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Just ordered a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970 OC. Really pleased I was able to find one. My CPU (a Q9550) is currently at 3.85Ghz. Will this be enough or will it bottleneck?
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Sapphire 5970 OC CPU Check
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Thats what I thought. Anyone here have any experience with the 5970s? How are you getting along with it?
My Sapphire 5970 OC was faulty - kept crashing in 2d mode
I now have a 5870 Vapor-x & glad I saved over £230 over the 5970, for current games there`s no difference really - 100 compared to 130 fps..
..I was very disappointed with the 5970 for things like the Heaven benchmark in dx11 full settings which I don`t think it handles well at all - how can it be futureproof if it can`t even do that to the expected standard? We`d be turning off the eye-candy(as usual) to get decent framerates (60+ fps avg) in DX11 using heavy tessellation, at that`s supposed to be the selling point of the card really.
Loads of room for overclocking but the temps rise quickly & the noise from the fan is very loud at anything over 40%....the card is way overpriced imo - £399 tops.
God, I`m hard to please!
After all that though....I hope you are happy with yours & it gives you no troubles
I now have a 5870 Vapor-x & glad I saved over £230 over the 5970, for current games there`s no difference really - 100 compared to 130 fps....I was very disappointed with the 5970 for things like the Heaven benchmark in dx11 full settings which I don`t think it handles well at all - how can it be futureproof if it can`t even do that to the expected standard? We`d be turning off the eye-candy(as usual) to get decent framerates (60+ fps avg) in DX11 using heavy tessellation, at that`s supposed to be the selling point of the card really.
Loads of room for overclocking but the temps rise quickly & the noise from the fan is very loud at anything over 40%....the card is way overpriced imo - £399 tops.
God, I`m hard to please!
After all that though....I hope you are happy with yours & it gives you no troubles
My Sapphire 5970 OC was faulty - kept crashing in 2d mode
..I was very disappointed with the 5970 for things like the Heaven benchmark in dx11 full settings which I don`t think it handles well at all - how can it be futureproof if it can`t even do that to the expected standard? We`d be turning off the eye-candy(as usual) to get decent framerates (60+ fps avg) in DX11 using heavy tessellation, at that`s supposed to be the selling point of the card really.
Loads of room for overclocking but the temps rise quickly & the noise from the fan is very loud at anything over 40%....the card is way overpriced imo - £399 tops.
God, I`m hard to please!
After all that though....I hope you are happy with yours & it gives you no troubles
How well it runs in DX11 games is what's important in regards to DX11 & not how well it runs in overblown DX11 benchmarks unless running benchmarks is your main pastime.
Benchmarks are usually an indication of performance though, & when you consider the frame hits in Dirt 2 from dx9 to dx11 (obviously still good fps) which uses very little tessellation what will it be like for a game that really goes to town? It doesn`t make much sense to own one right now at way over £500 - I know I lost my patience initially when I bought one but having had a good look at one I`m convinced the 5870 was a better purchase (still overpriced though at the £315 I paid imo), maybe the 5850 would`ve been an even better choice but wasn`t happy paying £230. Each to their own though of course
Benchmarks are usually an indication of performance though, & when you consider the frame hits in Dirt 2 from dx9 to dx11 (obviously still good fps) which uses very little tessellation what will it be like for a game that really goes to town? It doesn`t make much sense to own one right now at way over £500 - I know I lost my patience initially when I bought one but having had a good look at one I`m convinced the 5870 was a better purchase (still overpriced though at the £315 I paid imo), maybe the 5850 would`ve been an even better choice but wasn`t happy paying £230. Each to their own though of course
Benchmarks are an indication of performance between cards on that benchmark & nothing more.
I have rarely been impressed even with 3-4 multi GPU in benchmarks but in games that is a different matter.
I would not jump to conclusions based on one game.
1. Immature Drivers.
2. Experience in coding DX11 has to be learnt & being efficient will take time as no one pops out at birth standing & running.
3. There is still a massive difference in performance between different DX9 games even to this day.
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Thanks for the feedback. My 5970 has been shipped out today, so should get it soon 
. Have also ordered the Corsair H50 from OCUK, so will be pushing my CPU again to see what more I can get out of it (havent had it overclocked for a while due to heat and noise produced).
. Have also ordered the Corsair H50 from OCUK, so will be pushing my CPU again to see what more I can get out of it (havent had it overclocked for a while due to heat and noise produced).