5870 or 6870?

[megatron]

I have a 5770 and I see 5870 is £179 and 5870 is £187 today for the festive offers. I have seen this benchmark:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=628&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=7

and it looks like 6870 is faster than a 5850 but what about 5870? I play BC2 with no anti-aliasing or hsbo on my 5770.

 

[Scon]

6870, scalling is much better, especially on BBC2 and it's newer tech.

 

[teejay73]

I have a 5770 and I see 5870 is £179 and 5870 is £187 today for the festive offers. I have seen this benchmark:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=628&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=7

and it looks like 6870 is faster than a 5850 but what about 5870? I play BC2 with no anti-aliasing or hsbo on my 5770.

The 6870 sit`s between the 5850 and 5870 in terms of performance and uses a bit less power than the 5870. The 5870`s seem to be the best bang for buck @ that price of £179, though i read in another thread that the stock of the vtx`s that OCUK have are mixed so you may get a standard ref design with the fan at the back or one similar to a powercolor one with fan in the middle.

Edited: I have seen the 6870 for £169 recently.

 

[megatron]

OCUK have are mixed so you may get a standard ref design with the fan at the back or one similar to a powercolor one with fan in the middle.

Does this effect anything apart from looks?

 

[teejay73]

Check out the thread here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18213218&page=7 I think one may have power connections at the side and the other at the back, the one with power at the back might restrict you fitting into your case. No real biggie maybe!