its on its way

Duff-Man · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:13

Perfect_Chaos said:
500 would be minimum, otherwise they would have to sell 5870's for less than 250, i dont think they would drop that fast surely?

Why? It has always been the case that the x2 variant is cheaper than buying two individual cards. After all, they only require a single PCB, a single set of packaging etc...

Also, that 677 euro price was put up in January, according to the bods at XS forums, so can't be representative of anything. I wouldn't read anything into it. I would be very surprised if the price was set at anything other than $599 (which would be around £450 ish given conversion, VAT and import costs).

Tom|Nbk · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:14

I can't remember but I'm sure I read somewhere that the 4870X2 was the same as running two 4870's in an 8x config instead of 16x.

I think Crossfire 4870s worked out very slightly faster than the X2

reygjabla · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:35

Greebo said:
On screen in the picture yes, in real life it's much much bigger

My mind's a bit stirred. Took me a minute, flat.

Marine Iguana · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:37

Hmm must resist excitement, bah i want it but don't think it will fit in my Lian Li V351

niko · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:47

jesus ,thats something (not sure what lol)

kkbigal · 25 Sep 2009 at 21:12

That thing is just too damn big. Most people are going to struggle to fit that in their cases. Price is going to be frightening too.

TheMorningStar · 25 Sep 2009 at 21:28

Surely that would hurt a woman...

killer_uk · 25 Sep 2009 at 21:39

Put me down for one :cool:

TaKeN · 25 Sep 2009 at 21:50

Too Big!

The current single GPU 5870 is far too long aswell, looking at the board they've put some large gaps between the components that waste space and make it longer, not sure why they have done this!!!

fornowagain · 25 Sep 2009 at 21:57

I've had 3/4870X2, and would have bought this as well but its simply to long for my case. And I like my case.

bliss · 25 Sep 2009 at 22:01

I think they should really start to invest in making these cards on smaller PCB's. It's just getting ridiculous. :eek:

What's next? 18" cards? 22" cards?

AMG · 25 Sep 2009 at 22:09

yeah and 30inch cases >_>

Dazboots · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:26

Ill be ok for a while using my mountain mods case. loads of room in there.

JediFragger · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:30

TaKeN said:
Too Boku!

Fixed

psychas · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:30

the length reminds me of

JediFragger · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:32

Pfffffffffft surely we've surpassed that now

fornowagain · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:33

Mr Paul · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:35

Is that longcat?

Dazboots · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:42

psychas said:
the length reminds me of

Oh My God lol.

Dazboots · 25 Sep 2009 at 23:42

fornowagain said:

HAHAHAHA.