AMD Radeon HD 4870 or ASUS HD5830

Ziquester · Oct 29, 2012

Hi guys,I am just looking to "cheaply" upgrade my GPU for now.And have found two options.

ASUS HD5830
AMD Radeon HD 4870.

Which one do you think is better?

I am into gaming (not hardcore gaming) and will be looking to learn some video editing later on but soonish.I usually play around with other programs.

System is
Intel i7-920 CPU/ 2.66GHz with stock cooler.
Asus Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
460W Cooler Master PSU
8GB Gskill Ram
Sandisk Extreme SSD 240GB
Will be adding a 300GB Raptor Drive also.

Current GPU is old and belongs on my Core 2 Duo computer which I shall be selling.

Thanks

KingPing · Oct 29, 2012

With your PSU (which i would upgrade asap if i were you) you should definitely get the HD5830, aside from being faster, it consumes less power than the HD4870.

Ziquester · Oct 29, 2012

Thanks.Yeah I'll be looking for a better PSU as well

de.das.dude · Oct 29, 2012

get the 5830 its much better. also don't forget about your psu. I upgraded my psu first.

Processor	Intel i7 2600
Motherboard	Asus X58 Sabertooth
Cooling	Standard factory cooling
Memory	16GB Gskill Ram DDR3
Storage	Sandisk Extreme SSD 240GB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 2232 BW
Case	Antec DF-10
Power Supply	Seasonic 550W
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	thermaltake Ttesports
Software	windows 7 ultimate

System Name	Classy Gal
Processor	i7 2600K
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 plus
Memory	16GB Kingston Hyper X
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX1070 FE
Storage	2x120GB Vertex 3 - 1x1TB WD
Display(s)	LG 23" 1920x1080
Case	Coolermaster Cosmos S
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Titanium HD
Power Supply	Seasonic M12II 750W
Software	Win10 / Linux Mint

Processor	Intel i7 2600
Motherboard	Asus X58 Sabertooth
Cooling	Standard factory cooling
Memory	16GB Gskill Ram DDR3
Storage	Sandisk Extreme SSD 240GB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 2232 BW
Case	Antec DF-10
Power Supply	Seasonic 550W
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	thermaltake Ttesports
Software	windows 7 ultimate

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

AMD Radeon HD 4870 or ASUS HD5830

Ziquester

KingPing

Ziquester

de.das.dude

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