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[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Baron

Good post, but....


Cutting to the chase: Bying 5870 (overpriced) or 5970 (not the fastest but yet the most expencive) today is just about the dumbest thing one could do. Im sorry, but thats just plain fact.

Why one would buy a 2009 card that was an awnser to an even older one (Gtx295) for a wopping 500 euros or more is completly beyond me. It would be like running out out and buy a gtx 480 right now = completly senceless. Today 580gtx, working out an average from games used in benchmarks, equals the 5970, to a lesser cost , and "tomorrow" u will have even more to choose from (6970, 6990, 590). Although the latest rumors say that 6970 will NOT be faster than 580, but thats another story.

Both theese cards is a bad buy, mainly because of horrific prizing. Why get an old card when u can get a new one with equal or better performance for the same prize or cheaper, i dont get it?


I do agree on memory and ssd disc thoug. Ssd will be my next upgrade.

That's the unfortunate byproduct of the 480's slow launch...Ati was playing with almost no competition so they kept their prices high. The truth is i didn't check current prices before typing, i was just asuming that with the next generation of cards around the corner the prices on the previous generation would drop significantly.
However, going by what you say then the pressure from the 580 and the new Ati releases will drive the prices down eventually.

The thing is, i just looked at the big picture and made a mistake about pricing because i didn't check it (nVidia was usually more expensive as well during all the years i've had one of their cards).

Based on my own upgrade habbits, my previous post is aimed more towards the people who are looking to buy in the long term, not those building a new system right now and needing to urgently decide on their GPU and definitely not for the people who want the absolute fastest performance. The way it works in my mind is "i will get a good DX11 card when i can get something like the 5870/5970 or an equivalent nVidia card for less than 200 Euros, even if there are faster ones at that time".