ATI Radeon HD 5870 pops up on Newegg

Robert Hallock 22 Sep, 2009 at 10:50pm ET Article published in Tech

What conclusion can you draw when a GPU made with a brand new architecture appears on Newegg on the eve of large press event held by its maker? The launch is here!

A Radeon HD 5870 (“Cypress XT”) has appeared on Newegg for a preorder price of $379.99, which is right in line with the price we expected. Made by Sapphire, the card appears to be a reference design with 1GB of 1200MHz (4.8Gbps) GDDR5, an 850MHz core clock, 1600 shaders, 2 DVI ports, 1 HDMI port, and a single DisplayPort.

Readers interested in taking a peak at the SAPPHIRE 100281SR Radeon HD 5870 can pop on over to the product page for a closer look.

Comments

22 Sep 2009 ~ 10:53pm ardichoke Nice... now I just need to wait a few weeks for the ensuing price drops and order my 4890.
22 Sep 2009 ~ 10:54pm RyanMM DADDY WANT
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:06pm Cliff_Forster ardichoke,

Wanna buy a lightly used 1GB Vapor X Saphire Radeon 4870?

I "need" to upgrade
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:14pm mas0n UNNNNNNNNNF
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:16pm Patrick What a Coincidence. -GS
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:22pm Patrick citation
http://geeksmack.net/hardware/651-sapphire-radeon-hd-5870-cypress-xt-1gb-are-you-ready-for-directx-11.html
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:30pm EasyMoney I was one of the lucky guys to get this card on Newegg tonight. I bet it sold out in like 5 min...
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:39pm UPSLynx LOL

Do want. Badly. I'm due for an upgrade, and DX11 is, well, relevant to my interests.

But seriously, the front vents on that card make it look like the frigging Batmobile from the Adam West days.
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:53pm primesuspect I promise I didn't get the news from you, Patrick. Check your logs, I've never been to your site in my life
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:55pm Patrick Sorry about that, someone had pointed me in the wrong direction.

In other notes, your alexa ratings are nice for being 9 years old. While we're only 1.
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:57pm Thrax @Patrick:

No harm, no foul. I'm glad we got this sorted out in a hurry. I do apologize for my stiff reaction to your original posts... As a journo/writer, I try very hard to keep my citations and sourcing in line because credibility means the world to me. I didn't take very kindly to essentially being accused of stealing.

But it was a misunderstanding, it's water under the bridge, and now we can all get on with it. Cheers, sir.
22 Sep 2009 ~ 11:59pm Patrick

So do you think this would be worth selling my water cooled GTX285 SSC?
23 Sep 2009 ~ 12:04am Thrax Well, if early performance indicators are right, the 5870 is about 40-50% faster than the Radeon 4890 or the GTX 285. That means it's on par with SLI/CF configurations using two single-GPU cards.

I know a water cooled 285 has some serious oomph to it, but I bet it still can't keep up with that kind of performance advantage. If you've got $380 bones to drop, I'd say it's a no-brainer. I don't, and I still think it's a no-brainer.
23 Sep 2009 ~ 12:45am UPSLynx

Thrax wrote:

Well, if early performance indicators are right, the 5870 is about 40-50% faster than the Radeon 4890 or the GTX 285. That means it's on par with SLI/CF configurations using two single-GPU cards.

I know a water cooled 285 has some serious oomph to it, but I bet it still can't keep up with that kind of performance advantage. If you've got $380 bones to drop, I'd say it's a no-brainer. I don't, and I still think it's a no-brainer.

Not to mention the DX11 compatibility. In my world, that alone is worth the price of admission.
23 Sep 2009 ~ 11:32am _k ZipZoomFly also has two 5870s listed, HIS(399.99) and Diamond(379.99). They also have two 5850s listed, Diamond(259.99) and HIS(259.99). They have auto-notify for the items if you are trying to snag the first runs.
23 Sep 2009 ~ 5:50pm Cliff_Forster Looks like the XFX model is currently available for purchase on Newegg. The Saphire bundle seems better though, it includes an additional game.