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Showing keen interest in ATI 5870

Calgar117

Calgar117

Calgar117

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Hi Guys

i am showing a large interest in the ATI 5870 i have been hearing many good reviews on this in terms of quietness and performance with my budget being between 250-350 in the hope i shouldnt have to upgrade for awhile but as i am interest in DX11 but never really seen it in action.

so basically what do you guys think or advise would this card be a good purchase or is there other ones that can be recommended?

my other hardware is very update todate

6 gig DDR3 triple channel ram
I7 920 2.7ghz
850w psu
etc etc

(this is my first post too :))
 
I've posted this on another thread but i'll repeat as you may not see it.

What mobo do you have? Does it support SLI or Xfire (running two cards)? If it's xfire then ati will be the way forward. The 5870 is a great card although two 5770s would match the performance at a lower cost.

Of course you could just plum with the 5870 and then pick another up much later once the prices drop
 
This generation dx11 cards will not be able to run proper future dx11 titles in the future. So if you're buying these cards for future dx11 titles, you will be disappointed.

Keep in mind 6000 series will come out soon. Q4 2010/ Q1 2011. Although it is a refresh rather than new architecture the assumption is they will maximise tessellation performance to compete with nvidia's on (both still can't run extreme tessellation well).

So I'd say wait or buy gtx 480
 
I'd think about the 470

since it's in your budget you might as well get the AMP! edition which will be just as quiet as the 5870 and when both are overclocked the 470 usually wins

@Nerusy, what are you on about? the 400's can run dx11 fine and the 400's can also run extreme tesselation
 
Oh please, stop ramming nvidia down members throats, the OP has not even mentioned them and I doubt he cares about the heaven benchmark but more games.

I would not recommended the amp 470 either, nearly £300 for less than 5870 performance and a humongous cooler that will take up three expansion bays in a case.
 
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Appretiate the feedback guys, the motherboard i have is the Gigabyte EX58-UD5 X58 Motherboard hope this is enough information although i know i am more then capable of overclocking ive always been very giddy to doing so in incase anything should go wrong but if anyone would have information on advice on doing so it would be appretiated

i think i will take the plunge and purchase a 5870 but wouldnt want my current hardware to hold it back

resolution i play at is 1920,1080

a little off topic so i do apologise.
 
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stop getting the Nv GPUs mixed up

its the GTX480 that is 10% in some situations not the GTX470

for £280 for the HD5870 you can't really go wrong and they run cooler vus being quiet, and they can overclock very well on air, something you would be sturggle with on Nv GPU without it being at 100% fan most of the time.

basicly

its GTX480=HD5870 they trade blows althrough the GTX480 is faster mostly but is also £80 more expenive
GTX470=HD5850 again I think the GTX470 is faster out the two last time I checked in most situations just to clear that "GTX470 can beat the HD5870"

maybe with a bit of a overclock than yes.
 
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RavenXXX2 said:
@ Calgar117

Your current hardware is top notch, yeah CPU could be doing 3GHz or more but even at what it is, it's fine.
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+1
Although its easy for your CPU to be doing 3GHz+ it won't be holding your new 5870 back in anything mate. If you aren't too comfortable with the OC, don't bother with it, you'll be fine!
 
Cheers for all your advice guys signed up on the forum on recommendation from a freind who said you guys where very helpful you guys have certainly proved that and would certainly be posting on here for any further advice.

will be purchasing the 5870 on wednesday (being payday an all) and will look forward to its arrival :)

very much appretiated
 
I don't see how an i7 could bottleneck an HD5870, even at stock! It's a pretty quick processor!
 
I did see that eyefinity edition card the other day but i read somewhere that it uses mini HDMI connections so i would require purchasing an adapter or something but correct me if i am mistaken. but i just wasnt too sure what to make of it.

what i may just do is purchase the Sapphire 5870 currently sale for £320 and just purchase another at a later date and run them in crossfire but weither that would equal much greater performance then the eyefinity one im not sure.
 
Yeah f you buy the 2GB card and then a 1GB card down the line, games will use only 1GB so it's pointless, best to just go 1GB if you intent to xfire later.

Regarding connections, yes the card does come with adapters to hook the display ports up to DVI connectors.
 
Calgar117 said:
I did see that eyefinity edition card the other day but i read somewhere that it uses mini HDMI connections so i would require purchasing an adapter or something but correct me if i am mistaken. but i just wasnt too sure what to make of it.

what i may just do is purchase the Sapphire 5870 currently sale for £320 and just purchase another at a later date and run them in crossfire but weither that would equal much greater performance then the eyefinity one im not sure.
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Wrong.

And yes you are.

It uses Mini display port connectors. However, it also comes supplied with 1 x Mini DP to HDMI Cable, 2 x Mini DP to Single Link DVI Cable, and 2 x Mini DP to DP Cable.

Hope this helps.
 
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