Crossfire Of 7000 Series?

[25GTT]

Alright gang, need your thoughts on this one.

Got the corsair 720w psu for my new hardware after sorting out all the hardware warranty issues with the supplier.

So i have now got the new i52500k and running a 5870 GFX card.

Would you:

a. wait 2 months and buy the new 7000 series gfx cards?

or

b. crossfire the Gigabyte 5870?

If the answer is B, where the heck do i find another 5870?and is it best to stay with the gigabyte brand or can it be any brand just as long as its a 5870 so it keeps the performance going?

[Madaz]

static ice will help you find a 5870

http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=5870&spos=3

not sure about holding off as you need to weigh up cost / performance

[25GTT]

Legend thanks Madaz.

Just checked it out and i cant beleive how much they have retained their value. Still $299 at Austin computers here in WA.

Might also check the ocau forums. if i cant find one cheap enough i recon i will go the 7000 series.

[Tangles]

Thats a rip off!

ATI-6950 can be bought for $269, and then you can reflash the Bios to make the card same specs as a ATI-6970 ($349)

If you really want another 5870 Id suggest ebay USA. $210 + $40 postage.

However Id recommend selling your current card and grabbing either 2x 6950's and reflash to 6970 spec, or waiting for the 7000 series although I have no idea how much they would be.

[Madaz]

^^ cant be done anymore they changed the revision of the 2gb cards

and dont try flashing the 1gb card with the 2gb rom, i did this not realising and bricked my card lucky they have a dual BIOS

[R31Nismoid]

Yeah only the early cards can be flashed.

Also when the 7000 series launch is only the 7970 initially.

It'll be Q2 before the cheaper/mid range cards hit shelves, so closer to 3-4 months as opposed to 2 months given the soft launch was this week.

I'd say as well, wait for the Nvidia GTX7XX cards to launch, that might change the ATI pricing depending on where the performance sits of the mid range cards, but that wont be till Feb/Mar, possible Apr/May for mid-range

[25GTT]

OK thats sweet then, as long as i can purchase before EOFY i am happy, get to claim most of my pc hardware so will prob jump onto it in May/June then. Yeah looking forward to see if NVIDIA can out do AMD this time round, good point about the price decrease happening no doubt when nvidia does release.