5870 replacement

[coxmattycox]

Hi,

What cards are comparable to an Ati 5870 with a slight performance increase?

Mine's decided to give up the ghost.

Thanks

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

A 7770 would give slightly better performance, but a 7850 would be the best option as that would be a decent upgrade for a good price.

 

[the1gooner]

A 7770 would give slightly better performance, but a 7850 would be the best option as that would be a decent upgrade for a good price.

You dont really know what your talking about if you think a 7770 gives better performance than a 5870

A 7850 would be comparable with slightly better performance.

The minimum upgrade from a 5870 would be a 7870 i would say.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Agree with the above. I was mulling over upgrading my 5870 to a 7850 but have decided not to. Comparable yes, big increase, no. Obviously the power draw is much nicer though.

5870's are still bloody good cards.

 

[jamiehavok]

yeah equivelent with slight upgrade is 7850, (would be upgrade if game is vram limited or has tesselation) a real upgrade would be a 7950+ id say,

 

[opethdisciple]

yeah equivelent with slight upgrade is 7850, (would be upgrade if game is vram limited or has tesselation) a real upgrade would be a 7950+ id say,

Agree.

I upgraded from a 5870 2Gb to a GTX 670 and I would say the 670 is about double as powerfull.

So I would upgrade from a 5870 to a 7950+

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

You dont really know what your talking about if you think a 7770 gives better performance than a 5870

A 7850 would be comparable with slightly better performance.

The minimum upgrade from a 5870 would be a 7870 i would say.

I'll add that I meant with a good overclock on both. I would have thought the same before, but Ltmatt posted some scores of his 7770 on 3DM11 which were higher than I could get with my overclocked 6850, and would be comparable to a 5870 I would imagine. I'll also say that I don't actually recommend a 7770 as a replacement (a 7850+ would be a much better option), but rather that it would be similar performance when overclocked.

 

[Tonester0011]

I'll add that I meant with a good overclock on both. I would have thought the same before, but Ltmatt posted some scores of his 7770 on 3DM11 which were higher than I could get with my overclocked 6850, and would be comparable to a 5870 I would imagine. I'll also say that I don't actually recommend a 7770 as a replacement (a 7850+ would be a much better option), but rather that it would be similar performance when overclocked.

Exactly this. 7770 is somewhat underrated, but its about 20% quicker than a 6850. I think people forget the 12.11s worked on all 7*** cards, not just the top/mid end ones

 

[Spook187]

Agree with the above. I was mulling over upgrading my 5870 to a 7850 but have decided not to. Comparable yes, big increase, no. Obviously the power draw is much nicer though.

5870's are still bloody good cards.

Indeed they are. RIP my 5870

7850 is a bang for buck upgrade i found out, now i have two of them