What would you do in my situation?

hughythomas · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:18

Hi Guys!

I've just had to completely dismantle my water cooled TJ07 so that I could clean out all the blocks of dye seperation grrrrr THANKS Feser One!!!

I've just realised that if I wanted to upgrade...well now would be the time before I re-assemble the rig and fill it!

Here are my specs:

i5 750 @ 4.2Ghz (HeatKiller 3.0)
MSI GD65 P55 Mobo
4GB G.Skill 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM (@ 1680)
ASUS EAH5870 1GB
Silverstone TJ07
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24"
Various high-end soundcards

Now - my issue has always been the 5870 is a good card but not quite powerful for my needs as I like to run the latest and greatest graphics cards and when the GTX 480 came out and was quite a lot faster I was pretty gutted.

Would you:

A) Grab another 5870 off ebay for some Crossfire?
B) Sell 5870 and use money to fund a GTX 580?

The only other thing is that I run a second rig based around a Silverstone SG03 case and it also needs a graphics upgrade (running a 4890 on a 32" LCD @ 1080p TV). Anyone know if a 5870 would fit in a SG03???!!!

Thanks for your advice in this matter guys!

Tom

RavenXXX2 · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:25

580 is a cracking card and I would recommend it over a dual GPU setup which have their own drawbacks compared to a single GPU. AMD have cards coming out on the 13th of December, I would wait and see what they are like before deciding what purchase to make.

Skyrocket · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:26

Can ur psu support 5870 x2?

5870 xfire = £180
580 gtx = £220

580 gtx all day.

chaotic_uk · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:27

what games do you play ?

antran · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:27

Well, I sold my 5970 to get a gtx 580 which only costed £10 more.

If you're not in a rush then I would until next month to see what amd has to offer.

Skyrocket · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:30

antran said:
Well, I sold my 5970 to get a gtx 580 which only costed £10 more.

If you're not in a rush then I would until next month to see what amd has to offer.

Damn someone bought a second hand 5970 for 390£ Rolf

antran · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:37

I sold my 5970 for £330 and bought the brand new 580 for £340.

hughythomas · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:38

Sorry forgot to mention my PSU

Corsair 850W HX

Oblivion (highly modded - brings my system to its knees @ 1920x1200)
Starcraft 2
TF 2
Red Faction Guerilla

So do you think I will notice micro-stuttering if I was to buy another 5870 like I did with my old 4870X2 card? I got rid of that in favour of a 285GTX which I MUCH preffered....

reiyushin · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:39

RavenXXX2 said:
580 is a cracking card and I would recommend it over a dual GPU setup which have their own drawbacks compared to a single GPU. AMD have cards coming out on the 13th of December, I would wait and see what they are like before deciding what purchase to make.

+1

Scon · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:40

hughythomas said:
B) Sell 5870 and use money to fund a GTX 580

chaotic_uk · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:45

hughythomas said:
Sorry forgot to mention my PSU

Corsair 850W HX

Oblivion (highly modded - brings my system to its knees @ 1920x1200)
Starcraft 2
TF 2
Red Faction Guerilla

So do you think I will notice micro-stuttering if I was to buy another 5870 like I did with my old 4870X2 card? I got rid of that in favour of a 285GTX which I MUCH preffered....

i did not get any micro stutter with crossfired 5830's , so you should not with crossfired 5870's .
but i would wait to see what amd's offering is like , supprised that you dont get good performance with that setup tbh

hughythomas · 18 Nov 2010 at 16:44

Well I guess the point is my Sugo needs a graphics upgrade and I really want to know whether or not I should sell on my 5870 or take the block off it and put it in my Micro-ATX rig.

I'm moving in with the mrs soon and cant really justify taking my TJ07 as its monolithic so I'm a bit confuddled as to what to do!!!

arc@css · 18 Nov 2010 at 16:51

I would wait until Cayman and Antilles hits the shelves before doing anything at all. If I wasn't satisfied with the results then I would sell the 5870 and put the funds towards a 580.

Nocky24 · 18 Nov 2010 at 16:53

Sell the 5870 now before the 69xx release and either hold out for that or get a 580

straxusii · 18 Nov 2010 at 17:17

Personally I would not go multi GPU with ATI so 580 all the way for me.

Basill · 18 Nov 2010 at 17:27

Waiting without a system until the 13th sounds like quite a wait to me, so i would sell the 5870 and grab a 580 gtx and still be happy whatever happens on the 13th.

opethdisciple · 18 Nov 2010 at 17:40

Imo xfire 5870's aren't all that remarkable.

I would go GTX 580 or if you can wait, see what the new 6900 AMD series will be like.

Marvin · 18 Nov 2010 at 17:47

I'd either sell your 5870, then just use your 4890 based system until the new AMD cards are out, or, sell your 4890, put your 5870 in the small PC, then wait for the new AMD cards.

Either way, it's best to sell your 5870 block off now too.

pastymuncher · 18 Nov 2010 at 19:11

^ This sounds like a good move to me.

Welcome to the "we hate Feser one" club by the way. Bloody stuff is terrible. Same happened to myself and quite a few other's on here. If you want colour it's best to just use coloured tubing with Distilled/De-ionised water and a silver kill coil or an additive such as Primochill Liquid Utopia (does'nt cloud tubing).

Duesix · 18 Nov 2010 at 20:04

hughythomas said:
Well I guess the point is my Sugo needs a graphics upgrade and I really want to know whether or not I should sell on my 5870 or take the block off it and put it in my Micro-ATX rig.

I'm moving in with the mrs soon and cant really justify taking my TJ07 as its monolithic so I'm a bit confuddled as to what to do!!!

dump the mrs