Picking up a 5670

[RadeonProVega]

I am picking up a Visiontek 5670 1GB
http://graphics.visiontek.com/video/5000/5670.html

from best buy Thursday Morning. Just was curious, how does it compared to my PNY 9800GT?
I really just wanted a ATI card that was more powerful over my Sapphire 4670, but on the same level as a 9800gt, maybe higher.

Also just to let everyone know, i finally built my rig
Bought me a Intel e3300 2.5ghz to replace my Intel Pentium D 805 and man does this new CPU fly in games. So i figure i just grab a new ati card I also bought a new mb with the cpu from newegg, everything went smooth. Building is really fun and very simple to do, just have to pay attention thats all.

 

[bobzilla2009]

looks to be around 10-20% slower than a 9800GT, but uses a lot less power too. If you haven't already placed the order, i would recommend at least stretching to a hd5750 or even better a hd5770, since the performance boost is most tangible for the cost and a hd5750 does beat a 9800GT

this conclusion sums up the hd5670 nicely: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/01/14/ati-radeon-hd-5670-review/11

 

[FordGT90Concept]

They're pretty well matched depending on the game. It isn't a fan of high resolution gaming though. I use one as a spare.

 

[RadeonProVega]

I was going to best buy and pick up a Visiontek 5670 1gb for 145 bucks, but why bother when i can just continue shopping at newegg this time around and buy a 5750 for the same price and free shipping hahah.

VisionTek 900301 Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 ...

Guess i will order that next week

Will this PSU work on it tho:
Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Co...

I really don't feel like changing it or buying a new one. Thats why i was going to buy the 5670. But would a 5750 be ok?

 

[bobzilla2009]

I was going to best buy and pick up a Visiontek 5670 1gb for 145 bucks, but why bother when i can just continue shopping at newegg this time around and buy a 5750 for the same price and free shipping hahah.

VisionTek 900301 Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 ...

Guess i will order that next week

Will this PSU work on it tho:
Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Co...

I really don't feel like changing it or buying a new one. Thats why i was going to buy the 5670. But would a 5750 be ok?

Good call on the hd5750, but that psu is a little, well, crap

it only has 18A on the 12V which means you only have around 200W of real power going for your system. You want a psu that has around double that at least.

something like this is better for around that price: Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver...

If you are using that psu, i would suggest that it definitley is worth changing it, i'm not sure that even the hd5670 would run ok on it, since it uses a bit more power than a hd4670. Regardless, it's a bit close for call on the psu side of things atm.

 

[Loosenut]

I was going to best buy and pick up a Visiontek 5670 1gb for 145 bucks, but why bother when i can just continue shopping at newegg this time around and buy a 5750 for the same price and free shipping hahah.

VisionTek 900301 Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 ...

Guess i will order that next week

Will this PSU work on it tho:
Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Co...

I really don't feel like changing it or buying a new one. Thats why i was going to buy the 5670. But would a 5750 be ok?

If you're going to shop at Newegg, try this

 

[mastrdrver]

So, is there any reason your fixed on Visiontek?

Tons better power supply at same price
XFX 5750 that is slightly cheaper and comes with the best warranty of any ATI vendor

 

[SystemViper]

the only think i like about the HD 5670 1g ddr5 is that there is no external PS hookup, so it's running off the Pcie power, to me that is the main thing it has going for it.

other then that, which is impotent in building a cheap rig with a crap PS, you can get a 57xx series card for so close to the same price that the no power hook up is hteonly reason to get one...

just my 2c..

happy 4th to all

 

[RadeonProVega]

Good call on the hd5750, but that psu is a little, well, crap

I'm not sure that even the hd5670 would run ok on it, since it uses a bit more power than a hd4670. Regardless, it's a bit close for call on the psu side of things atm.[/QUOTE]
My PNY 9800GT green edition runs perfectly on it. MY gts 250 did not , thats why i bought a BFG 450 one for the gts 250 and it works just fine. I guess i will just buy another bfg 450 for this my dual core.

So, is there any reason your fixed on Visiontek?

um no, just was going to buy it from best buy, but forgot about newegg prices

Tons better power supply at same price
XFX 5750 that is slightly cheaper and comes with the best warranty of any ATI vendor

If you're going to shop at Newegg, try this

The Power color seems to be the cheapest overall, i will order that one.
thanks

 

[mastrdrver]

The Power color seems to be the cheapest overall, i will order that one.
thanks

Np, I prefer XFX ATI cards just because of the warranty but I understand that doesn't matter to everyone. Priorities are different for others though I would get that Corsair psu over that Thermaltake just in case your thinking about getting the latter. Component selection and build quality really is day and night between the two.

 

[T3kl0rd]

Now that I have upgraded my system, I can't imagine using anything slower. Like I said in the PM reply, I advise getting the most powerful you can afford and avoiding the small incremental upgrades. I know you are getting these slower PC parts because you are hesitant to embrace certain aspects of modern technology, but I advise you again to take a closer look at the price/performance ratio of a rig like mine versus what you want to build. It doesn't cost much more to get the parts of my PC versus what you are looking at and I would wager the performance is at least double overall. I would get a more powerful PC if money was not an objective like a HD 5850 or i7 series CPU. Of course, you are going to use whatever you want, but it is painful to read your updates of getting semi-modern technology when fully current technology doesn't cost much more and actually costs less when you factor all the micro upgrades you are always making which add up over time. Not flaming here, but I would be doing a disservice to you to not emphasize the obvious.

 

[SystemViper]

Now that I have upgraded my system, I can't imagine using anything slower. Like I said in the PM reply, I advise getting the most powerful you can afford and avoiding the small incremental upgrades. I know you are getting these slower PC parts because you are hesitant to embrace certain aspects of modern technology, but I advise you again to take a closer look at the price/performance ratio of a rig like mine versus what you want to build. It doesn't cost much more to get the parts of my PC versus what you are looking at and I would wager the performance is at least double overall. I would get a more powerful PC if money was not an objective like a HD 5850 or i7 series CPU. Of course, you are going to use whatever you want, but it is painful to read your updates of getting semi-modern technology when fully current technology doesn't cost much more and actually costs less when you factor all the micro upgrades you are always making which add up over time. Not flaming here, but I would be doing a disservice to you to not emphasize the obvious.

damn, have to say that i like the push to a better level of performance

 

[RadeonProVega]

The only upgrade i plan to do in the future is upgrade my AMD gateway system. Replace the MB & cpu with a very powerful Intel System. I am actually looking into it a few weeks. I only plan to stick with Intel. The only reason why i bought the AMD 810 quad core, because i wanted a gateway system and i got some DDR3 memory without having to buy that stuff separate. The Gateway system only cost me a few dollars.

But i can promise with my quad core intel upgrade ,for the gateway system i am going i7 . But as i said i am sticking with Intel only forever. i respect amd and they're good, but i like Intel better.

 

[bobzilla2009]

The only upgrade i plan to do in the future is upgrade my AMD gateway system. Replace the MB & cpu with a very powerful Intel System. I am actually looking into it a few weeks. I only plan to stick with Intel. The only reason why i bought the AMD 810 quad core, because i wanted a gateway system and i got some DDR3 memory without having to buy that stuff separate. The Gateway system only cost me a few dollars.

But i can promise with my quad core intel upgrade ,for the gateway system i am going i7 . But as i said i am sticking with Intel only forever. i respect amd and they're good, but i like Intel better.

Why not buy a phenom II X6 though? you already have the mobo ram ect.? it'll net you the same performance if not better in some instances for a huge amount less which you can spend on a better gpu or even a crossfire setup!

or you could always wait for next year, it's not like a quad is going to limit you much atm and the amd fusion processors look to make a big difference to the market.

 

[GSquadron]

Best of all video cards i have seen so far 5670 is the MSI cyclone, which has the 5850 non-reference cooling.

 

[T3kl0rd]

Phenom II X6 is a waste and performs slower than several other CPUs, like several from the i7 line. There is a comparison test on this site for the Phenom II X6.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Phenom_II_X6_1090T/10.html

i7's outperform the X6 in a lot more tests.

 

[joeyck]

I built my rig for only 758$ including a Monitor (which I cringe at the thought of spending 100$ for a monitor -_- FUCK!!) any who...

first of all... i would not get a PNY 9800GT...

Get the PNY 9800GTX+ WHEN IT IS ON REBATE!!! i got mine for $84 from tigerdirect and last month they were offering it for $89 buy 2 of those and that will own a 5770 hands down and sometimes cheaper / 10 - 20$ more but with a decent performance jump ... (thats wat i will do) my 940BE is just perfect on my K9N2 SLI board. my PSU is cheap as fuck but extraordinarily fucking awesome. just search around b4 u do upgrades a lot of stuff floating about.

None the less it comes down to you being happy, if your happy then man ROCK ON!!

 

[wiak]

if you are buying new now get a 5850 or 5870, now that you have a 9800GT
5870/5850 are way better bang for buck and performance diffrent

 

[Master_Shake]

I was looking at video cards. I was wondering how does the 5670 perform compared to the older 4670? It would seem the 4670 would be a better deal if you don't really care about Direct X11 supported games. Having a Direct X11 supported card right now isn't such a big deal. The 6000 series cards will be coming up around late September or in October so maybe its better to wait and see if prices will drop on 5670. Right now you can get a 4670 for as cheap as around $40 much cheaper than a 5670.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Good call on the hd5750, but that psu is a little, well, crap

it only has 18A on the 12V which means you only have around 200W of real power going for your system. You want a psu that has around double that at least.

something like this is better for around that price: Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver...

If you are using that psu, i would suggest that it definitley is worth changing it, i'm not sure that even the hd5670 would run ok on it, since it uses a bit more power than a hd4670. Regardless, it's a bit close for call on the psu side of things atm.

He already has the PSU and where did you get 18a from? it has a 15a rail and a 14a one, easy enough to power anything upto a 5770 let alone a 5750.

 

[pantherx12]

Phenom II X6 is a waste and performs slower than several other CPUs, like several from the i7 line. There is a comparison test on this site for the Phenom II X6.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Phenom_II_X6_1090T/10.html

i7's outperform the X6 in a lot more tests.

Hardly a waste given the price, and as computing ( for the time being) will head towards more multicore use it could be a good investment.

Plus they overclock to 4ghz so easily and run nice and cool.

I'd reccomend the 1055t though, it's easy as piss overclocking via FSB no idea why people buy black editions unless their going for records

 

[cdawall]

The only upgrade i plan to do in the future is upgrade my AMD gateway system. Replace the MB & cpu with a very powerful Intel System. I am actually looking into it a few weeks. I only plan to stick with Intel. The only reason why i bought the AMD 810 quad core, because i wanted a gateway system and i got some DDR3 memory without having to buy that stuff separate. The Gateway system only cost me a few dollars.

But i can promise with my quad core intel upgrade ,for the gateway system i am going i7 . But as i said i am sticking with Intel only forever. i respect amd and they're good, but i like Intel better.

So what your saying is yourr going to take the most powerful up to date rig in your house and probably swap to a lower end intel core 2 quad (this is my assumption considering your track record) you do understand that the 810 for one will liknely unlock to the full 8mb of cache aqnd clock to at least 3.6ghz which is plenty fast for a quad core amd or intel. So instead of just buying a 785g or 880g board for the amd you will spend close to 2 to 3x the cost for what a badge?




Also the amd phenom x6 arguement board supports the $200 1055t find me an intel that beats it for $200 cpu and mobo together

 

[T3kl0rd]

Hardly a waste given the price, and as computing ( for the time being) will head towards more multicore use it could be a good investment.

Plus they overclock to 4ghz so easily and run nice and cool.

I'd reccomend the 1055t though, it's easy as piss overclocking via FSB no idea why people buy black editions unless their going for records

By the time programs like games, which is what U2K primarily does with his PC, actually support 6 cores, better six core CPUs will be out for the price. No need to jump on the bandwagon at this stage. Software might skip the 6-core limit and pick up on the newer multi-cores @ 8 core CPUs anywho. I may jump on the bandwagon when 8 cores are supported consistently.

U2K doesn't like to OC. Simply increasing the multiplier is easier on system resources then increasing FSB speed.

 

[cdawall]

By the time programs like games, which is what U2K primarily does with his PC, actually support 6 cores, better six core CPUs will be out for the price. No need to jump on the bandwagon at this stage. Software might skip the 6-core limit and pick up on the newer multi-cores @ 8 core CPUs anywho. I may jump on the bandwagon when 8 cores are supported consistently.

U2K doesn't like to OC. Simply increasing the multiplier is easier on system resources then increasing FSB speed.

Ever overclocked an amd before cause bus speed makes no "system reasource" difference

 

[T3kl0rd]

Ever overclocked an amd before cause bus speed makes no "system reasource" difference

Oc'ing the FSB put stress on a lot of other components besides the CPU. Increasing multiplier affects the CPU only and is much easier on system "reasource"s