Who's ditching 48XX for 58XX?

[AMG]

I m going to upgrade my PC in another way....sound card ready for surround sound, maybe another hard drive and some damm braiding later to the time I upgrade, Ill probley get another 24inch samsung, to make it worth while

 

[Deific]

lol how can people say "I dont hardcore game so I'm getting a 5850", thats bizzare.



Casual gamers dont buy 5850's lol.

 

[AMG]

Well going by the HD4850, I would say its a capable card, more than enough

 

[antran]

crossfire 4890 to 5870, the main reason I changed to the 5870 is the power consumption.

 

[Drake22]

i am, but i am waiting for vaporx, which should be there soon

 

[Yrkoon]

i might once the prices drop but for the moment the 4850 1 gig version is handling any thing i throw at it (crysis warhead second highest settings) @ 1920x1200

 

[rexehuk]

I need to sort out my system... one quarter power bill came out at over £500. Maybe I should ditch the crossfire.

 

[AMG]

I need to sort out my system... one quarter power bill came out at over £500. Maybe I should ditch the crossfire.

what are you runing quad fire :O


saying that my parents bill was only £150 this time for 3 months or something or was it 6 ...meh only have the meter read like twice -3 times a year, just after xmas it was over 300

 

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[gareth170]

i've pre-ordered a 5850 so i can replace my 2 4850's with it..

 

['Wes]

Pre-ordered a 5850 to replace my 4870 1GB.

 

[fish99]

Who's ditching 48XX for 58XX?

Do I want a 5870? Yes. Will I pay £300 for one? No. I'll wait till they're sub £250, perferably around £200. It may take 3-4 months but it will happen and meanwhile my 4890 is doing fine.

 

[powdaman]

Ive replaced my entire system due to problems with the 4870 performing worse than a 8800GTX.

Old System:
Q6600 @3Ghz
8GB DDR 2 800Mhz RAM
8800GTX Nvidia Graphics Card
Asus Motherboard (forget which one)
700w JeanTech PSU
Creative labs XFI-Xtreme Music Sound Card

New System:
-AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz Overclocked to 3.80GHz!
- Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Corsair XMS3 DHX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9DHX
- Gelid Silent Spirit CPU Cooler CPU Cooler
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
- LG CH08LS10 8x Blu-Ray Reader/16x DVD±RW - Black
- Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
- 5870 Graphics Card
- 2 x 60GB Solid State Drives @ RAID 0

Hoping to game comfortably at 1900x1200 res and eventually moving to a 3 monitor setup. I think the motherboard is 16x on single GPU but only 8x on Xfire so I dont know if it will be worth upgrading to 2x 5870's without motherboard replacement...

Anway reason for change was I purchased a 4870 to replace the 8800GTX due to it dying. The 4870 gave extremely bad performance even after completely flattening of computer. Cant be bothered to replace it commponent by component as no one is 100% sure what the problem is so opted just to replace the entire rig as its quite old now.

Will create new thread on its performance when i get it but its been sitting in "warehouse" queue now for 6 days

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Me, going for the 5850 seen as the 70 won't fit my case, and being quite a step up still.

 

[Doppleganger]

I'm interested in upgrading my 4870 1gig to a 5850, though ideally want to know more about the onboard sound of this card as it will go straight to my 40" LCD so any sound via hdmi will be a great addition.

One of the reasons I bought this card - got it linked up to my 50" Panny Plasma with the hdmi (one less lead from PC to TV and sound seems better quality too). I don't have the AV receiver currently to fully test out the HD sound capabilities over hdmi though.

 

[baroniuk]

Quite happy with my 4870 vapour-X as I game on a 20" screen, any more is a waste atm. But looking forward to next years upgrade as I can see lots of goodies being around at reasonable prices.

 

[theforce]

My 4890 will prolly kepp me until the 68** series comes out. Plays everything ver fine so far.

 

[TAC4U]

I'll likely ditch my 4870 for the 5870x2, depending on pricing.

 

[AMG]

pretty much my evaluation of the card, awesome yes....when Nvidia stops sabotaging games As there are not many for DX11 if any at all, and not many for ATI cards.

is the card worth it no I think its only worth £250, but than again its that high cos they got the market to themselfs plus I m guessing supply is not that great, cos dell ate them all

 

[Nate Silvers]

Nope my 9800GTX plays everything fine.