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Quantum Reality · 2 Weeks Ago

Re Cabbage Patch... laugh. I was alive when they first came out, and I read in Penny Power magazine all about the whole recession thing, so hey.

Re 5770 crossfire - I googled, and hot diggity! Check this out! 2 x 5770 get right in there with a 4870X2 and turn in some impressive numbers.

Now I'm tempted!

Tatakai All · 2 Weeks Ago

5850 here....http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Radeon...7485299&sr=8-9

LuckySe7ens · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Quantum Reality

Re 5770 crossfire - I googled, and hot diggity! Check this out! 2 x 5770 get right in there with a 4870X2 and turn in some impressive numbers.

Now I'm tempted!

Ohh yes... theres a huge thread on OCN about exactly that. The scaling is incredible: near 100%

nardox · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Quantum Reality

Rats. Sorry to hear your tale of unfortunate luck. Hopefully AMD/ATI can get this sorted out quickly.

Incidentally, this isn't the first time a company's been caught flat-footed.

The Cabbage Patch Dolls (don't laugh, mmkay

) were introduced in the early 1980s just on the tail of a bruising economic recession. The company, being understandably cautious, produced too few of them and didn't anticipate the strong demand from children who just HAD to have one.

Pretty strong parallels here, ATI/AMD probably didn't expect people to want these things even though they were priced quite attractively. I remember seeing 5770s for like $150 Canadian, which is pretty damn good considering a 4870 still costs about that much.

Alas.

I'm sure there are more companies like this, but I could careless about the Cabbage Patch Dolls, and the Elmo thing a few years ago...

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens

Ah go big or go home i suppose eh?

I have seen very little difference between crossfired 5850's and 5870's...

I wanted to go 5850 CF because the very little difference as you mentioned but had no luck scoring one
I would be happy to spend $600 on a 5970 but $350 for a 5850? Probably not ,lol

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Originally Posted by SniperXX

That sucks man. 5870 stocks fail worse than the wii stock levels at launch.

I had a $600 card, it was the 7800GTX back in 6/2005 I believe. Now its worth $20 at best, lol.

I still remember that no one wanted a Wii on the launch day, and a month later as Christmas come, oh boy...those $250+tax consoles were going for $400+ on ebay

The 7800GTX was a beast back then, still capable of playing a lot of games if you don't run them at high res

That_guy3 · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Spritanium

Have you considered crossfire 5770s?

U have, It was a great choice!

Quantum Reality · 2 Weeks Ago

Even the 5750s in Crossfire seem like a pretty damn nice setup. Seems it's a bit like the 2 x 4830 dark horse situation redux. 2 x 4830 compare favorably with a 4870 and at the time, a 4830 was like $120 whereas a 4870 could easily cost almost $300.

I AM TEH LAW GIVAH · 2 Weeks Ago

my computer is probably going to cost less than your graphics card :x

HoldYrPistlstr8 · 2 Weeks Ago

Come on... people are so greedy

*cries and leaves sig rig behind*

Sickened1 · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by nardox

Have the money but I would rather spend 100-200 more and get the dual chips card later this month(hopefully)

Good idea, that vapor-x is ridiculously overpriced. Even if they are hard to get. You could get crossfired 5850's for the price of his vapor.

**Crazy9000** · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens

Seriously if i were you id buy one or two and ebay them...

Downside is the sale tax. Still tempting though... especially since I'm in the seattle area.

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