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5970 overkill for 1920x1200?

in answer to your question yes a 5870 will be fine but you may want to wait a bit for nvidia as we are now so close to their suposed launch
 
Tbh I would say yes, as the 5850 handles everything @ 1920x1200 barring Crysis and DiRT2 (DX11) capably.
 
reflux said:
Tbh I would say yes, as the 5850 handles everything @ 1920x1200 barring Crysis and DiRT2 (DX11) capably.
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Well thats the answer, you can always drop down to a 5770 and handle everything except those two games, and 3 more, then down to a 4770 because it will handle all but 20 games, which in the grand scheme of things isn't many compared to all the games ever made.

Most people upgrade rarely and a 5970 would certainly give you a long time with performance required and ability to use top settings in almost certainly any game out for the next year, maybe 2. If you don't mind waiting till you actually need the power you can probably save money. IE get a 5850 now, then if and when you get a new game that feels slow, upgrade then.

If you game loads though, whats the harm in buying an expensive card if you'll use it. I would without question recommend waiting minimum of 2 weeks, maybe till early Jan. Stock is starting to come back in, lots of stock due everywhere in the next two weeks, prices should return to normal and at the moment a 5970 should only be around £410-420. Hopefully prices will drop to at least the £450 mark in the next couple weeks. Likewise the 5850/5870 should return to their launch prices.
 
I would say no as well, as to waiting for new cards ... never sure thats a good idea you end up waiting for ever
 
Depends what you play really. I've had my fill of Crysis and DiRT2 only really gives poor frames in the menu screen. New drivers may fix that.

£500 on a graphics card is pretty much unjustifiable, given the small benefits it has over much cheaper GPUs. If it was £300ish then I probably would have got one, but at £500....jeez.
 
Do you need DX11?

If not then consider 2x4890, works out at ~£260 and is giving ~25% more performance than a single 5870 whilst costing considerably less :)
 
As above DX11?

Even a single 4890 > PowerColor HD 4890 PCS+ 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out Battle Forge Edition PCI-E Graphics Gard excellent card have even OC'd mine abit further 975/1100 would suite your needs.
Wait till Nvidia launch their next card, 58xx will drop in price, or even wait till DX11 games come out. Then sell the 4890 put the money towards a 5870 xfire set up or what ever card you fancy.
 
Well i need it before xmas so i guess i'll pay a small premium. If i get a 5870 i can always add another in 6-12 months time if i feel i'm lacking performance by then.
 
Not overkill... but not entirely needed either... running 2x 260GTX in SLI very little I can't run at max settings at 2048x and get framerates around 100 average - or higher... but you also have to plan a bit for the future and if you don't plan for upgrades before the long term then it wouldn't be overkill.
 
This is a very subjective question in reality -how good do you want to feel about your purchase? if you can't really afford it and should be focusing on the family say, but still buy it then maybe that's overkill! If you want the satisfaction of having an uber card then you'll pay for it ... you could always spend the money on fags & booze instead - now there's a question. Is smoking and boozing overkill :D Or .. is that just killing yourself!

Personally, if I could afford it, I'd like to crossfire a pair of 5970s just for the hell of it ... hang on a sec though, maybe that would be a bit OTT! Naah ... :p

Call it future proofing! By the time DX11 is popular you'll need em :D
 
Its not an overkill.

Super Sample AA is absolutely the best thing you can add to your games.

And youll be able to use it.

reflux said:
Tbh I would say yes, as the 5850 handles everything @ 1920x1200 barring Crysis and DiRT2 (DX11) capably.
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Try setting your AA quality to full (Super Sample), and try to use 4-8x. Your brain will cry at being unable to enjoy the new found awesome graphics at any higher than 5-10 FPS :p.
 
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^^ That's so true in my experience. I have, until next next week, a 4870X2 which plays for example Clear Sky @ dx10 with very high frame rates....but turn up the AA and although its playable, the performance does take a big nosedive.
 
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bhavv said:
Try setting your AA quality to full (Super Sample), and try to use 4-8x. Your brain will cry at being unable to enjoy the new found awesome graphics at any higher than 5-10 FPS :p.
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i've just tryed setting the AA quality at full (Super Sample) and i ran dirt 2 benchmark with 8x AA and it got 46fps with 5850 at 800/1250...

so how your saying 5-10 fps?
 
Thats a lot of pixels so no there is no overkill for you but on the other hand 4890 would be more then reasonable for most people.
Overkill just doesnt exist because the industry is geared to provide both the games and the technology at a price so that you can never have quite enough, the genius of capitalism
 
If you have the $$$ then get one, its not overkill by a long way especially if you like all the bells and whistles and dable in the like of crysis etc. It will see you good for the next years worth of releases im sure. And if something new and shiney comes about (aka nvidias offerings) you can always flog it ....sure you will make a loss but wth the premium we all pay over your 'cookie cutter £600 big brand puter' that does 80% of things fine, money is not an issue in this game.

Waiting for future tech that may or may not appear, fs??? im gonna wait till next decade i can buy a car that can fly to the moon.
 
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