View Full Version : The Asus Matrix Platinum makes an appearance
Witchdoctor
05-09-2010, 11:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUAi_A8MG8
Found this link
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-226-AS
I am hoping this means it will show up in the United States soon .....
AT 408 Euro's looks like this beast will reatil around $ 522.00
Anybody have any links to it's preformance ?
Hondacity
05-10-2010, 12:01 AM
uk prices are always bloated......
plat edition..hmmm prolly just a marketing term...
Witchdoctor
05-10-2010, 12:08 AM
Doe no Honda ....
But it is an interesting prospect if it can be tweaked as advertised
two 8 pins so there is a lot of juice to utilize .....
Wonder if the GPU's have been binned for these cards ?
HITandRUN
05-10-2010, 12:14 AM
uk prices are always bloated......
There is no Euro in the UK. Just so you know! HE HE ;)
Hondacity
05-10-2010, 12:15 AM
the 5870 matrix is the same matrix 5870.....the platinum edition moniker is just for marketing
binned gpu...hmmm i dunno... prolly it is...stock is 850...this is 894.....
Hondacity
05-10-2010, 12:16 AM
There is no Euro in the UK. Just so you know! HE HE ;)
guess who said euro?
Witchdoctor
05-10-2010, 12:22 AM
Unboxing ......
defenantly a sexy card .....
would love to bench this thing and possibly let it find a home in my gamer when done ...
http://buy-netbook-online-washington.co.cc/asus-netbook-online-washington/asus-matrix-5870-platinum-edition-first/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUAi_A8MG8
their is another site asking for 388 euro's
In the unboxing video the guy said not to use the power adapters.... I think in this case he may be wrong....
Look at them closely, they are 2 x 6 pin ==> 1 x 8 pin adapters.... not molex.
I think that would actually be better than just 2 x 8 pin, since you can add more rails to the card on big multi rail psu's...
Card is a sexy bitch though... :thumbsup:
Splave
05-10-2010, 05:25 AM
5870s are useless now for boints beyond hardware ;) 3 months ago this would have gotten my attention
Witchdoctor
05-10-2010, 05:54 AM
5870s are useless now for boints beyond hardware ;) 3 months ago this would have gotten my attention
Unfortunatly so will the 480 be in the third quarter .....
Hardware value is the only points any card will count for in the end .....
I understand what you are saying but do not look at the globals that close, it does get you reconition but in the end they are all hardware points once next gen rolls out .....
as it stands if you look at the hardware value of a 480 ... it is disturbing at best
and a finacial disaster for nV at worst ......
Plus to compete for serious Global you must be on Ln2
Not quite there yet but am doing some home work. I may get there sooner rather than later so I can roll in the Global battle ..... Looks like a ton of fun ..... :thumbsup:
I am torn though 480 or 5870 .... me wants the 480 but the numbers say Matrix.
Got my dice pot after I sold off my 5870 so I could never hardly compete with it ....
It would be nice to max out my 5870 numbers as there is a ton of Hardware points to be had for the team and it is the third most popular card in the history of the BOT
I may end up flipping a coin FTW ............ :ohcrap:
Splave
05-10-2010, 06:14 AM
I think you will get further with the 480 to be honest witchie, dice temps are good for 1000 core which owns the 5870 in everything minus vantage. You need ln2 for the 5870 imo.
Dentlord
05-10-2010, 06:28 AM
The 480 will have tons of HW points down the road, don't worry.
Yu have to remember how freaking hard they have been to get until now.
Witchdoctor
05-10-2010, 06:32 AM
I think you will get further with the 480 to be honest witchie, dice temps are good for 1000 core which owns the 5870 in everything minus vantage. You need ln2 for the 5870 imo.
Yea your probably right Al....
I will be crunching the nunbers on the bot to see what would be the highest scoring card would be under my circumstances .... ss/Dice
The one that comes out on top taking global and Hardware in to account will be what I am looking at buying ...... Plus I am looking for this card to end up in my gamer for the Crysis 2 action heading our way .... that beeing said the nV cards have always done a bit better with the Cryengine ....
May just hold out as well as I have so many vid cards to bench once I get back up and running ...........
:Dizzy:
lakeside2189
05-24-2010, 05:56 PM
I see it is here at last..I am guessing the 480 will hurt the sales big time.. Prolly why it is cheaper than the Euro reviews had it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121382
Chuchnit
05-24-2010, 06:10 PM
I see it is here at last..I am guessing the 480 will hurt the sales big time..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121382
These manufacturers really need to get these souped up cards to market sooner.
kow_ciller
05-24-2010, 06:23 PM
And get the prices down while they're at it.
lakeside2189
05-24-2010, 06:33 PM
Dang, they really are paranoid of the 480...Prices coming down already...
This is 70.00ish cheaper than Asus's standard 2gb 5870 + free shipping
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10012704&prodlist=froogle
Patch
05-24-2010, 06:54 PM
Too bad I'm 5870'd out.......and I need to save money for CPU's to populate the SR-2 I'm gonna win.....
Hondacity
05-24-2010, 07:00 PM
newegg pricing is just a bitch....go zzf
Witchdoctor
05-24-2010, 11:39 PM
Yea they will end up being about 10 to 15 % slower than the 480
They need to hit that price point ....
That being said it would be a good buy at around $ 445.00 .....
I need a 5870 to maxx out hardware as it is worth a lot ....
I also need the 480 to get my globals up
On another note we may be the butt of yet another vendor joke as I have been reading the retail cards are not the 1500 Mhz core monsters that the ES cards that got everyone so excited ..... I guess they are all on that path of deception unfortunatly .....