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*** 5850 In Stock Now ***

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Besides extra performance? Anyway you have not answered the question, what card offers the same performance at that price level? A HD4890 sure as hell doesn't. I'm not saying at £250 the card is good value for money all I'm saying is at the £250 price point your going to struggle to find a better card then the HD5850.

You missed my point. What does this card give me that my 4890 doesn't and please don't say DX11 as there's nothing to play on it. Please don't say better performance as I'm not going to pay all that money for extra fps if my fps are already perfectly playable. I game at 1680X1050 so my 4890 copes very well with any game I play. Sure I accept the 5850 is an excellent card but I don't accept its good value at the current pricing. My XT4890 was great value when I bought it at £141(around £220 at launch)and I just don't accept the 5850 and the 5870 are good value.:)
 
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You missed my point. What does this card give me that my 4890 doesn't and please don't say DX11 as there's nothing to play on it. Please don't say better performance as I'm not going to pay all that money for extra fps if my fps are already perfectly playable. I game at 1680X1050 so my 4890 copes very well with any game I play. Sure I accept the 5850 is an excellent card but I don't accept its good value at the current pricing. My XT4890 was great value when I bought it at £141(around £220 at launch)and I just don't accept the 5850 and the 5870 are good value.:)

Totally agree with you rolypolyman. I recently bought a GTX 275 for £155 with Batman AA bundled. With the current pricing its just too much of a step up to the 5850 let alone 5870. I have a wife and two kids to support!

Will take a look at the DX11 cards in the 2nd half of next year when there is some proper competition in the market and hopefully some games built to take advantage. (Although I think it will take 2-3 years before DX11 is incorporated into every game).
 
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Gigabyte over sold now.

hi fatboy !

my first post :O

anyways just 1 question , i know you are probably sick of hearing the "when is the 58xx going to be in stock" LOL :p

but all i want to know is how many people are actually waiting on 5850s on preorder to this date i think that would give everyone an indication of the demands for them and might calm everyone down for now :)

im gonna have a guess of around 250 people .
 
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You missed my point. What does this card give me that my 4890 doesn't and please don't say DX11 as there's nothing to play on it. Please don't say better performance as I'm not going to pay all that money for extra fps if my fps are already perfectly playable. I game at 1680X1050 so my 4890 copes very well with any game I play. Sure I accept the 5850 is an excellent card but I don't accept its good value at the current pricing. My XT4890 was great value when I bought it at £141(around £220 at launch)and I just don't accept the 5850 and the 5870 are good value.:)

No I didn't miss your point - your HD4890 offers better value for money then the HD5850 at £250 and plays any game you want but I'm not debating that. What I'm saying is if I wanted to spend £250 on a video card (say I budgeted £250 for the GPU of a new build) at that price point what can I get that's better?
 
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No I didn't miss your point - your HD4890 offers better value for money then the HD5850 at £250 and plays any game you want but I'm not debating that. What I'm saying is if I wanted to spend £250 on a video card (say I budgeted £250 for the GPU of a new build) at that price point what can I get that's better?

Ok, fair dues. What about 2 X 5770 for £240, do they not beat 5850.:D
 
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You missed my point. What does this card give me that my 4890 doesn't and please don't say DX11 as there's nothing to play on it. Please don't say better performance as I'm not going to pay all that money for extra fps if my fps are already perfectly playable. I game at 1680X1050 so my 4890 copes very well with any game I play. Sure I accept the 5850 is an excellent card but I don't accept its good value at the current pricing. My XT4890 was great value when I bought it at £141(around £220 at launch)and I just don't accept the 5850 and the 5870 are good value.:)

Value is entirely subjective, so this is a pointless argument.
For example, i game at 1920x1200. :)
 
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Value is entirely subjective, so this is a pointless argument.
For example, i game at 1920x1200. :)

It's subjective, but to some degree.

When the GTX295 cost 70% more money than a 4870X2, there's no subjective there that the 295 is poor value.

Whether you care or not and don't mind paying the extra is a different matter though.
 
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