** Official omg I just got my 5870 thread **

[Worthy]

Mine are MILES quieter than my 4870s when gaming. I'm sure at 100% they are louder but they haven't reached anywhere near that yet.

 

[Ease]

Finally got a PSU and my 5870 installed! Woot! First game I try (Crysis Warhead) I only get Gamer settings (not Enthusiast) and it crashes 5 minutes in! Typical!

 

[AMG]

oh dear xD

I hate it when that happens, COD4 crashed on me

 

[Worthy]

Here they are in action:

Although I'm using my TV as a monitor at the minute and I don't think 1280x720 is really pushing them to the max.

 

[ThorpedoUK]

Very awesome mate, I'm buying my 2nd 5870 next month and 24" monitor for chrismas (temporarily using the 40" Samsung LCD in the living room lol but doesnt go above 1366x768 (8ms yikes!)) so will be interesting to see how you get on with your setup, benchmarks look very good (in the 5850 thread)

Just got delivery of this this morning:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS)

Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754939940AM2LGA775LGA1366)

Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM

Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos Silent Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 750W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant Power Supply

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH)



Bloomin works do tonight though, back tomorrow night so have to wait until then so I can start building this thing! cant wait!

Thanks Overclockers, great price/service (assuming everything works!)

 

[Ease]

Sounds awesome Thorpedo! I'm quite jealous! I love building a new system. I have a spare PSU and my 4850 lying around now... really tempted to build a whole system just to fit them in

So what is everyone using to test out their new 5870s? I tried Crysis Warhead, but it crashed. Also tested GRID, and it was exactly the same Anyone found a massive improvement in a game?

 

[magicroundabout]

My card and solid state harddrive have just been delivered to home.

gutted i'm at work till 5:30 and then going straight down to Oxford to see the family until sunday

 

[knightpt]

Just got my Saphire from OcUK and i must say i'm quite impressed with the general quality of the card.

PROS:

- More quiet than my old 4870 and GTX 285
- Runs Cooler than I anticipated - case temps like it
- Performance with an i7 @ 4ghz is just amazing @ 1920x1200 (23'' monitor)
- The cooling solution looks very cool and pro - imho the best made so far for "stock cooling".
- The energy conectors are in a much better position now

CONS:

- Its larger than expected. Even though it fits my case well, its a beast, imho Nvidia/ATI should realy avoid making cards this large!
- Expensive - My wife nearly killed me when she saw the bill


Bottom line - I'll buy a second one for xfire and risk a divorce.

 

[antran]

Sounds awesome Thorpedo! I'm quite jealous! I love building a new system. I have a spare PSU and my 4850 lying around now... really tempted to build a whole system just to fit them in

So what is everyone using to test out their new 5870s? I tried Crysis Warhead, but it crashed. Also tested GRID, and it was exactly the same Anyone found a massive improvement in a game?

I loaded up crysis warhead, getting around 40fps. No crashes no what so ever.

 

[magicroundabout]

Just got my Saphire from OcUK and i must say i'm quite impressed with the general quality of the card.

PROS:

- More quiet than my old 4870 and GTX 285
- Runs Cooler than I anticipated - case temps like it
- Performance with an i7 @ 4ghz is just amazing @ 1920x1200 (23'' monitor)
- The cooling solution looks very cool and pro - imho the best made so far for "stock cooling".
- The energy conectors are in a much better position now

CONS:

- Its larger than expected. Even though it fits my case well, its a beast, imho Nvidia/ATI should realy avoid making cards this large!
- Expensive - My wife nearly killed me when she saw the bill


Bottom line - I'll buy a second one for xfire and risk a divorce.

we went out saturday night and in my drunken state i ordered one. She wasn't too pleased, just the usual "do you actually need it and roll of eyes etc.

thing is i never told her about the extra £230 on a harddrive

she just wouldn't understand

and i value my manhood

 

[straxusii]

gutted i'm at work till 5:30 and then going straight down to Oxford to see the family until sunday

You are looking a bit peaky, I think you're coming down with something. You wouldn't want to infect the rest of your family would you . . .

 

[magicroundabout]

cough cough................ you know now you mention it

 

[Worthy]

So what is everyone using to test out their new 5870s? I tried Crysis Warhead, but it crashed. Also tested GRID, and it was exactly the same Anyone found a massive improvement in a game?

I've reinstalled every game that I wanted to play but never bothered finishing. Bioshock, WiC, all the Half Life 2 series. I'm also running through Batman again trying to get all the trophies

 

[Stanners]

Has anyone fitted one of these in a thermaltake shark case. I am thinking of getting one but not sure it will fit in the case, i got a 4870x2 in but these seem a bit longer?

 

[MCH]

got mine yesterday , still cant get over how big it is , loaded it up this morning and its running at 36 degrees

 

[RavenXXX2]

Well I couldn't resist, sold the 260 and picked this beast up, test her out after, she looks great in the case..

 

['Wes]

Doing the same, getting my 5870 tomorrow and going to sell my 4870.

 

[Jakus]

got mine yesterday , still cant get over how big it is , loaded it up this morning and its running at 36 degrees

That's pretty much impossible unless You are using different cooling ? 36 at idle would be very good though

 

[johny dolan]

Just ordered my 5870 paid for sat delivery.feel like a kid at christmas and im 50 lol.

 

[magicroundabout]

That's pretty much impossible unless You are using different cooling ? 36 at idle would be very good though

not impossible.

my mate has just installed his and said

37c with fan on default 21%. can't hear it

can't wait to get mine installed