ASUS HD 5870 Matrix 2GB & ASUS HD 5870 "V2" Sneak Peek Comment Thread

[SKYMTL]

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about upcoming overclocked and 2GB HD 5800 series cards which will see the light of day in the next few months. In this sneak peak, we take a look at the ASUS HD 5870 Matrix that has high clock speeds as well as a massive amount of memory and a new custom design which ASUS will use to replace their reference HD 5870 cards with.

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[_dangtx_]

and availability to match :)

nice read

[belgolas]

The 5870 Matrix may be mine if the GTX 480 isn't that good.

[L36]

Does anyone know when this card launches? Id like to buy it because of its quality and that frame buffer.
Thanks.

[SKYMTL]

Soon after the GF100 launch. ;)

[L36]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

Soon after the GF100 launch. ;)

That's what i hate, your definition of soon might be 30 days or 15 days. I just need a +- 5 days in which it could launch. That's all.

[SKYMTL]

Originally Posted by L36

That's what i hate, your definition of soon might be 30 days or 15 days. I just need a +- 5 days in which it could launch. That's all.

In that case, I have no idea.

[L36]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

In that case, I have no idea.

Don't know if i should i wait, or settle for another 5870. Trying to play on G45 chipset is not fun. After heavy driver castrations, i can get playable FPS in BC2 at lowest settings.

[IRQ Conflict]

It's alway's been my experience that as the frame buffer is increased the performance of the card suffers slightly until the frame buffer size becomes the standard ie 512>1024. Lets hope that's not the case here. Nice shroud though. Asus and Sapphire usually have very good designs (aesthetically).

[Iphikratous]

That is very appealing. I really like what Asus is doing recently with AMD/ATI. First the new Maximus/ROG boards, and now these? Hopefully it will spur some other companies on as well.