5830's on OcUK now

[xBLiNG]

Own goal by ATI. What a way to tarnish the performance and value of the 58xx series.

Exactly!

 

[xBLiNG]

There has been no DX11 card that intrests me yet I can wait. And that's said only living 5 minutes down the road from overclockers.

I guess with the GTX260 you can play most new games quite comfortably, no need for any upgrade, but when someone needs to the DX11 and low power comsumption of the 5000 series is appealing.

 

[WebOS]

dual 5770s is what i want but for £200 not £250

 

[Meaker]

If you shop around you wont be far off...

 

[WebOS]

been shopping, not finding a little trust help would be good

 

[bells]

been shopping, not finding a little trust help would be good

I can never find either doh

 

[hyperst]

I can never find either doh

you can get 2 5770 from OcUK for £225.98

 

[WebOS]

not from a reputable brand

 

[Helios1234]

not from a reputable brand

VTX is just PowerColor.

 

[xBLiNG]

not from a reputable brand

OcUK are the only company who I trust not to stock bad merchandise, this follows with the branding. Yes I would rather spend an extra £5-10 if possible, but it's not needed if you're on a budget.

 

[WebOS]

VTX is just PowerColor.

thats my point, when it comes to RMAs, they never reply to any of my emails (powercolor) also 1 year only isnt enogh, 2 years is minimum IMO.

i guess i am just asking too much for to little a price!

(when am i not tbh )

 

[p0rks0da]

2 years is the minimum if you live in the EU, don't let any brand or store tell you otherwise. That's the law.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

not from a reputable brand

Seriously just buy the VTX, you're getting 5870 performance for 225 quid ffs!?

Worry about warranty when they break, which they won't

 

[WebOS]

im cheap! jsut wondering at 1920, form my 4870 what would be a bigger jump, that or a Q9550 for BC2

 

[Tom|Nbk]

BC2 gets a huge jump with quads, my fps doubled when i enabled fullproc

 

[WebOS]

i assume fullproc is for more than 2 cores? what percentage of your GPU does it use?

 

[Tom|Nbk]

aye it is a command to use in the shortcut which forces full core usage. For some reason it wasn't in the beta and I'm really not sure I'll have to test tommorow. I do get over twice the fps when Crossfire is enabled so I can confirm it scales very well with two cards.

 

[WebOS]

so what would you recommend, the upgrade to 2 5770s form a 4870, or to a Q9550 from a 3.6GHz E5200?

 

[Tom|Nbk]

that is a tough one dude on one hand BC2 is very CPU intensive but on the other it does like graphics horsepower as well.

Prob the 5770 you'll benefit much more all round

 

[WebOS]

thanks mate

found a 5770 with 2 years warranty for £205 each! (and free next day postage ) now to decide if its worth dipping into my overdraft that i just got out off.