5870/5850/5770/5750 stocking status

[plonk420]

added newegg canada! anyone have bad experiences with them?

 

[plonk420]

Have I lost again or is there some other reason why your post appears to have the correct link, but the link takes me to the following page which then redirects me to NewEgg?

[snip]

If this is a program set up by the forum admins, I am NOT impressed. However, malware could entirely be possible on my part.
I replaced "http" in this post with "stupid" and the brackets with ? and ?(Unicode chars so it may look like garbage to some.)

something forum/anandtech related. gotta pay for vBulletin SOMEHOW .. *shrug* doesn't slow me down THAT much. i just open all the links i want in tabs and first look at the pages that open first.

 

[stapuft]

In stock at Tiger Direct for XFX 5850

http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...ails.asp?Sku=P450-5850

 

[Adrenaline]

N/m I did not rad someone's reply.

Watching pregame for MNF.

 

[Patrickz0rs]

The 5770's are on Newegg right now.

 

[plonk420]

updated for all 4 now!

 

[plonk420]

has the thread outlived it's usefulness?

 

[Spydermag68]

No. I waited too long to decide if I wanted to get a 5850.

What is the main difference between the different manufactures?
XFX - Double Lifetime warranty
Asus - Voltage tweak
MSI - BOIS update-able

I am trying to get the best card for the lowest money.

 

[Patrickz0rs]

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
No. I waited too long to decide if I wanted to get a 5850.

What is the main difference between the different manufactures?
XFX - Double Lifetime warranty
Asus - Voltage tweak
MSI - BOIS update-able

I am trying to get the best card for the lowest money.

Same here. I am hoping before November 17th - when L4D2 is released that they will be cheaper or have free shipping.

 

[Heinrich]

So with an overclock, the lowered stream processors and texture units in the 5850 don't matter?

 

[Andrmgic]

Ordered the MSI 5870 from the egg today.. should be here tomorrow.

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: plonk420
has the thread outlived it's usefulness?

no because hd 5870's are consistently selling out everywhere

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
No. I waited too long to decide if I wanted to get a 5850.

What is the main difference between the different manufactures?
XFX - Double Lifetime warranty
Asus - Voltage tweak
MSI - BOIS update-able

I am trying to get the best card for the lowest money.

I've been toying with upgrading to a 5850. I would pick the asus with voltage tweak personally just because I'm not interested in getting out the soldering iron, pliers, tweezers, duct tape, etc on my $260 card and voiding the warranty to jack with voltages. xfx is the best bet if you're not looking for the best possible oc'ing, however.

 

[Vertibird]

Looks like Ewiz is giving some discounts on 5770 and 5750.

5750 for $122 looks good.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Heinrich
So with an overclock, the lowered stream processors and texture units in the 5850 don't matter?

An overclock can help make up for it, but you have to keep in mind that the 5870 can also be overclocked, a 5850 will never be as good as a 5870.

A reasonable best case scenario is (after overclocking) that the 5850 is somewhere around 90% of the 5870.

Originally posted by: lavaheadache

Originally posted by: plonk420
has the thread outlived it's usefulness?

no because hd 5870's are consistently selling out everywhere

and the 5850s are even harder to grab

 

[smoothvirus]

ZipZoomFly has the 5870 but they're marking it up $60. Was thinking about getting one but I'd rather run a 3DFX Voodoo 1 than get price gouged like that.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: Heinrich
So with an overclock, the lowered stream processors and texture units in the 5850 don't matter?

An overclock can help make up for it, but you have to keep in mind that the 5870 can also be overclocked, a 5850 will never be as good as a 5870.

A reasonable best case scenario is (after overclocking) that the 5850 is somewhere around 90% of the 5870.

Originally posted by: lavaheadache

Originally posted by: plonk420
has the thread outlived it's usefulness?

no because hd 5870's are consistently selling out everywhere

and the 5850s are even harder to grab

not true. 5850 would be 90% of a 5870 at the same clocks, but it is reasonable to assume that you can get much better than 850/1200, especially with voltage tweaking. what if you're at 935/1350? that should be ~ 5870 level performance and is definitely achievable.

 

[Jumpem]

ZZF has the XFX 5870 with the lifetime warranty in stock. Though it is $439 now; was $399 a couple ago when I ordered.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: Heinrich
So with an overclock, the lowered stream processors and texture units in the 5850 don't matter?

An overclock can help make up for it, but you have to keep in mind that the 5870 can also be overclocked, a 5850 will never be as good as a 5870.

A reasonable best case scenario is (after overclocking) that the 5850 is somewhere around 90% of the 5870.

Originally posted by: lavaheadache

Originally posted by: plonk420
has the thread outlived it's usefulness?

no because hd 5870's are consistently selling out everywhere

and the 5850s are even harder to grab

not true. 5850 would be 90% of a 5870 at the same clocks, but it is reasonable to assume that you can get much better than 850/1200, especially with voltage tweaking. what if you're at 935/1350? that should be ~ 5870 level performance and is definitely achievable.

Except you're cheating the situation to make the 5850 look better (reasoning buyers use to make themselves feel better about their purchase) because you're failing to account for the 5870's same ability to overclock. You can't overclock the 5850 and say you've got a card as good as a 5870 because that card can also be overclocked to maintain its superiority. You could say your 5850 is performing at or above stock 5870 levels, but its still not the same as having a 5870.

 

[Adrenaline]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
ZZF has the XFX 5870 with the lifetime warranty in stock. Though it is $439 now; was $399 a couple ago when I ordered.

It was $399 last night whenI was thinking about ordering one.

Tiger Direct has it for $394.99, only $15 over MSRP.

 

[Xpoc]

The shop I go to has the Sapphire 5870 at $429, with a 1 year in store hot swap warranty(in Canada).
They also got the Asus, and MSi 5850's.

Decisions decisions

 

[smoothvirus]

Hm. Newegg doesn't even list the XFX 5870 anymore. They have the other ones in though.

Damn.. I pretty much have to wait to December but it's starting to look like if I want the XFX 5870 by then I'm going to be paying a lot more than $379 for it, if I can get one at all.

 

[TheSlamma]

These cards seem to be getting delisted from sites now.

 

[Azndude51]

I think I got lucky today. I've been wanting a 5850 since they were first announced. Once I finally saved up enough money, I couldn't get one since they're never in stock. Fortunately, I checked Mwave today and they had the Sapphire 5850 in stock for $269. As of today, I think they're just about the only place with a 5850 in stock. I found a $10 off $100 coupon code (SPOOKYSVG) so I managed to get it for $259 + shipping. Also, I think the Sapphire comes with Dirt 2 (though it's not mentioned on Mwave), a game that I actually want to play. A couple hours after I ordered, I noticed that the price increased to $279 so that's where I got lucky, with the coupon I actually managed to get it at MSRP.

I got an order confirmation over the phone and they said they'd probably ship today so I'll likely have it before the end of the week. I'm upgrading from an 8800GTS 640MB which has been struggling lately to keep up with more recent games. Once Windows 7 comes out, I'll do the $30 student deal and I can finally go DX10/11 (I'm still on XP).

Also, thanks OP for making this thread, it was so much easier to find a card.

 

[HarvardAce]

I ordered the HIS 5850 from ZZF over the weekend. Today I noticed the order was still in "Packed" status, so I inquired about the status, and they let me know that the order was not in stock and they do not expect stock within the next two weeks, so they will have to cancel my order.

If you ordered a card from ZZF recently and it hasn't already shipped, I strongly encourage you to contact them to make sure the item is actually in stock. I missed out on a similar card for cheaper at Newegg yesterday because I couldn't cancel my ZZF order.

Edit: Ordered the sapphire from MWave, I don't want to wait any longer so I did 2-day shipping and used the $10 coupon to have a final price of $285 shipped. Thanks for the heads up!