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New card 480 gtx or 5870?

I had a 5870 at 1000 core and it was a great card but compared to a 480 at 800+ core the 5870 was well beaten, dips below 30 fps with the 5870 is long gone with the 480. Noticed that game loading times where lots of textures are being loaded in to vram are quick with a 480 as well.
 
Ahwell I've bought an Asus 5870 now :rolleyes: lol. Not as powerful as the 480, granted, but thats the trade off I want to make for lower heat and power consumption. My 4870X2 turned my room into a furnace so I don't want to go back to that. Obviously because of the higher temps the fan was also very loud untill i mapped a profile.

If I paid for the electricity, had a better ventilated room and didn't have the pc practically next to my right ear I'd probably have paid the extra and gone for the 480. However even then I'd want the amp edition and I proably couldn't warrant the extra.

The fact is I was very, very happy with the performance of my 4870X2 and I wanted to keep it. However I wasn't happy with the high temps, power consumption, micro stuttering and xfire was not always supported in games. If the 5870 eradicates these issues and offers comparable peformance (which after much browsing of benches it will) then I'm a happy bunny :)

EDIT: Having said all of that I buy and sell stuff all the time so how long the 5870 will stay in my case for this year is debatable :p
 
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They are both great cards, the top end of single gpu solutions. If your not fussed about the extra power requirements, bit more heat, cost (purchase and running) and the lack of DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD support a 480 will serve you well otherwise the 5870 makes more sense. Neither card is going to struggle in most games for quite a while.
 
Default desktop with ATI is a lot more vibrant and natural looking than that of Nvidia's, this comparing the 5870 to a 480, the 480 you need to get in the and adjust the digital vibrancy, gamma, brightness and contrast to get it near ATI. Of course this effects gaming as well.
 
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RavenXXX2 said:
Default desktop with ATI is a lot more vibrant and natural looking than that of Nvidia's, this comparing the 5870 to a 480, the 480 you need to get in the and adjust the digital vibrancy, gamma, brightness and contrast to get it near ATI. Of course this effects gaming as well.
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what settings do you use ?
 
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All you have to do is change RGB to YcbCr444 and your colours will be spot on.

I actually find nvidia's standard setting once changed from RGB to YcbCr444 is spot on with a calibration disc such as DVE (Digital Video Essential). The grey scale needs no adjustment where as with my ATI cards a small adjustment is needed for it to be spot on. :)
 
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Razor Time said:
All you have to do is change RGB to YcbCr444 and your colours will be spot on.

I actually find nvidia's standard setting once changed from RGB to YcbCr444 is spot on with a calibration disc such as DVE (Digital Video Essential). The grey scale needs no adjustment where as with my ATI cards a small adjustment is needed for it to be spot on. :)
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Cheers guys will give them a whirl :)
 
Razor Time said:
All you have to do is change RGB to YcbCr444 and your colours will be spot on.

I actually find nvidia's standard setting once changed from RGB to YcbCr444 is spot on with a calibration disc such as DVE (Digital Video Essential). The grey scale needs no adjustment where as with my ATI cards a small adjustment is needed for it to be spot on. :)
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Just changed it now and wow what a difference. :D
 
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