HD 5850 Lifespan

Michael_10 · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:20

Hello,
Does anyone know how long a HD 5850 would last? Will it be able to manage future games like Crysis 2?

Kmodo · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:27

Crysis 2 is going on the consoles I thought.. so yeah it should do just fine.

What do you have atm?

Michael_10 · 17 Jan 2010 at 12:33

Right now I have an integrated HD 4200! :s So you can imagine why I'm looking to upgrade!

MeMeMeMe · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:17

The 5850 should handle the upcoming first generation of DirectX cards with ease. Beyond that, and without knowing your resolution, it gets harder to say.

About Crysis 2: Although crysis 2 is going on consoles, the engine is designed to scale up to (and probably way beyond) PC performance levels. So, I wouldn't be surprised to see the 5850 struggle at highest settings and resolutions - it just manages the first Crysis. That said, the new engine will benefit from learning how to scale performance down to console levels, so I wouldn't be surprised if it delivers equivalent or better quality, while being no more demanding than the current Crysis.

Michael_10 · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:51

I've got an old Viewsonic monitor, so the resolution it can play at is 1280x1024, so I suppose that would take some strain off the card

gareth170 · 17 Jan 2010 at 15:02

at 1280x1024, the 5850 will run everything on max

Michael_10 · 17 Jan 2010 at 15:45

And manage Crysis 2 on reasonable settings?

theforce · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:04

As said by gareth at 1280*1024 the 5850 will be able to run all games you throw at it for quite some time. I would consider the 5850 a bit of an overkill for such monitor.

Michael_10 · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:20

I know the 5850 can support a lot higher, but there are more outdated things in my computer that I would like to upgrade first.

LoadsaMoney · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:25

Should manage Crysis 2 fine, as the PC version has to run on the consoles as well, and they ain't as powerful, so will handle with ease.

L0rdMike · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:27

My 5870 doesnt do Crysis very well

d_brennen · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:29

LoadsaMoney said:
Should manage Crysis 2 fine, as the PC version has to run on the consoles as well, and they ain't as powerful, so will handle with ease.

Unless it is horribly optimised/badly coded... GTAIV anyone?

Kmodo · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:30

L0rdMike said:
My 5870 doesnt do Crysis very well

my 8800gtx sli used to blitz through it

no aa ofc

Michael_10 · 17 Jan 2010 at 16:41

L0rdMike said:
My 5870 doesnt do Crysis very well

How is that? It's higher than the 5850, what is your processor and RAM?

Prof. Cheese · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:11

Maybe he's maxed it out.

Auraomega · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:29

Michael_10 said:
How is that?

Performance is opinion really, I find anything less than 45fps in 90% of games jerky and bad, most people I know find anything above 30 fine.

Also, as said, he could be running 'Very High' at 1920x1080 with 8xAA and 16xAF which would bring down the FPS

asoxedri · 18 Jan 2010 at 01:16

Michael_10 said:
I've got an old Viewsonic monitor, so the resolution it can play at is 1280x1024, so I suppose that would take some strain off the card

at that resolution, you could possibly play crysis 3 on high settings lol.

L0rdMike · 18 Jan 2010 at 09:47

Michael_10 said:
How is that? It's higher than the 5850, what is your processor and RAM?

AMD 965 and 4GB of Ram, I dont even run it at a great res either.

sckam · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:03

Crysis Warhead averages about 40fps for me at 1920x1080 everything enthusiast with a HD 5870 and i7 920.

Crixus00 · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:18

L0rdMike said:
My 5870 doesnt do Crysis very well

Nor does mine for some reason. I get aweful tearing right down the middle of the screen (horizontal), particularly during cut scenes.

I5 @ 4ghz
4bg ram
80gb Raid-0 SSD
ATI 5870

1920*1080