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Just for your info smeghead, I ordered on 26th of October and was told I'm fourth in the queue, so you should get yours with the next batch (whenever that is).
cool, thanks for the heads up
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Just for your info smeghead, I ordered on 26th of October and was told I'm fourth in the queue, so you should get yours with the next batch (whenever that is).
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.
Then the 5870 should look like great value compared to thatI have a wife and two kids to support!.
Then the 5870 should look like great value compared to that
Gigabyte over sold now.
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?
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.
Hi Fatboy, any info on the Saphire 5850'S?. I ordered one last week, iirc the guy in the shop said they were due yesterday (3483516). Cheers for the updates dude , top service.