Who's ditching 48XX for 58XX?

shaf · 29 Sep 2009 at 08:36

Sticking with 4890 until some games come out that it can't handle or look/play much better on 5870.

Ease · 29 Sep 2009 at 11:01

Woot! My card came this morning! Can't wait to have a play after work!! Upgrading from a 4850 (512MB) is going to be awesome!

toxicredcat · 29 Sep 2009 at 11:16

I'll probably upgrade the 4870x2 to the 5870x2 when its out.

krooton · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:09

Told the gf to put a 5850 on my Xmas wish list

fergie128 · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:15

Looking to buy a 5870X2 when the waterblocks are available.

sorn21 · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:19

Nah my xfire 4870's cope rather well at the moment and I doubt I will see any noticeable difference.
Eyefinity would be awesome, but I will wait till they do an X2 Edition before I take the plunge.

woody79 · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:21

is it worth buying another 4890 for cf or sell my 4890 and buy a 5870 or 5850????

krooton · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:31

n1blo said:
Nah my xfire 4870's cope rather well at the moment and I doubt I will see any noticeable difference.
Eyefinity would be awesome, but I will wait till they do an X2 Edition before I take the plunge.

I'm looking more to drop my pc idle usage.

Vale · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:47

Having just purchased a 4890 then no. I tend to get at least 14 months use out of my graphics cards, it tends to be more economically viable to do it that way. I had my 4850 for a little over a year and only lost £40 in total. A little under £3 a month for a then state of the art card is not bad.

I'll look at getting a next gen card Christmas next year.

physichull · 29 Sep 2009 at 12:47

Can't see the point for me to change. Am running at 1650x1080 with my 4870x2. There is just no need to change, especially as it runs every game I own absolutely perfectly and the system is barely 6 months old. Plus games arent up to Dx11 yet, the 4870x2 is perfect at the moment and more than likely adequate for at least the next couple of years for me.

EvilOne · 29 Sep 2009 at 13:13

When custom cooling models are avalable, and DX11 games come out. 4870 1gb will do me fine till then.

andyr · 29 Sep 2009 at 15:12

How much faster is the 5850 compared to my 4890 card as i didnt want the extra length of the 5870 and i was wondering if its still worth the upgrade ?
my 4890 is the 900Mhz oc edition

'Wes · 29 Sep 2009 at 16:03

I'd say it's worthwhile, but if i had a 4890, i would wait for the 5890.

andyr · 29 Sep 2009 at 16:11

'Wes said:
I'd say it's worthwhile, but if i had a 4890, i would wait for the 5890.

how long before the 5890 arrives though ?

'Wes · 29 Sep 2009 at 16:14

I would say next year, as i think they are concentrating on the 5850 and 5870 x2's atm and possibly the drivers and the 5890 after that.

djkav · 29 Sep 2009 at 18:26

Well I still use a 3870 512mb and game @ 1680x1050 so I think an upgrade to a 5850 is worthy

straxusii · 29 Sep 2009 at 18:54

4870 512MB to 5870 here, big leap in performance and I've waited 15 months for an upgrade.

Nexus18 · 1 Oct 2009 at 23:06

will be keeping my 4850 for a while, need to get new processor, motherboard and RAM though

LoadsaMoney · 1 Oct 2009 at 23:11

Not going for the 5850 now, as after looking at all the reviews, its not much faster than my 4870 1gb, so no point.

faugusztin · 1 Oct 2009 at 23:18

I'm upgrading from 4870 1GB to 5870. Why ? Why not - that is the last thing to upgrade for a system which will not need anything for at least a year :
i5 750 + P55-UD5 + 4GB DDR3 1600MHz CL8 - check
128GB SSD + 1TB WD Black - check
24" HP LP2475w IPS LCD - check
SB X-Fi soundcard - check
Corsair HX620 PSU - check

So really the only thing to upgrade is HD4870... And maybe the PSU, when Seasonic X-Series will come out, but that depends on price.