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[Bumblebee]

Here it is..



Not bad considering its ONE card. It was amazing the diffrence in the grahpics to me. As stonedhatter said, the grahpics look more crips, and they do. The colors are more realistic and it smokes the hell out of my old pair of 8800 gts cards (obviously). The funy thing to me is the windows score went from 7.1 in the system info to 6.0 with the 5870. lol @ microsoft..

[Chilly]

Very nice ^^

How about some pictures of your computer along with your HD 5870? =)

[Bumblebee]

Ill have to get my camera out, for the time being though something I noticed about the new 5000 series is that they underclock when not being used. That is the reason the windows score was so low for me. On idle she runs about 35 C and under uber load 66 C at highest. Just to compare my 8800 gts cards idled at 66 C :P

Oh and its kinda sad in any hl2 based game... max fps in cs source all the time unless a ton of smoke is thrown. Gonna instal farcry 2 and see how she runs. :)

Edited by Bumblebee, 12 February 2010 - 04:07 PM.

[DarkShadow]

since you're new to ATI's... let me tell you one thing to do first off ok, go into your control panel for it and set the fan speed to manual, and put it at 40%, hit apply and call it a day.

less heat constantly = longer lifespan of card.

[Stubs]

What resolution is your monitor?

[vet.mad hatter]

That is a great card, but maybe you can a little more out of it? I get 19528 with a [email protected] and my 5850 @950/1200 link in my signature for proof. From what i have noticed these cards run great with a little extra juice.Example same cpu speed i get 17k overclock the gpu i get 19k in vantage nice difference. I know i can probably break 21k if i overclock over 950/1200. With the 5850 i used 1200(mv) core voltage, a little higher than stock and temps never got too high. The fan at 100% sounds like a leaf blower in the house but she stays cool when benching have not broke 70c yet overvolted and overclocked! These cards and the way they were made are great, i have beat this card down and i have not had of overclocking issue . This is the best overclocking gpu i have had also, the default clocks @ 775/1125 with a voltage increase i can get 1050/1300.

5800 series gets my 110% approval!!!!!!!!

[Bumblebee]

Im running a Asus 1920X1080 monitor. And yeh if you think your 5850 is loud you should hear this puppy on full blast... its like a damn saturn V rocket blasting off, even louder than my high rpm 120mm case fans on full blast. This desktop is a f*ckin saturn v when all fans on max but thats overkill. And ill be sure to set the fans to 40%... i just set it and the damn temps went below 30 c on idle.. rofl. Next thing to do is to see were to oc it to.

Ok did a OC on the i7 860 to 3.885 ghz and the 5870 to 900/1300 (the max overdrive would go). Everything was running fine and i did another vantage run.




cpu score was alot higher obviously but the gpu wasnt much higher.

Edited by Bumblebee, 12 February 2010 - 09:10 PM.

[MainEvent]

Looks decent.

I've never had an issue with the noises of fans. It could be as loud as a f*cking nuclear bomb and I wouldn't have an issue... Well, maybe...

[Scroll_Lock88]

Would pick one up, but I am unwilling to give in to the artificially inflated prices due to shortages. 60-100$ over MSRP? no thanks ill wait :P

[Bumblebee]

Well i was upgrading from two 8800's so it was a huge leap for me, and honestly yeh it sucks its $400 but i still saved about $200 not spending the cash on two old end gtx 275's.... When the prices come down, ill get a second one for sure!

[Stubs]

MSRP is $380 so $400 is only a little bit inflated, and that card is definitely worth the price.

[Bumblebee]

Im debating on getting a second one.... only the newest games im playing puts a dent in this card though, its rediculous getting 300 fps in cs source non stop on all settings maxed. That.. is win. :) Also thanks everyone for the advice, its helped me a lot choosing what I wanted, and Im damn glad I got what I did!

Edited by Bumblebee, 15 February 2010 - 07:41 AM.

[Stubs]

Im debating on getting a second one.... only the newest games im playing puts a dent in this card though

I can play any game i throw at this card at 1920x1200. I don't see how anyone could need a second one of these cards unless they had a ridiculous eyefinity setup or were using a 30" monitor.

[Bumblebee]

Chilly.. heres that pic for ya...




Whats that you say? Two 5870s? Muahahah :P


One word..

Overkill. Nuff said.

[EVIL Shenanigans]

Preferred Maker?

Only ever dealt with XFX...but ive heard they arnt really the best...want some EVGA ATI lovin, but it doesnt look like thats going to happen anytime soon.

[Bumblebee]

Yeh they are two xfx hd 5870's. They went right in, and run smooth as hell. After manualy setting the temps as shadow said both cards stay idle around 30 and never go over 50 under load.

And yep this is the difference in vantage...

[Stubs]

And yep this is the difference in vantage...

HUGE waste of money, spending another $400 on an unnecessary card for a 37% (Score with 2x/Score with 1x) boost in vantage score. If you were planning on dumping that much cash on overkill graphics (1 5870 is plenty) you should have gotten a 5970 and called it a day.

Edited by EoE.Stubs, 18 February 2010 - 08:47 PM.

[Scroll_Lock88]

indeed

[Bumblebee]

HUGE waste of money, spending another $400 on an unnecessary card for a 37% (Score with 2x/Score with 1x) boost in vantage score. If you were planning on dumping that much cash on overkill graphics (1 5870 is plenty) you should have gotten a 5970 and called it a day.

I read that whole article in kuwait when it came out and yes while the 5970 is almost identicle to dual 5870's you are forgetting power consumption and especially temperatures. Yeh its like $100 less than two 5870's but id perfer having two cards with two heatsinks cooling instead of a massive 13 inch card or whatever with one heat sink cooling it. Dont think there is any difference in power but when im playing games that dont require dual gpu setups (ie WoW) it has the 2nd card in low power mode, im pretty sure that the 5970 does the same with its dual gpus but i dont know. I still have two heatsinks cooling were ya only got one with the 5970. I dont think its a huge waste to get two 5870's over a 5970. I bought this hardware for this monster case for a reason, basically, its what i wanted, but also for future possibilities I could get like 3 more screens if i wanted to for eye infinity or some crap... The nice thing is that I wont have to worry about building another pc for a looong time. If im not mistaken isnt the 5970 designed for mid sized cases that have issues with dual gpus? Not for sure... Anyway im dong with this pc and i aint touchin a damn thing till its 5 years older :P

[Scroll_Lock88]

5970 would probably have the same power consumption as two 5870's, the two gpu's on the 5970 would have seperate ram chips for the two gpus, two different sets of VRM's(maybe) and the GPU's themselves are somewhat the same as the 5870's. So you probably would not notice too much of a power consumption difference.

As far as temperature, TBQH, having two seperate cards or one card with two GPU's it's going to generate pretty much the same amount of heat. Only difference with the 5970, you have room to install a PCI slot cooler or a directional fan to get better airflow to it. Or install multiple expansion cards, I like my 12 port SATA controller card, I need the 16 ports for my 14 x 2 terabyte drives :P As you can see with two 5870's, that's somewhat difficult to do :P

Yes the 5970 will be a few degrees warmer at high load, but TBQH it isn't going to be enough to warrant a OMG it's too hot!!!! My 4850x2 runs 4 degrees warmer than two seperate 4850's in crossfire, so whoop dee freakin doo.


The 400$ would have been better spent in the bankz generating interest so you can buy the next gen ATI card when and if Fermi get's released this year. We all know ATI is going to throw something out or cut prices to directly compete with nVidia's Fermi :P

Edited by Scroll_Lock88, 19 February 2010 - 12:44 PM.