's going to be a monster.

It's only triple slot too...

 

[JohnPC]

It's.... It's... It's... Aliiiive!!!

 

[Wishmaster]

HAHA Youll need a 500W Power Supply for that GPU alone.

 

[hunuok]

Thanks for the link.

What a combination! Arctic Cooling+Overclock.

Maybe I should RMA my 5970s and upgrade.............

 

[skunksmash]

nice......

though the 5970 has been seen using upwards of 400w with OC, so the extra power isnt really an issue, the fact it has 2gb (usable) VRAM per core is what the 5970 SHOULD of had, b/c its ultimately a crippled card @ very high res as there's just not enough of it... (but it was to be expected, cripple the first revision to ensure sales of the newer one)

i never saw any ''SP'' info (maybe i missed it), it must have more than the 5970 otherwise the 5990 can easily be recreated with a mediocre 5970 OC.


Nvidia....... are you trembling yet..?

 

[smarteyeball]

Nvidia....... are you trembling yet..?

If they aren't trembling, there's probably at least a few nvidia executives swearing

I'd wager the prices of these newer revisions / non-reference (other brands will start to do the same) will be similiar-ish to the 480's.

 

[Fantail]

I hear Al Gore bought one.

 

[smarteyeball]

I hear Al Gore bought one.

Really?

I heard it was two for himself plus a few for his friends

 

[ThePizzaMan]

now thats what i've been waiting to see hm.... i'm expecting by the end of the year they will switch the to the 28nm process if the rumors are true and then it will be one heck of a card..... i think nvidia's lost this round..... anyone disagree?

 

[Staple Head]

nice......

though the 5970 has been seen using upwards of 400w with OC, so the extra power isnt really an issue, the fact it has 2gb (usable) VRAM per core is what the 5970 SHOULD of had, b/c its ultimately a crippled card @ very high res as there's just not enough of it... (but it was to be expected, cripple the first revision to ensure sales of the newer one)

i never saw any ''SP'' info (maybe i missed it), it must have more than the 5970 otherwise the 5990 can easily be recreated with a mediocre 5970 OC.


Nvidia....... are you trembling yet..?

nvidia pissed their pants when they heard about the ati 5900 series.

 

[fseal]

1. Even that article talks about AMDs drivers for this series still "not being right".
2. Highly overclocking stuff to compare to standard clocked retail items is 9.9 If Antec did the same to the upcoming 480 where would that leave this card?

I'll stick to nvidia...

 

[ThePizzaMan]

true but so far the benches are showing that its not going to be as fast as the 5970..... so much less the 5990

 

[mpcrsc562]

I hear Al Gore bought one.

that's funny!

 

[skunksmash]

here's a bench thrown together on a tech site, it shows the new GTX480 / HD5870 Heaven benchmark run, with the guy's own HD5970 results using the same CPU settings.


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[Dom]

Wonder how expensive it'll be :shock:

£700?

 

[thefabe]

I've always used Nvidia but you have to hand it to AMD ,since taking over ATI they have really amped it up in the video card wars. Looking to build a new system within the next 9 months so we'll see where we are at then.Fabe

 

[ThePizzaMan]

here's a bench thrown together on a tech site, it shows the new GTX480 / HD5870 Heaven benchmark run, with the guy's own HD5970 results using the same CPU settings.


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hm... lets see if thats what the 5970 does to nvida's new card...... the benches against the 5990 will be slaughter

 

[Coolness]

I hear Al Gore bought one.

Yeah, that monster takes so much power, he's bound to be a hypocrit

 

[ThePizzaMan]

I hear Al Gore bought one.

Yeah, that monster takes so much power, he's bound to be a hypocrit

hey wait wait..... wasn't everything he said about global warming proved false? wasn't he already a hypocrite

 

[smarteyeball]

I hear Al Gore bought one.

Yeah, that monster takes so much power, he's bound to be a hypocrite

hey wait wait..... wasn't everything he said about global warming proved false? wasn't he already a hypocrite

meh - who cares?


What I do care about is price and availability