How come i can't find ATI 5870 anymore?

i remembered last yr summer i was getting the help from DST and he told me to get that instead of the GTX 470 card, which i did.

Not a problem, works great.

Now i try to find one on newegg for "potential" SLI, there is none..

is it because it's not good anymore?

or what happened?

is the 5870 still good?

also 5850 vs 5870, which one's better?



Edited by darbebo - 11 Dec 2011 at 4:37pm

5870 is better then 5850.

amazon has a couple of new ones too, they have a lot of used ones, but I never buy used.

I really wish old gpus would drop in price instead of getting more expensive or something, the 5870 is weaker then a 6970/580 but it costs more then both of them right now.]

You were smart to not go with 470, lot of heat, my 480s have even more heat, they should have been called the "oven" line instead of fermi, unless fermi means oven in some language

Edited by DST4ME - 11 Dec 2011 at 5:27pm

This is how it works with GPU's. If your plan is ever to SLI or Crossfire at a future date, the best prices can usually be found right before they slow/stop production on the card. This usually is shorty after the new line of GPU's from that company hit the market.

Right around the time the 6xxx series launched, 5870's were at an all time low, and Sapphire released this card for 139.99, and you see how much it costs now. It's simple supply and demand. These cards are in very short supply, and retailers know that there are still people who would like to upgrade via crossfire rather than waste their existing card by going with a new GPU. They don't want to make the choice easy by having an option that makes good fiscal sense. You either pay top dollar for a top of the line single gpu, so the upgrade in performance warrants the cost, or you spend nearly as much upgrading via old tech that nets you marginal performance gains over the first option. The crossfire route still makes the most sense as far as a price/performance standpoint, but just barely. This in some cases will prompt buyers to just ditch the old card and spend that money on a new top of the line gpu.

Long story short, even if you don't think you need it at the moment, it's best to buy a second GPU around the time the next gen comes out, or you'll be faced with rising costs once production is halted.

Edited by Invader Mig - 12 Dec 2011 at 6:02am

IF its around the release of a new line, wait and get the new line.

if its before that then get teh second card shortly after the new gpus are out.