I notice all the cables are screened - I suspect not many a vendored pc will have this luxury - so why include this on the test - its not a true representation of most peoples setup - any rfi is not considered in your tests - a failing of many a card.

Glx gears is a waste of time, what should be more of a concern is that the evil greens are much better at Linux drivers than ATi.

As much as I hate Nvidia, they are way better on the Linux front compared to Ati.

Ati have crap installers, don't fix shocking bugs and generally are useless on Linux.

And yes there are plenty of people who care about linux drivers...

I expect Nvidia will come along with a "patch" for their drivers and the programme to allow them to gain a higher "score".

Way to go ATi another slam dunk kick in the teeth to Nvidia, love it...

you want glxgears, just buy the da*n thing. The linux driver is on the CD, you will even find an upgraded version called fgl_glxgears

Or is your problem that no one is reviewing the Linux driver, could it be that no one cares???? Oh no!!!! Maybe if linux had dx11gears it may have mattered....move along

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpu_technology_conference.html

I would suspect we'll hear about the GT300 in 2 days and 13 hours!

From what I've seen, these new HD5000 cards consume less power than the previous generation, especially in idle. So, no, if you've got a PSU now that's up to the task for a current-generation card, I don't see the need to upgrade.

It's a bit disappointing though, that ATi has changed more than just the core clock and memory type and speed for the 5850. The only difference between the xx70 and xx50 'used' to be, that the xx50 was lower clocked and with a lesser memory type, but now it's truly lesser. iirc.

If Tweak Be yer disire, Its Already for sale:

http://en.inpai.com.cn/doc/enshowcont.asp?id=7085

before 5850 ,5770&50 will be on sale, X2 will be about $400+ in Nov., less than 5C. Hey hows cpu have higher vantage than total score?

Gtx300 yields are said to be OK, yet some question if it'll beat gtx 200. In close exam, scores seem to have fallen from near 3D 30,000+ to <20,000 thruout market. is that true?

DRASHEK

... and what about being future-proof (dx11)? Can the green cards do that? Oh wait... they can't!

And after all, you gotta recognize, it gotta a superb power management, I'm even sad with my HD4870 now...

It's not only about hoserpower, that Cypress chips are packed with features.

way to go ati... good card. now let's see what gt300 brings to the table. whatever the case, new power supplies are going to be in order.

Right, because glxgears is an awesome and accurate benchmarking tool.

this is all well and good except where are the glxgears results?? how many fps can this card do with glxgears running at 1024X768?? Can it even come close to a "Green" card? What?? no drivers to run glxgears under a proper os setting??? I thought so. move along.

As an avid user of products from both of the players in the GPU field, it is nice to see a direct, factual, informative (mini) review of this without the green directed vituperations of past authors, thankfully gone. My faith in the somewhat wacky, but always interesting INQ is getting restored.