2-11 and counting

Just for the fun of it, I asked because I will be out of town in May and I don't want the machine to be delivered then.  I posted this here in case there are people ordering, they may want to know.  I ordered mine on 2-11-2010 Here is the quote I received...

"As of this time we are unable to provide a clear delivery date. This is due to the fact that one of the parts you requested is on back order. The ATI 5970 graphics card is on a national back order. There is no clear eta from our vendors. We apologize for the delay and will keep you informed as to the status of your build."

Does seem a little strange that it is in Stage 5 testing.  How can they stress test a machine with no video card?


Edited by Grandpa - 01 Mar 2010 at 2:24pm

Grandpa, the 5970 has been on back order for a long time, places like newegg will get a few here and there but those places have nothing to do with how nvidia/ati partners send places like DS parts.

also 2 x 5870 is much better then 5970, and available, so I don't remember your build, but if you are gaming and you truly need a 5970 to run games at highest settings and etc, then go with 2 x 5870.



if you don't want to wait then ya call DS and see what you need to do to buy from newegg and send it to DS. but again I would not go with 5970, but its your build so you got to go with what you like.

Edited by DST4ME - 01 Mar 2010 at 4:31pm

I can't garuntee you that since I don't have them, but the 5970's fan will not bring less noise IMO, justin might know somebody that has both, maybe he can knows.

what games did you notice a difference in and what were the settings?

stock, 1 5970 has less performance than 2 5870's, and the 5970 will run hotter.

are you trying to tell me that a 5970 runs any COD game better than 2 5870's? because that is a bunch of crap? lol

haha, I see now

MW2 is a console game ported, so pretty much any graphics card can run it maxed, 200 FPS at 1920x1200 all settings max is no problem with two 4890's. lol

yes the top card does run warmer, which is why we tell people whenever they can to go for a mobo that has space between its x16 lanes, like the classified with lanes 1 and 3, tho your temps are still fine, and I think the stock 9650 could have some effect on the fps then a oced one, also the benchmarks I have seen has had the aa at 4x.

thanks for the info

lol now I'm beginning to wonder if you two are talking about the same game, cause justin can max it out and you are saying you need 2.

you are right the future may demand more, for me I like to get just want I need now and put the rest of the money toward a future graphic card, that way I end-up spending pretty much the same money but every 2 or 3 years my gpu gets upgraded to a newest one, example, I buy 1 x 5870 now, and same the money from the second one and put it toward a new gpu in 2 years, so in 2 years I would get a theoretical 7870 and have spend the same money but my 7870 will be more powerful and dx13 or whatever capable thus doing much better in games from that time.

but thats just me, different strokes for different folks, like I always say, its your pc, you got to get what you like

fyi, the 5970 is like 2 x 5870 but with less performance, its gonna run warm because of that and I believe the fan noise is gonna be the same if not more.

if still endup getting it, let us know how it goes.

Edited by DST4ME - 01 Mar 2010 at 7:44pm