5850 or 5870

[tollickd]

I am looking at the these two cards:

POWERCOLOR RADEON HD5870

Core frequency: 850 MHz.
Memory Clock: 1200MHz (4.8Gbps

or

XFX RADEON HD5850

Engine Clock: 765MHz.
Memory Clock: 4500MHz.
RAMDAC: Dual 400MHz.

The 5870 is 60 euros more is it worth getting or just the XFX 5850!

 

[(FIH) The Don]

fill out your system specs, then we can help you with what is best for your system

 

[tollickd]

no system yet I am going to buy it tomorrow

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[Asylum]

For Price -vs- Performance the 5850 would be the way to go.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

yeah i say 5850 too, then when you need some more power go CF with it

 

[Abir053]

no system yet I am going to buy it tomorrow

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where is the monitor?? if u r using a monitor res. of 1920*1080 or 1920*1200 then i think 5870 will perform much better than 5850.

 

[tollickd]

SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 2343BW

Res 2048 x 1152 Pixel. But I have been looking at a few with 1920*1080

 

[IINexusII]

definately the 5870 then, unless you get 5850 CF'ired

 

[Bo$$]

you might want a bigger PSU if you wish to go CF in the future more like 1000W or a 8/950W

 

[(FIH) The Don]

i used a HX650w for at CF setup with 2 5870s and a i7 920 oc'ed to 3.8ghz, and it wasnt hot.

 

[mos187]

Here's what i did, replaced my HIS 4870x2 with a Sapphire 5850, at that time i had a 22" 1680x1050 res. monitor, then upgraded to a 23" 1920x1080 res. monitor, i didn't have any problems gaming @ that res. with my 5850, a couple of days ago got my second sapphire 5850 and setup a CF, man the 5850CF is just amazing even if i go to a much higher res. it will eat up any game i throw at...

 

[Bo$$]

i used a HX650w for at CF setup with 2 5870s and a i7 920 oc'ed to 3.8ghz, and it wasnt hot.

thats really pushing it if you want to use that PSU in the long run, as cap aging will slowly reduce output

 

[tollickd]

I am not a huge PC gamer I think I would only be playing a few games like GTA and maybe a few RPG's

 

[MK4512]

I am not a huge PC gamer I think I would only be playing a few games like GTA and maybe a few RPG's

Well, if you're not a huge gamer, then I'd save myself the money and go with the 5850, this card will be able to handle anything you throw at it on highest settings for 2-3 yrs, then move to med hi...

 

[bobzilla2009]

i wouldn't say highest for 2-3 years for the 5850 or 5870 tbh, since the new generation of consoles will lead to an influx of badly optimized ports ^^ Still, for your needs i would say the 5850 would suffice

 

[trt740]

SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 2343BW

Res 2048 x 1152 Pixel. But I have been looking at a few with 1920*1080

5870 for sure at those resolutions a 5850 oced would do okay but a 5870 is what you need.