worth going from 4870 1g to 5870 1ig or wait

coolio2k3 · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:03

is it worth going from a 4870 1g to 58701g i dont game a great deal but do game at 1920 x 1200 i only put aa on in the game settings unless if not leave it off or wait till later

will ther big a big diff

Smithy · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:09

Yes, do it and then sell me your 4870. You know it makes sense.

D13 · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:11

you need to wait for a price drop on the 5870, the performance doesnt justify £300.
I remember buying a 4870x2 on release day at £330

Laney88 · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:29

Wait, if you dont game that much just wait for a price drop or summat

LoadsaMoney · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:32

Will be a big difference, thats what im going from to one

psychas · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:44

depends how much dosh u have , but me im going to wait few months.

Cavallino · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:46

I am in the same boat. But I have a 4870 512MB.
Excuse my ignorance, but am I right in assuming the 4870X2 is better than the 5870? If so then why wouldnt one go for the 4870X2? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick here?

Thanks!

AshFU · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:48

going from 4850 512 to 5850 1g... reckon i fill sell the old card in mm when the new one gets here...

Ast3r · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:48

I'll also wait about 3-4 months 300 punds its a still too much for me.I'll wait for them to drop to atleast 200-240 pounds.

StevenRaith · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:53

Cavallino said:
I am in the same boat. But I have a 4870 512MB.
Excuse my ignorance, but am I right in assuming the 4870X2 is better than the 5870? If so then why wouldnt one go for the 4870X2? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick here?

Thanks!

The 4870x2 uses more power on load and idle, requires CF profiles for games to get any benefit, and doesn't have DX11.

the 58xx series have none of those problems, the 5850 appears to be damned near as quick as a 4870x2 and the 5870 is pretty much on even pegging with it.

On a single GPU that requires no CF rubbish, uses 25w when idle [don't even ask what the 4870x2 uses, it'd scare you] and has DX11 hardware support out of the box, and can trade punches with the very fastest GPUs in the world, and that's before you look at crossfiring the 58xx series cards...

Hope that helps.

Cavallino · 23 Sep 2009 at 18:05

StevenRaith said:
The 4870x2 uses more power on load and idle, requires CF profiles for games to get any benefit, and doesn't have DX11.

the 58xx series have none of those problems, the 5850 appears to be damned near as quick as a 4870x2 and the 5870 is pretty much on even pegging with it.

On a single GPU that requires no CF rubbish, uses 25w when idle [don't even ask what the 4870x2 uses, it'd scare you] and has DX11 hardware support out of the box, and can trade punches with the very fastest GPUs in the world, and that's before you look at crossfiring the 58xx series cards...

Hope that helps.

Perfect. Thanks for the explanation. Much clearer in my mind.

Question now is can I afford to part with 300 (less 60 for my 4870 or so).

psychas · 23 Sep 2009 at 18:42

sure its only slower 5~10% in cases when driver mature performance should increase

StevenRaith · 23 Sep 2009 at 18:56

Cavallino said:
Perfect. Thanks for the explanation. Much clearer in my mind.

Question now is can I afford to part with 300 (less 60 for my 4870 or so).

I'd go with the 5850 when it's in stock - 85-90% of the performance of the 5870 for 66% of the cost.

that means you are only shelling out £140 for something that will give you most of the benefits of a CF4870/4870x2 wth lower power, heat, less fuss and a better feature set.

I have a 4850 in my machine, and if I had £200 burning a hole in my pocket, I'd be pre-ordering one of those chatties meself.

antran · 23 Sep 2009 at 19:14

I'm going to wait for the price to drop, 2 5850 will do me fine

Cavallino · 23 Sep 2009 at 23:04

Another question. Which manufacturer should one go for?

Paddyw01 · 24 Sep 2009 at 00:30

coolio2k3 said:
is it worth going from a 4870 1g to 58701g i dont game a great deal but do game at 1920 x 1200 i only put aa on in the game settings unless if not leave it off or wait till later will ther big a big diff

Wait for nVidia to release their GT300 series. You know they're going to be faster cards, but ATI should reduce their prices by a bit when they do eventually come out. Either way, you'll be happy.

Nocky24 · 24 Sep 2009 at 00:56

Yeh i'd really like to know how big the difference is in terms of performance aswell and will my current q9550 bottleneck the card at all?

LoadsaMoney · 24 Sep 2009 at 00:57

4870 to 5850 for me now, as the 70 wont fit my case, its longer than the 4870x2.

Still a big boost though (50fps or so faster, even more in some cases, and can only get better with driver improvements), and its only £200, so can't complain really.

marley82 · 24 Sep 2009 at 00:57

Nocky24 said:
Yeh i'd really like to know how big the difference is in terms of performance aswell and will my current q9550 bottleneck the card at all?

I doubt it very much it would be a bottleneck, Espcially if its oc'd ~3.2ghz.

I'll be waiting a bit untill theyre sub £250 and more mature drivers.

dr4g0nf1y · 24 Sep 2009 at 01:02

I only recently bought the 48902gb and not bothered myself with these cards. It was the onboard ram that was needed and I'm glad that my hunch was correct that the new cards wouldn't match it.

I won't look into a card until I purchase a game that requres dx11. As I've stated before I don't even need dx10 for what I play