Radeon 5800 series and the upcoming GForce cards totally unnessecary right now?

Seriously, here me out my fellow gamers. Unless you like cranking resolutions beyond 250000x160000000 with 64xAA and 32AF, there is no reason to shell out $500 for these new cards. Also, no developer (within the next 2 or so years I reckon) will fully utilise the full potential of these upcoming beasts. If you like having the latest and greatest peripherals, then hey, I wont complain. Its your money. I myself however, will buy another HD 4900 for crossfire modes and save some money and still be able to enjoy 99.9% of games at max settings.

Just my 2 cents

well there are dx11 games coming out soon and dx 10 titles will pick up. There will be games that will put these cards to the ground just wait til next year mide year i say. and plus these cards had to be released due to the api dx 11. i will pick up a 5850 x2 or 5870x2 since i am having a hard time with two 8800 gs in sli

These new cards don't cost $500.KHAndAnime

What he said. The new cards cost $380 and $270 and are phenominal performance for their price.

Im very, very tempted of buying one myself, but i'd have to give up my shelf....and i really need more shelf space.

They will cost over $500 when Nvidia comes out with their 300 series LOL...

Nvidia has, as far as I seen lately, launched a new series at around $500-$600.

Seriously, here me out my fellow gamers. Unless you like cranking resolutions beyond 250000x160000000 with 64xAA and 32AF, there is no reason to shell out $500 for these new cards. Also, no developer (within the next 2 or so years I reckon) will fully utilise the full potential of these upcoming beasts. If you like having the latest and greatest peripherals, then hey, I wont complain. Its your money. I myself however, will buy another HD 4900 for crossfire modes and save some money and still be able to enjoy 99.9% of games at max settings.

Just my 2 cents

Adamantium4k2

I agree that for the vast majority of games on the market today, these cards are complete overkill right now. However, there are some games that need some SERIOUS horsepower, even just to max the settings out at average gamer resolutions.

Crysis and Crysis Warhead didn't run to my satisfaction at my monitor's native resolution of 1680x1050 on my G92 8800 GTS.. I had to play on 3/4ths quality (gamer settings) to get framerates in the mid-30's. And FORGET about AA/AF. Now with a 5870, I won't have to upgrade for a couple of years, and I can crank Crysis/Warhead completely up to max settings and add in a little bit of AA too.

Also, the 5870 is $380-$400, and the 5850 is below $300. I don't know why you mentioned $500 video cards. Given the horrible yields that Nvidia has been getting out of their GT300 chip so far, their new cards MIGHT cost that much or more. But then again, I won't need one.

I'll take the better fps in the few games that need it now, and the rest that are upcomming. Plus some nice DX11 enhancements. Tessellation looks good. I have a 4890, it is not good enough, and I only use 1920x1080.

Dont fight it! Seriously, there will be always a market for videocards because, eh pc gamers will keep buying them for bragging rights on 3dmark and get 10,000 fps on Quake 3. Dont try to convince these people, its what they like to do! Case close.

SINCE WHEN 32 AF exist !? and stop exaggerating with so high number Jesus ? lot of people want to get TWO 1080P monitor /s or one 2560x1600 and max it game with lot of AA and that include me and HD 4900 are you sure you ain't talking us from the alternate dimension ? it HD4890 not 4900's lol

And 5870x2 will be AWESOME FOR PRICE Performances RATIO FOR 480$ & Higher According The RUMOUR PRICE AND WILL BE THE POWER OF TWO 4870x2 !!! the more power you have the better it is ! : you'r just an Angry Compulsive gamer :(

and you really think of DX11 & Evolution rate of pc to be as slow as Xbox 360 Graphic Evolution lol i think they will use HD5000 / Geforce 300 Really soon by as soon as 2010 March / May we would see some Awesome Looking game that ask quit ea lot of power to powerup at 1680x1050 with more then 16X AA :P

You think GPU's are overkill, look at CPU's for gaming. 4870 is like the best deal out there right now I think though. You can get it for less than $150 and it plays EVERYTHING at good settings.