5870 > ?

[Sharpsilver]

I'm currently using a stock-clocked 5870, however I'm confident it's slowely dying. I've owned it since feb 2010 and it's on a slippery slope.

I've got a budget of £150-£200, or so, and I'm looking for an an AMD card to upgrade to.

Which of the £100-£200 range would people recommend?

I've not kept up to date with the technological advances for a few years since I built my setup so I'm not sure what cards are worth a glance.

 

[arc@css]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

 

[Marine-RX179]

What makes you believe it is the card dying? It could be driver problems may be?

 

[Randomface74]

Maybe just need a clean install.

 

[psychodil]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

+1

 

[jamiehavok]

yeah it pretty much goes 5870 >6950>7850 all perform similar. if you want an actual upgrade go for a higher one. to replace what you've got with a marginal increase a 7850 is fine.

if uyou order quick this 7950 is an actual upgrade and not far above budget on this week only offer:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-054-HS

 

[HankScorpio]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

Sticking to your budget you can't go wrong with this. Won't notice anything special at stock, but can overclock like a boss.

Spending £60 more for the 7950 you'd get a bit more performance than a fully maxed OC 7850 plus an extra GB of vram.

 

[C64]

could you try reseating the cooler on the 5870 with some new paste are you sure it's not just overheating ? what with this hot weather n all

 

[Sharpsilver]

Temps as far monitoring goes have been fine and dandy. Nothing abnormal.

Unless you would consider 64 degrees celcius in Eve Online out of the norm.

 

[Sharpsilver]

Other symptoms include the colour-tint of the monitor changing between various shades every so often, occasional graphical driver crashes and terrible fps in various games, a lot of BSOD's and Flash driver crashing as well.

Only thing I've not done yet is reinstall the OS, just not had the time.

 

[wazza300]

id just grab a 7850,i dont regret upgrading from mine to an msi tf3 7850,runs much quieter/cooler and uses less power,and i had the vapor x 5870

 

[Cold_And_Miserable]

The 7970/50 is the nearest equivalent of the 5870/50.

The 7870/50 would be the equivalent of the 5770/50.

There is little point upgrading, however, as most games are DX9 console derivatives.
The few games that are DX10/11 aren't worth the bother.

 

[Meaker]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=511

 

[dave_beast]

The 7970/50 is the nearest equivalent of the 5870/50.

Lol, maybe 2 5870's overclocked are like a 7970

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618?vs=511

 

[Cold_And_Miserable]

Lol, maybe 2 5870's overclocked are like a 7970

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618?vs=511

You had to see benchmarks to work out that the highend model in 2012 is as fast as 2 highend 2009 models X-fired?

 

[dave_beast]

You had to see benchmarks to work out that the highend model in 2012 is as fast as 2 highend 2009 models X-fired?

No lol, you said

The 7970/50 is the nearest equivalent of the 5870/50.

The nearest equivalent cards to 5870/5850 would be 7650/7670 if they we're released.

 

[Martini1991]

The nearest equivalent cards to 5870/5850 would be 7650/7670 if they we're released.

Range wise.
And I wasn't aware the 7770 was better than the 5870?
Which would have to be if a 7670 is 5870 performance.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Range wise.
And I wasn't aware the 7770 was better than the 5870?
Which would have to be if a 7670 is 5870 performance.

It's not? It's about 6850 performance (slightly slower actually) and it's not faster than a 5870, consider it is faster than both 6850 and 6870.

 

[Martini1991]

It's not? It's about 6850 performance (slightly slower actually) and it's not faster than a 5870, consider it is faster than both 6850 and 6870.

I know it's not.
Dave's just said the 7670 would equal the 5870 which is BS
6850 pretty much cains the 7770.

 

[HankScorpio]

comes in...

looks at card performance comparisons....