Was there also meant to be a 2GB 5870 released ??

chaparral · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:46

Am sure i remember there was meant to be a 2GB 5870 released as well..

What ever happened to it ??????? :confused:

mame · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:53

I'm sure someone will release one in a couple of months for a few quid cheaper than the cheapest 5870

titaniumx3 · 20 Jan 2010 at 23:46

mame said:
I'm sure someone will release one in a couple of months for a few quid cheaper than the cheapest 5870

A bit of paradox you got going there.

EDIT: actually, strictly speaking you haven't but, still makes no sense though.

mame · 20 Jan 2010 at 23:52

titaniumx3 said:
A bit of paradox you got going there.

EDIT: actually, strictly speaking you haven't but, still makes no sense though.

ah sorry I thought it said 2 GB 5850

Hotwired · 20 Jan 2010 at 23:57

More importantly, will there be any point to it.

titaniumx3 · 21 Jan 2010 at 00:06

Hotwired said:
More importantly, will there be any point to it.

Will make some difference in GTA4 and possibly in upcoming titles too, only a matter of time. It wasn't too long ago that people were saying the same about 1gb cards.

PGdude · 21 Jan 2010 at 00:30

It was gonna have 6 DisplayPort outputs, so that's why it was 2GB, right?

rhys216 · 21 Jan 2010 at 02:20

wiak · 21 Jan 2010 at 02:34

there might come 2GB refresh by the time nvidia releases their DX11 cards, just like AMD did when they first released only 512MB version of HD 4870 and then come up with a 1GB version later on

kitch9 · 21 Jan 2010 at 10:38

GDDR5 is expensive at the mo, with prices predicated to drop substantially over the next 6 months.

Expect more 2gb cards then.

steve258 · 21 Jan 2010 at 10:48

yeah but i don't think going from 1 to 2gb is going to give the same performance boost as 512 to 1gb, for the average gamers anyway.

kylew · 21 Jan 2010 at 10:59

kitch9 said:
GDDR5 is expensive at the mo, with prices predicated to drop substantially over the next 6 months.

Expect more 2gb cards then.

You're about a year and a half late there.

kitch9 · 21 Jan 2010 at 15:03

kylew said:
You're about a year and a half late there.

Not really. It's for this reason most laptops with 5*** cards in them will have DDR3 ram instead of DDR5 for the next 8 months or so.

Ritsugamesh · 21 Jan 2010 at 17:40

I would imagine they 5890 would come out with 2gb gddr5 if compared to the 48xx series, where the 4890 came natively at 1gb, compared to the 4870 which had 512mb then eventually had some 1gb support.

Is a 5890 even come out though now? No news from the red team.

(when I said that I thought of mario and luigi for some reason...)

Tute · 21 Jan 2010 at 18:29

This one.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15489/34/

Was supposed to be called the HD5870 "Six" and come with 6 displayports and 2GB GDDR5.

Damien. · 21 Jan 2010 at 21:20

Oooo 5870 X2.

That'll be a nice card.

Martini1991 · 21 Jan 2010 at 21:29

Tbh, at 5760x1080, 2GB's needed =/.

LeJosh · 21 Jan 2010 at 21:45

Damien. said:
Oooo 5870 X2.

That'll be a nice card.

5970 is the 5870 X2. Or have I misunderstood your post?

And what martini said.

Auraomega · 21 Jan 2010 at 21:56

The 5970 is 2 5870s clocked at 5850 speeds I think. Maybe a 5870x2 is a 5970 clocked at 5870 speeds?

LeJosh · 21 Jan 2010 at 21:57

Auraomega said:
The 5970 is 2 5870s clocked at 5850 speeds I think. Maybe a 5870x2 is a 5970 clocked at 5870 speeds?

I think that would draw too much power then. Over 300W for sure.