How good is a 5850 now?

[badcompany]

Still rocking a 5850 with my fx3850 and was wondering @ 1080p am I missing out on much by sticking with this card As I have had it ages now

would I get much benefit from an upgrade at that resolution ?

 

[Ian Evey]

On Eye candy you would benefit a little with higher settings in games and higher fps, is it worth the money for you personally? have you any spare money lying around for a new gfx card?


tbh if your happy with the games you play at the settings you play at then stay as you are.

 

[badcompany]

most games seem ok at the moment the most sluggish being rising storm (buggy) got so many oldish games to play thru not bought anything newer than xcom

 

[Something Else]

if it plays what you want well enough then keep it. That being said 5850's pick upa decent amount of cash these days due to them being sought after for bitcoin mining. some like £110+

 

[badcompany]

if it plays what you want well enough then keep it. That being said 5850's pick upa decent amount of cash these days due to them being sought after for bitcoin mining. some like £110+

oh why is that are they particularly good for mining or something? Mine is an ASUS 5850.

 

[PorkPieCat]

I didn't realise when I bought my HD 7950 but evidently many modern games (like DmC, Max Payne 3, Dishonored, and so on) barely require any power at all. Tomb Raider actually required an overclock but then again I don't feel it would have been less of an experience on high instead of ultra. You can play things like Skyrim on high too. Obviously you might struggle a little bit on Crysis 3 but then... are you going to play that?

 

[badcompany]

probably wait to see what next gen consoles bring to the party then. Wow never had a video card for so long.

 

[Puppetmaster]

oh why is that are they particularly good for mining or something? Mine is an ASUS 5850.

They have a high amount of shaders compared to a lot of other cards. 5870 has slightly more than a 6970 for example. I think £110 is a bit hopefull especially as the difficulty of bitcoin mining has gone up fair chunk in the past 2 weeks. Still worth a bit tho.

 

[dowcow]

I upgraded from a 5870 to a 580gtx a few years ago for a fairly big speedbump, and recently to a card twice as fast again. The first upgrade I felt was necessary because I was gaming on a 40" TV and turning the detail/AA up was a requirement. The second was due to upgrading to a 144hz monitor, and wanted framerate + detail in BF3.

If your games or viewing requirements need an upgrade and you can persuade yourself to part with the cash then do it, but if you have a back catalogue of games to work through then save your cash as the later you buy anything the fewer pennies you will spend and the more likely for a newer series of card to be available.