5850 / 5870 proper benchmarks

[MSIC]

I think someone forgot to take their meds tonight

[Biscuit]

I think he took a few too many 'meds'

[TooNice]

In any case, NVIDIA's cards might be faster, so is it wise to jump on an ATi card at launch without knowing what NVIDIA will be launching? Only the buyer can decide.

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IMO, there are just too many things to ignore (on NVIDIA, but not on ATi) to buy ATi- why would you limit yourself?

Depends how far away, nVidia's next gen is by the time the AMD parts hit the shelves. There -are- people who are running old card/needing a new build at any given time. People who may not upgrade very often either, so I wouldn't recommend a current gen card if they do game a bit.

[Disco]

One of my 8800gtx cards failed recently failed and I have a LAN in november so I don't have the luxury of waiting to see what Nvidia brings.

I'm just hoping ATi will have a good supply of cards and won't charge and excessive amount due to the fact I'm based in the UK.