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

[MrMuz]

this is so unfair, do you think my mrs will notice if I buy one of these instead of decorating the dining room?

 

[jakspyder]

who cares? just get one!

 

[straxusii]

turn your security software off.

i have to turn kaspersky off when updating drivers

oh and cable management dude.

Thanks for the tip I'll try that later.

For now I manually installed just the driver itself to get going so I dont have CCC or anything else installed, dunno what effect that might have.

Card is now whisper quiet and idling at 55C

I have benched crysis, I did this with my overclocked 4870 just before removing it so this is as apples to apples as you get

DX10, very high, 64 bit, 1920x1080, no AA, 2 loops
OC 4870 - 22.15
Stock 5870 - 37.6

So about 70% faster than the old 4870, I'll bench again once I get the drivers installed properly but I think that looks about right.

Also no sign of the fan spinning up during this, only 2 loops though of course, temps were 62 when I came out of crysis

 

[CK61938]

this is so unfair, do you think my mrs will notice if I buy one of these instead of decorating the dining room?

so glad I am single even tho I live with a woman but like I said she is not my girlfriend or wife

 

[thecremeegg]

Just got mine, its had offical backing by charlie the dog:

Shotgun a copy of dirt 2?

 

[magicroundabout]

so glad I am single even tho I live with a woman but like I said she is not my girlfriend or wife

more a sex buddy

 

[Frame352]

Or his mum.

 

[focus130]

this is so unfair, do you think my mrs will notice if I buy one of these instead of decorating the dining room?

Perhaps if you decorate the dining room she will let you get one for been good.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Shotgun a copy of dirt 2?

You can buy the voucher off me when mine arrives, it's going in MM as I won't be using it

 

[straxusii]

Or his mum.

Or both!

err ok sorry

 

[HazardO]

this is so unfair, do you think my mrs will notice if I buy one of these instead of decorating the dining room?

Step1) Buy the card
Step2) Flatten the box and have if framed.
Step3) Hang the box on the dining room wall as tech art.
Step4) Pack bags and book room in BnB for a long stay.

 

[magicroundabout]

Techreport Review

That was the review I had time to read. To give a quick summary, using all the games they tested:

FC2 @ 1920 x 1200 4xAA/16AF: 285 SLI = 93fps 5870 Xfire = 120fps

Wolfenstien @ 1920 x 1200 4xAA/8AF: 285 SLI = 163fps 5870 Xfire = 144fps

L4D @ 1920 x 1200 4xAA/16AF: 285 SLI = 205fps 5870 Xfire = 208fps

HAWX @ 1920 x 1200 4xAA: 285 SLI = 114fps 5870 Xfire = 130fps

Warhead @ 1920 x 1200 4xAA: 285 SLI = 35fps 5870 Xfire = 38fps

Not that much in it tbh. 200 quid's worth? At the moment, no way, but I've no doubt drivers will improve the Xfire performance at a later date.

so basically those games are optimized through Nvidia for SLI are only just keeping up with the 5870 in crossfire on beta drivers.

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone2_game.html

 

[Laney88]

Step1) Buy the card
Step2) Flatten the box and have if framed.
Step3) Hang the box on the dining room wall as tech art.
Step4) Pack bags and book room in BnB for a long stay.

Haha dont forget to take the pc too or not worth it imo

 

[straxusii]

GPU now idling at 45 with the proper drivers

 

[Arachnae]

Or his mum.

I laughed and i hate myself for it.

 

[gurusan]

GPU now idling at 45 with the proper drivers

mind posting up a gpu-z and a screenshot of the sensors page wtih VRM temps and such?

 

[Penguin]

this is so unfair, do you think my mrs will notice if I buy one of these instead of decorating the dining room?

buy one & get it delivered when you know she's not going to be in, install it & hide boxes in the loft. Job done she'll never know there's a nice new shiny gfx card in your pc

 

[CK61938]

Or his mum.

Thank you but I live in Newcastle and my mum lives in London...and no she is not a sex buddy either, altho she has on occasion offered it on a plate...but it's like a no go area for me...she's like a sister to me...lol...

 

[Deleted member 66701]

buy one & get it delivered when you know she's not going to be in, install it & hide boxes in the loft. Job done she'll never know there's a nice new shiny gfx card in your pc

Mine would - she always installs the waterblocks on my cards - she has smaller and steadier hands than I

 

[CK61938]

Mine would - she always installs the waterblocks on my cards - she has smaller and steadier hands than I

This is just asking for some serious replies lol