Discussion On The ATI Radeon 5*** Series Before They Have Been Released Thread

[Ultim8]

So, is it good or not? My P2 @ 3.6GHZ and 4870x2 gets 20k.

Well considering this is a single gpu card on beta drivers with what many suggest as a cpu limitation results i would say yes

And if these cards scale like the 4890's then im guessing the scores are going to be awesome with these in crossfire....and 2 587x2's are going to be immense.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

So, is it good or not? My P2 @ 3.6GHZ and 4870x2 gets 20k.

No its crap, its a single card thats around the same performance as 2 (the 295).

 

[Rroff]

2x 5870 alone is going to need a really high res and some sick CPU power let alone 2x 5870X2.

 

[Ultim8]

2x 5870 alone is going to need a really high res and some sick CPU power let alone 2x 5870X2.

Yeah agreed i can see more and more people going for multi monitors now with eyefinity and possibly some massive resolution monitors to be developed to take advantage of the huge res's.

Gonna be an interesting 6 months.

 

[Rroff]

If they start making bezel less monitors I'd be quite tempted to use 3 panels for gaming... personally tho I can't stand the bezels...

 

[Ultim8]

If they start making bezel less monitors I'd be quite tempted to use 3 panels for gaming... personally tho I can't stand the bezels...

Yeah i was thinking 3 monitors that way you've not got a bezel in your crosshair, quite like the portrait mode of 3 monitors was thinking:

3 x 1920*1200 this would give me a screen res of 3600*1920 if i put them portrait

 

[Final8y]

And a Tracker IR of course.

 

[Ultim8]

something like this would be awesome

 

[Rroff]

Except so far they are all rubbish resolutions like 800 or 900 px vertical and they all seem to have the worst possible angles for the peripheral parts of the display compared to what you'd actually want to use...

one day maybe.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

8800GT SLI to a single 5870? should give you a pretty substantial boost.

Yup

since you seem to be in the know, you think these should also perform well in DX11 titles?.

I might be an early adopter of a 5870 come wednesday of course that turns into thursday as we dont have delivery on the same day of ordering yet

 

[jak731]

The red vents will be the intake.

How can the red vents possibly be intakes? The type of fan used can only possible blow air out along the card. If you imagine the fan is a circle (instead of a cylinder) sitting in a plane then it can only take air in perpendicular to the plane it is sitting in. If their was no casing around it it would blow an equal amount of air away from it in all directions in the plane.

Since the vent at the back of the card is so small the airflow over the gpu heatsink will be reduced. If their are no heatsinks inbetween the fan and the red vents (and assuming they aren't just there for looks) then all they can serve to do is reduce the air pressure over the heatsinks on the rest of the card.

 

[Rroff]

you think these should also perform well in DX11 titles?.

They should perform well enough in the early DX11 titles... but by the time we see DX11 used extensively I'm guessing developers will be starting to push the boundaries of the first gen DX11 cards performance wise.


Personally I only upgraded from 8800GT SLI because I went for a 2048x display and was starting to hit the VRAM limits in some cases... performance wise they will still be great for awhile... so unless you play at above 1680x or have the money kicking around and got the upgrade itch personally I'd be hanging back awhile...

 

[rjk]

exaxctly Rroff...

i am thinking of leaving it for a bit until the 2nd gen DX11 cards hit

that way users of cards of greater performance than a 260/4870 will see a marked improvement

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Well i'm still using 1680 x 1050, so what i could do is either keep them or get a single 5870, then when better cards come out i can sell it then get 2 of the best ones. I might also sell the 8800 GT's which could get me £80 back or something

good idea or not?

 

[Duff-Man]

Well i'm still using 1680 x 1050, so what i could do is either keep them or get a single 5870, then when better cards come out i can sell it then get 2 of the best ones. I might also sell the 8800 GT's which could get me £80 back or something

I would seriously consider upgrading the monitor before you upgrade the video card; or at least before you go any further than a single 5870.

Running a card like the 5870 on a 22" screen makes baby Jesus cry

 

[arc@css]

Yeah, 1920x1200 or around that seems to be the standard now.

 

[fornowagain]

I have no idea if these are true, accurate or fake. So treat them as such.

Oh and vantage..

5870 + i7 965 stock clocked

1280x1024

3DMark Score P16951 3DMarks
CPU Score 21466
Graphics Score 15840

high Presets

1680x1050

3DMark Score H11717 3DMarks
CPU Score 21501
Graphics Score 10846

GPU TEST 1 33.48
GPU TEST 2 30.01

CPU TEST 1 2982.9
CPU TEST 2 28.31

FEATURE TEST 1 1879.61
FEATURE TEST 2 7.63
FEATURE TEST 3 60.86
FEATURE TEST 4 29.96
FEATURE TEST 5 53.00
FEATURE TEST 6 157.42

1920x1080 with presets to extreme and 16xAF and 4xAA,
I think that is the closest approximation to the Extreme setting.

8725 GPU score

20988 cpu score

 

[PGdude]

Where is the proper review, if the benches are out?

 

[Azza]

Postumus' results are the only ones we can believe at the moment as he or she has proven they have the card.

 

[Rroff]

Same benchies as before I think... just some totals and stuff added...

I'm still wondering who on earth benches with 8x AF... I can't see the point of using anything other than 0x or 16x... ok visually it might negate some of the patterns on distant objects while still making closer stuff look nicer but for performance comparisons its kinda odd.