Help me choose a 5870

mdsx1950 · May 10, 2010

CHAOS_KILLA said:
Hell yeah they are, but I think barbaricsoul was trying to say that hes had heaps of luck with the XFX versions when it comes to overclocking compared to the other brands that you just mentioned

PS. Your computer is not powerful enough bro

Oh ya forgot to mention XFX. Shit im using two XFX cards and i forgot to recommend it. :shadedshu lmao

And yeah its not good enough... need atleast 100GB of Ram and a 10 core processor to satisfy my needs :roll:

LifeOnMars · May 10, 2010

Mussels mate, let us know how the card performs for you, noise levels etc.... i'd be very interested as although I'm loving the framerates on a recently aquired cheap HD4870x2, the noise from the fan is driving my GF nuts

A nice, cooler running HD5870 could be just the ticket for my system , cheers.

GSquadron · May 20, 2010

Sapphire one is the best. Look at this review and i too understood why:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3732/overclocked-our-custom-radeon-hd-5870-roundup/10

air_ii · May 20, 2010

I'd never recommend an Asus product - their CS is non-existant...

REALIN · May 20, 2010

I'm using Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X and it's awesome, really quiet and nice cooling. I only clocked to 900/1300 so far because I can't go higher than that in CCC but it's enough for now.

Really recommended Vapor-X version. (Y)

Mussels · May 20, 2010

REALIN said:
I'm using Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X and it's awesome, really quiet and nice cooling. I only clocked to 900/1300 so far because I can't go higher than that in CCC but it's enough for now.

Really recommended Vapor-X version. (Y)

you can BIOS flash to upgrade the clocks available to CCC.

GSquadron · May 20, 2010

So Mussels, did you buy the card?

Mussels · May 20, 2010

Aleksander Dishnica said:
So Mussels, did you buy the card?

its due tomorrow.

REALIN · May 20, 2010

Mussels said:
you can BIOS flash to upgrade the clocks available to CCC.

Yeah I know but have not bothered to do it right now, got enough power atm.

Mussels · May 20, 2010

REALIN said:
Yeah I know but have not bothered to do it right now, got enough power atm.

damn right we do

cant wait for mine to arrive

REALIN · May 20, 2010

Mussels said:
damn right we do

cant wait for mine to arrive

Thinking of buying another Sapphire 5870 1GB Vapor-X, but the price has gone up 20 euro since I bought mine. I also could sell the one I got and buy the new Sapphire 5970 4GB Toxic. :rockout:

Mussels · May 20, 2010

REALIN said:
Thinking of buying another Sapphire 5870 1GB Vapor-X, but the price has gone up 20 euro since I bought mine. I also could sell the one I got and buy the new Sapphire 5970 4GB Toxic.

make sure you got hte CPU power to utilize it, my CPU at 4.2GHz is barely keeping up with my 4870's... (CPU gets bottlenecked before GPU's in most games)

REALIN · May 20, 2010

Mussels said:
make sure you got hte CPU power to utilize it, my CPU at 4.2GHz is barely keeping up with my 4870's... (CPU gets bottlenecked before GPU's in most games)

Yeah that's the problem and it's bothering me right now!

Got a AMD Phenom 2 x4 940 BE and it is bottlenecking my 5870. But before I do any changes with graphic cards I'm going to get AMD Hexa core, 8GB ram and MSI 890FX or Asus Crosshair IV Formula.

Updated my profile so it's possible to see my setup. ^^

System Name	Knight-X
Processor	Intel Core i7-980X [4.2Ghz]
Motherboard	ASUS P6T7 WS
Cooling	CORSAIR Hydro H70 + 2x CM 2000RPM 120mm LED Fans
Memory	Corsair DOMINATOR-GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 2000MHz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD6970 2GB CrossFire [PhysX - EVGA GTX260(216SP) 896MB]
Storage	2x Corsair Perf. 512GB \| OCZ Colossus 1TB \| 2xOCZ Agilities 120GB SSDs
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp™ 3008WFP [2560x1600]
Case	Cooler Master HAF-X + NZXT Temp LCD
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D2X \| ONKYO HTS9100THX 7.1
Power Supply	Silverstone ST1500 1500W [80 PLUS Silver]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 (Build 7600)
Benchmark Scores	Heaven 2.0 with Extreme Tessellation at 1080p - 96FPS

System Name	Bad Moon Ryzen
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asrock B450M Pro4-F
Cooling	Vetroo V5
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 32Gb (8gb x 4) 3200 MHz DDR 4
Video Card(s)	6700 XT
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb, Samsung 860 Evo 500Gb,WD Black 8Tb, WD Blue 2Tb
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Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact w/Dark Tempered Glass
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Power Supply	MSI MPG A850GF (850w)
VR HMD	Rift S

System Name	Dark Stealth
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M Gaming rev 1.0
Cooling	Snowman, arctic p12 x2 fans
Memory	16x2 DDR4 Corsair Dominator Pro
Video Card(s)	3080 10gb
Storage	2TB NVME PCIE 4.0 Crucial P3 Plus, 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD, 4TB WD RED HDD
Display(s)	HP Omen 34c (34" monitor 3440x1440 165Hz VA panel)
Case	Zalman S2
Power Supply	Corsair 750TX
Mouse	Logitech pro superlight, mx mouse s3, Razer Basiliskx with battery
Keyboard	Custom mechanical keyboard tm680
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	70-80 fps 3440x1440 on cyberpunk 2077 max settings

Processor	Core i7 4710K
Motherboard	Gigabyte
Cooling	Water
Memory	Gelid 16GB
Video Card(s)	HD5870, stock at the moment
Storage	Kingston HyperX 256GB
Case	Cosmos S
Power Supply	BeQuiet Dark Power 750
Software	Win7 x64

Processor	AMD Phenom 2 x4 940 BE (3.5GHz)
Motherboard	Asus M4A78-E
Cooling	Corsair H50 Hydro
Memory	Kingston 4GB DDR2 (800MHz)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 5870 1GB (900/1300) Vapor-X
Storage	Western Digital Black 32MB 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2450
Case	Antec Twelve Hundred
Power Supply	Fractal Design 650W
Software	Windows 7 Professinal 64bit

Help me choose a 5870

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System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
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Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
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Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
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