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Any users out there returned a 5870 for a gtx 470?

RavenXXX2 said:
Yeah hope I'm not disappointed, was time for a change and can't wait to compare to my 5870 @ 1000 core.
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You will not be disappointed,can i ask why you have changed to Nvdia?

Did you simply fancy a change?

Or did you have problems,maybe driver issues?
 
Simply a change, seeing some results where a stock 480 is faster than 1000 core 5870 helped also, If the ATI refresh rocks I will change again, and I think the EVGA 480 will hold its value better than the 5870 would when that time comes.

The 5870 was an amazing card and I will have no problem going ATI in the future.
 
Just keep it! If you really want to try the 470, buy one then return whichever one you don't like.

Btw if you don't use the catalyst control center I suggest trying out Ati Tray Tools. Great app.
 
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stick with the 5870, find catalyst 10.5 (or other version that works well - i think 10.5 works best but thats because I use crossfire)
and then wait for the ati 6000 series..
not many games will be using moderate level tesselation or physx
 
LMAO, I knew this would happen.
You had your mind set, then people changed it, now you wish you'd made your own mind up!
It will niggle you until you change it.
 
Ok lets clear things up, 5870 is faster, better for dx11 games, uses less power, runs cooler.

I know what you are going through and I would have recommended you gtx 470 for the peace of mind. Thats why I say let your fanboy side out if the cards are not that different in performance.

Is it worth it? No it will be a downgrade but if you are not happy with 5870 (even though its better) just get gtx 470, I bet you will be happier and that is the only thing that matters.
 
you should have bought both cards, done a comparision/tested them to death, then sent back the card you didn't like.
 
I would have throught you would be consdering a GTX480 over the 70 to be honest the GTX470 is normally around the HD5850
 
On a different note, I notice AMG has the same mobo as me.

Was trying earlier to get my cpu stable at 3.6, but at stock, it failed the intel burn test.

I then wacked it up to 1.26v, 400 fsb x9 and my qx9650 still failed the intel burn test....

Oh an Im gona keep the gpu after all. I guess I can be bothered faffing about changing stuff over and over...

Its just that one article today I say from tech report, made the gtx 470 look like the better card.... plus it had higher minimums, better tesselation and better in dx 11 games!
 
opethdisciple said:
On a different note, I notice AMG has the same mobo as me.

Was trying earlier to get my cpu stable at 3.6, but at stock, it failed the intel burn test.

I then wacked it up to 1.26v, 400 fsb x9 and my qx9650 still failed the intel burn test....

Oh an Im gona keep the gpu after all. I guess I can be bothered faffing about changing stuff over and over...

Its just that one article today I say from tech report, made the gtx 470 look like the better card.... plus it had higher minimums, better tesselation and better in dx 11 games!
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Better in dx11 games? Well I don't believe that, in stalker COP and metro it handles tessellation better. Heaven benchmark "extreme tessellation aka nvidia payed us to promote their cards" benchmark is biased.

gtx 470 is really a 5850 competitor, I read an english magazine article (nvidia fanboys) where they matched 470 against 5870 and 470 won big time (what a load of bull****) they tested only 3 games, in which 2 (nvidia optimised ones) 470 "won" and then proclaimed it king despite higher temps and more power usage.

Unbiased view is that 5870 is better.

Edit: stalker is ati optimised and metro 2033 is nvidia optimised by the by
 
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Of course the 5870 is better, it's also £50 more. Depends if you want to spent that much. What I've done is get the 470 then I'll get a third party cooler at some stage in the future, or figure out a way to put my 2900xts HR03 onto it.

Back to the OP. Like I said, if you send the card back you are wasting overclockers money by forcing them to resell it as a B-grade card. Don't be a ****, stick with what you decided on first. It's daft to change your mind because of one article.
 
opethdisciple said:
On a different note, I notice AMG has the same mobo as me.

Was trying earlier to get my cpu stable at 3.6, but at stock, it failed the intel burn test.

I then wacked it up to 1.26v, 400 fsb x9 and my qx9650 still failed the intel burn test....
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bring the mem back to 1:1 ( 900) as it may well be the RAM casuing the issue

and set the cpu at 1.3volts thats how I did mine than kept trying to bring it back till it went unstable than put it foward one...takes a lot of time lol

I set all the over volts to about a volt over the defualt setting ( lowest the board will go)
 
AMG said:
I would have throught you would be consdering a GTX480 over the 70 to be honest the GTX470 is normally around the HD5850
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not if you overclock it to the point that you're asking why the hell do they sell the 470 at such a low core clock? or you compare minimum fps

also to the guy who said crysis is more optimized for nvidia than ati, the 5870 beats the 480 in Crysis, that's one of the few or only game(s) it does beat it in
 
HW91 said:
not if you overclock it to the point that you're asking why the hell do they sell the 470 at such a low core clock? or you compare minimum fps

also to the guy who said crysis is more optimized for nvidia than ati, the 5870 beats the 480 in Crysis, that's one of the few or only game(s) it does beat it in
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it does beat it in more than just a few games.
 
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