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One last time before I press the buy button, GTX 470 vs the 5870

robin66 said:
Here's what you need to do, go read some reviews, there are lots out there.
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My problem is that Iv read all the reviews, and they all say a different story!

The only game where the 470 suffers abit compared to the 5870 is Crysis and warhead.

I would be happy with 1920x1200 enthusiast settings with no or 2xaa.

Is that doable with the 470?
 
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stulid said:
both of these run better on nvidia cards, http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/nvidia-geforce-gtx-460_11.html#sect2
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Wow, I wouldn't think you cannot read the charts stulid? :rolleyes: Read them twice and make sure that you compare Radeon 5870 to GeForce 470 ;)

According to that review, in Metro 2033 Radeon 5870 is 22% faster than GeForce 470 at 1920x1080, 21% in Crysis Warhead and 8% faster in Bad Company 2.

Alien vs Predator is known for having performance issues with ATI cards, you have to bear it in mind before you make your decision.
 
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Here's a cracking review showing min FPS recorded with fraps, I'm sure you have read it 100 times before so here it is again, 470 gets well beaten and with Nvidias updated drivers.

http://www.techspot.com/review/283-geforce-gtx-400-vs-radeon-hd-5800/

Mr Krugga said:
You're showing horrible attitude now, admit you're wrong and stop the BS.

How many PC's have you recommended on these Forums with Radeons inside?
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He's a troll, nearly 5000 posts in 7 months and it's been mostly spam, mods need to crack down a bit harder.
 
opethdisciple said:
My problem is that Iv read all the reviews, and they all say a different story!

The only game where the 470 suffers abit compared to the 5870 is Crysis and warhead.

I would be happy with 1920x1200 enthusiast settings with no or 2xaa.

Is that doable with the 470?
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If, as you say, the reviews all say a different story then ultimately its incumbent on you to make up your own mind. If Crysis/Warhead/2 are important to you then get the 5870. If not save a few quid and get the 470.

Simply decide what criteria you wish to judge a GPUs worth by and buy the card that best fits that criteria. It aint that hard fella.
 
mike gunnz said:
If, as you say, the reviews all say a different story then ultimately its incumbent on you to make up your own mind. If Crysis/Warhead/2 are important to you then get the 5870. If not save a few quid and get the 470.

Simply decide what criteria you wish to judge a GPUs worth by and buy the card that best fits that criteria. It aint that hard fella.
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Good advice, and here's where the thread should end.
 
mike gunnz said:
If, as you say, the reviews all say a different story then ultimately its incumbent on you to make up your own mind. If Crysis/Warhead/2 are important to you then get the 5870. If not save a few quid and get the 470.

Simply decide what criteria you wish to judge a GPUs worth by and buy the card that best fits that criteria. It aint that hard fella.
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+1
 
So you think anandtech is a trust worthy site to base opinions on?

Becuase yes, in BFBC2 the 5870 peforms about 10 fps better than the 470, but the 470 is doing 55fps any way.

Aditionally according to anandtech the gtx 470 is generally accross many games able to pull better frams than the 5870.

One thing that bother me, is the cysis warhead bench mark is at gamer quality with enthusiast shaders, and it has both cards tied.

Why not enthusiats quality?
 
Just remember OP, you can return a card under within seven days under dsr, so it doesn't matter too much if you aren't happy with either choice.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Here's a cracking review showing min FPS recorded with fraps, I'm sure you have read it 100 times before so here it is again, 470 gets well beaten and with Nvidias updated drivers.

http://www.techspot.com/review/283-geforce-gtx-400-vs-radeon-hd-5800/



He's a troll, nearly 5000 posts in 7 months and it's been mostly spam, mods need to crack down a bit harder.
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Hey Raven, I know your just trying to help, so thanks.

But the techspot review tells a different story to the anandtech review, especially interms of minimum frames:

Techspot: http://www.techspot.com/review/283-geforce-gtx-400-vs-radeon-hd-5800/page4.html

Anandtech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/6
 
Yeah they both using different benching techniques and maybe different levels, the techspot bench is actual gameplay recorded with fraps and not a flythrough so it's more representative of actual gameplay.
 
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