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5870 or GTX470?

minhbh

minhbh

minhbh

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I want to upgrade my 5850, at my local shop: GTX470 is 455USD, 5870 is 465USD.
What I must choose?

GTX470: have PhysX, CUDA but hot, take a lof of power
5870: cool but don't have PhysX, CUDA

I'm headache, please recommend!
 
5870 for single card useage though if you planning to use SLI the GTX470 should be strongly considered.
 
I only play game, don't care to Cuda but care with PhysX, atually I only see Batman game is good about content and PhysX. How about the future of PhysX, seem to be ATI have another weapon is OpenCL but don't have any game apply now!?
 
As above its not worth the upgrade when you can overclock your 5850 and have running about 5% slower than the 5870 at same clock speeds
 
There is no card worth upgrading to from the 5850. What res do you play on? You can always by a second hand 8800 for PhysX.
 
The only viable upgrade really would be to add another 5850 in crossfire, but even then it's probably only worth it at 2560x1600. Adding an old DX10 Nvidia card for Physx isn't a bad idea either, if you particularly want it.
 
Jethro Bodine said:
I don't agree with this.

A 5870, 5970, and GTX480 are all a BIG upgrade from a 5850. A GTX470 is an upgrade for DX11 performance and features, but a lateral move in general.
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I don't agree with this!! :)
How can you say upgrading from a 5850 to a 5870 is a BIG upgrade? No offence mate but that's simply not true.
Do you really think a 5970 or 480 is a good idea? The OP already has a 5850 and surely buying a second 5850 (motherboard permitting) would be the only logical, cheaper, more power efficient and best-bang-for-buck upgrade.
What do I know though. :confused:
All in all, I say get a second 5850 if your motherboard/ PSU can handle it and you just have to buy something right now. If it was me, I would wait and see what's comming out nearer the end of the year.
 
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Boozebeard said:
OC your 5850, an upgrade to a 5870 would be a waste.
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I know, I OC my 5850 to have 5870 performance, and after 3 months, I lost one phase VRM (see pics). It OK now - at my local hard to RMA with status like that- but decrease about 5% FPS in game and bench, I don't know if use long time it can die or not, but I'm unpleasant about that. I intend to buy my 5850 as 2nd and buy another one, but I think based on this occasion I will upgrade my card.

 
minhbh said:
I know, I OC my 5850 to have 5870 performance, and after 3 months, I lost one phase VRM (see pics). It OK now - at my local hard to RMA with status like that- but decrease about 5% FPS in game and bench, I don't know if use long time it can die or not, but I'm unpleasant about that. I intend to buy my 5850 as 2nd and buy another one, but I think based on this occasion I will upgrade my card.
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If you have a faulty card you need to RMA it if possible, if not then it really depends on what you're after. Both Nvidia and ATI have good offering at the moment so have a look at some benchmarks of the games you play and see which one comes out best for you.

What resolution is your monitor?
What are your full system specs?
What games do you play?
 
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I'll buy GTX470. I used Cypress, and try Fermi to have new experience, now at my home room temp is 33oC, perhaps Fermi will become an oven :)

Any idea about GTX465- at my shops it is same price as 5850!?

I use Q8400@4G, 4GB RAM, my monitor res is 1680X1050- will upgrade to HD resolution

I play all game: COD, Dirt, Metro....
 
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