Opinion

[Swinkid]

Hey,

first quater, around the time of the new ATi Series and Sandy bridge release i am building a new computer system, for gaming but won't be over clocking.

I've decided that i will be getting Ati 6850 because its slightly cheaper (From what i've heared from my inside sources) and preforms slightly better than the 5850. I'll obviously be waiting till this is released. However, if the sandy bridge is too over priced, will be getting the 5850 anyway seeing as im looking to upgrade anyway to crossfire some of the new Highend ATi 6000 series cards.

But one thing that has struck me, The sandy bridge is a completly differnt socket to the i7, and i want to get the computer as soon as possible, and seeing as im going to be upgrading to ivy bridge later on in the year when it's released and both new prosessors are the same socket i will need a sandy brdige and the i7 is possibly not an option.

The sandy bridge is more focused on intregated graphics, not performence and the ivy bridge is aimed at performence and highend systems. But i don't know how much faster the sandy brdige is compared to an i7 and on release of new prosessors, the ration to performence and cost is way out for a few months. I don't know wether to wait, and replace both prosessor and motherboard or go ahead, and get a sandy bridge on release so that im ready for ivy bridge. Any help on my decision?

Cheers

[Chippiewill]

Sandy bridge will be early next year, why make a thread this early?

Also according to my computer hardware pod-cast the ATi 5000 series out performs the 6000 series. Then again I was falling asleep at the time, I could be wrong.

[Swinkid]

Sandy bridge will be early next year, why make a thread this early?

Also according to my computer hardware pod-cast the ATi 5000 series out performs the 6000 series. Then again I was falling asleep at the time, I could be wrong.

I made this thread, because i tend and prefure to plan out what im going to do in advance,seeing as i nearly got all the money i need and the early 6000 series performs worse than the 5000's i belive, the higher end 6000 cards preform better but i'm not sure when there released in the year. I didn't totaly understand the image with the specs on, damn jap language! :(

Mind if i ask what cast you listen to?

[Recursion]

Sandybridge will suck, go for AMD's Bulldozer.

Also, toot toot for the ATI 5850!

[Agnostic Bear]

Also according to my computer hardware pod-cast the ATi 5000 series out performs the 6000 series. Then again I was falling asleep at the time, I could be wrong.

You are so terribly wrong it hurts.

[Chippiewill]

You are so terribly wrong it hurts.


Then again I was falling asleep at the time, I could be wrong.

Open your eyes.

[Agnostic Bear]

Open your eyes.

My eyes are open, I was informing you that you were wrong. So much for being helpful.

[Swinkid]

Sandybridge will suck, go for AMD's Bulldozer.

Also, toot toot for the ATI 5850!
A amd prosessor does become tempting, seeing as i then could get the rampage III Mobo, what socket will it be?

[Agnostic Bear]

A amd prosessor does become tempting, seeing as i then could get the rampage III Mobo, what socket will it be?

Probably a new one. I don't know this however, also I assume "Rampage III" is republic of gamers, if it is, don't bother, they're all overpriced pieces of junk.

[Stephen!]

The 6870 is the upgrade from the 5850. The 6850 will perform the same.

As for the processor, I would definitely wait for AMD's bulldozer.

[Agnostic Bear]

The 6870 is the upgrade from the 5850. The 6850 will perform the same.

As for the processor, I would definitely wait for AMD's bulldozer.

The 6850 wont perform the same as the 5850 at all, it'll be faster. The review site benchmarks are wrong for the most part. They put it at 30 (ish)% faster than the previous generation.

Also lol at your avatar and my previous post.

[Chippiewill]

My eyes are open, I was informing you that you were wrong. So much for being helpful.

The point is you were being a **** about it.

[Stephen!]

The 6850 wont perform the same as the 5850 at all, it'll be faster. The review site benchmarks are wrong for the most part. They put it at 30 (ish)% faster than the previous generation.

Also lol at your avatar and my previous post.

The 6870 is the 5770 upgrade & Yes, I now agree with you that it will probably be quicker than the 5850, but not as quick as the current 5870. Either way, I think for the first month or so they are going to be overpriced and very hard to find, just like the 5 Series launch. It took me about 1.5 months to grab a 5850, and still paid over the odds for it.

Also, the ROG brand may just be a marketing thing, but their Crosshair IV board is the best AM3 overclocking board out there. I'd say they did pretty good.

If you want to discuss this topic further, I would recommend a real computing forum. No offense, but habbox isn't really the place for this kind of discussion. :P

(Also I don't own a ROG board and probably never will intend to. I just thought it was a nice logo.)