5870 upgrade advice

[spookywillow]

I only play bf3 really and my 5870 plays it pretty well tbh, it clocks to 1050mhz on the core so it's pretty fast.

Would it be worth getting a 7850 as i only have a budget of around £200 or would i be better off getting an SSD?

 

[spixelspixel]

A 7850 isn't much faster than a 5870 (stock vs stock)

If you only play bf3 you should get a nvidia card, maybe a cheap 580.

 

[spookywillow]

are they much faster when overclocked too?

 

[mranderson]

With £200 you will get a damn good SSD so I would suggest to buy a cheaper one, sell the 5870 and get a 670.

 

[spixelspixel]

are they much faster when overclocked too?

Not against an already overclocked 5870. A 5870 -> 7850 is not a worthy upgrade, they perform very similarly.

 

[spookywillow]

No i meant the 580 not the 7850.

A 670 is out of my price range,

 

[spixelspixel]

A 580 would be the best upgrade you can get from the 5870 if a 670 is too expensive. Nvidia cards are better at bf3 than amd and even in other games, the 580 at stock will still be faster than your overclocked 5870.

 

[wazza300]

chuck in another 5870? xfire?

 

[Devrij]

chuck in another 5870? xfire?

Yeah, and buy the SSD as well. Win win

 

[spookywillow]

got a 580 and an ssd in the end, just have a horrible feeling that the gain over the 5870 isn't going to be that noticable.

 

[Mr Paul]

Just got a Super overclocked GTX480, its roughly the same as a stock GTX580. It's much faster then my old 5870.

 

[spookywillow]

It should be here tomorrow so we'll find out

 

[Menty]

You should be happy.

I moved from a 5870 to a 7950 and the difference in BF3 was very noticeable.

If you check the reviews nvidia seem to perform favourably in BF3 so your 580 will not be far off the 7950 (I'm only using 1080)

 

[HankScorpio]

buy another 5870 and an SSD.

 

[spookywillow]

You should be happy.

I moved from a 5870 to a 7950 and the difference in BF3 was very noticeable.

If you check the reviews nvidia seem to perform favourably in BF3 so your 580 will not be far off the 7950 (I'm only using 1080)

Just loaded up BF3 to check fps compared to just before I took the 5870 out and I'm getting around 20-30 fps more than more with no drops at all when I zoom in with a sniper scope either, should be fun playing later although image quality does look a bit worse compared to the 5870 and there seem to be more jaggies too.

buy another 5870 and an SSD.

As I said a few posts back I got a 580 and an ssd

 

[uk_unbeliever]

Just got a Super overclocked GTX480, its roughly the same as a stock GTX580. It's much faster then my old 5870.

Can't compare with BF3 but ive also gone 5870->580 and noticed a good improvement in games, especially modded games using a lot of vram