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Radeon HD 5700 series specs and prices leaked

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  1. Matthew TechSpot Editor, Community Manager

    In addition to the Radeon HD 5800 cards already detailed, some information about AMD's Radeon HD 5700 series has leaked onto the Web. The German e-tailer Mindfactory.de listed the two cards on its site for a brief period -- just long enough for TechConnect Magazine to grab a sreenshot of the listings.

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    Matthew, Oct 7, 2009
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  2. Relic TechSpot Chancellor

    That's about ~ $175 & $220 USD respectively. Wonder if those are the appx. prices they want to use here in US too. A bit more then I would've guessed personally. I need to upgrade my GPU anyway curious if I should look at the 5700 series or go with something else.
    Relic, Oct 7, 2009
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  3. TomSEA TechSpot Chancellor

    I'd thought they'd be a little pricer than that too. I'm going to wait until the 3rd party o/c'd versions of the 5870 come out before upgrading. They'll be cheaper then too as opposed to at release. But I still imagine it will be in the $400 - $500 range. Which is going to be new for me as I haven't owned a Radeon card for a good 12-13 years.
    TomSEA, Oct 7, 2009
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  4. 9Nails TechSpot Paladin

    Wow - good prices if they're accurate. Normally I'd have to wait a year before a next-gen GPU drops to these price level. Does AMD want to be on every gamers desktop or what?!
    9Nails, Oct 7, 2009
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  5. Guest

    Since AMD bought ATI. Seem like ATI pricing for the GPU follows AMD CPU Pricing strategy.

    Marketing Wise.
    Guest, Oct 7, 2009
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  6. Guest

    I'm interested to see how these will fare in the 1680x1050 realm. The 5850 is a little too rich for my blood, at least for the moment.
    Guest, Oct 7, 2009
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  7. teklord TechSpot Enthusiast

    I read some where that the HD 5770 is about as powerful as a HD 4870. Since the 4870 is significantly cheaper, why bother with this right now?
    teklord, Oct 8, 2009
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  8. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

    I think your missing the point Tek, tessellation,computeshade, less power consumption, DX 11, if thats not important to you then you would get the 4870. but the next gen of games are going to be DX11
    red1776, Oct 8, 2009
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  9. Ritwik7 TechSpot Chancellor

    I presume that once the benchmarks are out, the HD 5770 should outperform the 4870. Also the lower power consumption will make it a great choice for CrossFire.
    Ritwik7, Oct 11, 2009
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  10. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Official info is coming soon, pretty soon, but that's all I'm going to say for now ;)
    Julio Franco, Oct 12, 2009
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  11. Appzalien Newcomer, in training

    Since I use a strategy of buying older cards when the prices drop, these cards will not be in any of my machines for at least a year or two. I'm not at all concerned with Directx11 since any new cames will be directx10 backwards compatible (maybe dx9 as well) and I was not impressed with the difference between 9 and 10. The 800 stream processors is significant, but why are all their cards 128bit? I would prefer 256bit or even 512bit if they could pull it off, I haven't seen a 256bit ATI card in years. Nvidia has them.
    Appzalien, Oct 18, 2009
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  12. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Julio Franco, Oct 19, 2009
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