5870 Upgrade?

[Aemon]

Hello, Currently running
i7 920
Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Sapphire 5870
6gb RAM
Resolution 1920x1200

At the moment there seems no point upgrading the CPU so GPU is the target is there much point to an upgrade and if so what GPU?

I fancy Nvidia again after catalyst driver issues but I'm not sure on how they currently are?

 

[95thrifles]

You could go for a 570, itd be a step up, but cost would prob outweigh the gain unless moneys not really an issue and you have the upgrade bug to cure

comparison

The 5870 is still a decent card, if you can hold off the new series of cards are due "soon" and may offer better step ups or allow a 570 upgrade at a more palatable price

 

[Aemon]

Cheers for the info and that link is pretty damn handy

 

[tommybhoy]

I went 5870 - 6950 unlocked to a 6970, which performance tbh is about equal with a 570 give or take, game dependant.

I wouldn't have changed but for the want to go CrossFire(as imo 6 series has probably the best scaling of this gen).

While there is a slight improvement in max fps, the avg fps and mins are much improved, but as we are very close to the new cards being released (and with current cards far far overpriced compared to launch prices) I would definitely wait it out for the new cards.

I fancy Nvidia again after catalyst driver issues but I'm not sure on how they currently are?

Also not without problems, TDR, and lots of problems with branded pre-overclocked cards, although both vendors problems don't affect everyone.

 

[gamerdude1989]

5870's are brilliant cards, no need to upgrade..

 

[Purgatory]

I upgraded from an ASUS 5870 referenece to an ASUS GTX 580 Direct CUii and much happier with its performance and the card behaves compared to the terrible AMD drivers on the 5870 currently. Up to you mate the performance jump I have seen on average is 30% (like owning a 5970 on a single card most of the time, without the crossfire issues) and in Nvidia way it's meant played games the performance can double in some titles but as we all know that is because Nvidia artificially cripple AMD cards with Nvidia way it's meant played games.

Honestly i'm much happier with the GTX 580 and its drivers they just work and no stress so far with any part of using it and as a bonus I now have PhysX and Cuda support. The only reason I sold the 5870 was the drivers and the constant driver updates and caps that broke more things then they actually fixed. I have always been a AMD/ATI user before this jump for many years and would have still been on AMD/ATI cards if not for their recent drivers (well over a year) that only get worse not better.

 

[bhavv]

Dont upgrade - Theres new 28 nm cards out very soon, HD 7000 and Nvidia Kepler.

 

[Crixus00]

Thinking about an upgrade myself. My 5870 has been great but it does struggle with my Hazro monitor. 1920 * 1080 is fine, 2560 x 1440 and it struggles with the latest games.

Think I will wait for the new 7 series.