Radeon HD 5870 with Q6600 and PC1-E 1.0

icmacdon · Feb 6, 2010

Hi all,
Need some advise here. I have a P965 mobo with an oc Q6600 @ 3.33ghz and would like to upgrade from a GTX 260 to a HD 5870. My mobo is PCi-E 1.0. How much will the board hamper the HD 5870? I really do not want to change the board and cpu if I can help it. Thanks in advance for all good advice!

Kursah · Feb 6, 2010

For gaming @ 1680x1050? Man all the games I play with my 260 @ 1920x1080 play pretty damn good with my setup which is similar to yours but with a newer chipset, which is just really a revised 965 and 2.0 pci-e slots.

I'd say wait till next month see what NV releases and wait for the prices to drop so you don't kick yourself in the ass for paying more to have what you don't necessarily need a month or two early imo. Maybe you do, but honestly if I'm gaming solid at a higher resolution with a little more OC, the same amount of memory, I can't see how you'd really need to upgrade yet unless you want 100FPS and DX11 right now.

:toast:

Edit: Why not try x64? Vista or 7? That would be a good upgrade imo!

icmacdon · Feb 6, 2010

Thanks. I have experience big dips in fps in COD MW2 were the fps went down to 29 in spots. I am using Vista dual boot with XP

Kursah · Feb 6, 2010

I don't have MW2, but have been playing BC2 beta, with pretty good performance, not even seeing the low GPU load issues many are (whew!)...but maybe turn down AA? Update drivers? I'd still say at least try the x64 OS, Vista or 7, both are solid.

I'd also still say wait on the upgrade to an HD5xxx till after the NV stuff is released. I'm considering a 5850 since one can be OC'd to reach 5870 performance for a good chunk less...which even stock blows away a 260. And maybe the NV stuff will be worth taking a look at...though this time around at least for me...my budget's gonna be quite a bit lower for my next upgrade. Also on the PCI-e stuff, the ATI cards scale VERY well on lower bandwidth, little to no difference between 2.0 x16 and x8 pci-e performance, x8 @ 2.0 = x16 @ 1.0 bandwidth-wise, but not necessarily performance-wise yet. So I wouldn't worry too much there yet. When you decide to upgrade going to i5/p55/ddr3 would make more sense.

newtekie1 · Feb 6, 2010

The PCI-E 1.1 will not hinder the HD5870 at all really.

The CPU shouldn't have a problem keeping up either.

System Name	Coyote
Processor	Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 Mhz
Motherboard	Asus Sabretooth 55i
Cooling	Coolermaster V8
Memory	4 x 2048 Mb Kingston KHX 9-9-9 / 1.65v
Video Card(s)	Powercolour Radeon HD 5870 PCS+ @ 875/1225 Crossfire
Storage	WD 150Gb Veloci Raptor/1 TB WD Green
Display(s)	Acer H243HX 1920x1080 HD
Case	Lian Li Lancool
Audio Device(s)	Bose USB audio
Power Supply	Zalman 850W HP
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 = 20,0040

System Name	Kursah's Gaming Rig 2018 (2022 Upgrade) - Ryzen+ Edition \| Gaming Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 2022)
Processor	R7 5800X @ Stock \| i7 12700H @ Stock
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming BIOS 6203\| Legion 5i Pro NM-E231
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S Push-Pull + NT-H1 \| Stock Cooling
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB (2x16) DDR4 4000 @ 3600 18-20-20-42 1.35v \| 32GB DDR5 4800 (2x16)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 4070 JetStream 12GB \| CPU-based Intel Iris XE + RTX 3070 8GB 150W
Storage	4TB SP UD90 NVME, 960GB SATA SSD, 2TB HDD \| 1TB Samsung OEM NVME SSD + 4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVME SSD
Display(s)	Acer 28" 4K VG280K x2 \| 16" 2560x1600 built-in
Case	Corsair 600C - Stock Fans on Low \| Stock Metal/Plastic
Audio Device(s)	Aune T1 mk1 > AKG K553 Pro + JVC HA-RX 700 (Equalizer APO + PeaceUI) \| Bluetooth Earbuds (BX29)
Power Supply	EVGA 750G2 Modular + APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 \| 300W OEM (heavy use) or Lenovo Legion C135W GAN (light)
Mouse	Logitech G502 \| Logitech M330
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Core RGB \| Built in Keyboard (Lenovo laptop KB FTW)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 \| Windows 11 Home x64

System Name	Coyote
Processor	Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 Mhz
Motherboard	Asus Sabretooth 55i
Cooling	Coolermaster V8
Memory	4 x 2048 Mb Kingston KHX 9-9-9 / 1.65v
Video Card(s)	Powercolour Radeon HD 5870 PCS+ @ 875/1225 Crossfire
Storage	WD 150Gb Veloci Raptor/1 TB WD Green
Display(s)	Acer H243HX 1920x1080 HD
Case	Lian Li Lancool
Audio Device(s)	Bose USB audio
Power Supply	Zalman 850W HP
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 = 20,0040

System Name	Kursah's Gaming Rig 2018 (2022 Upgrade) - Ryzen+ Edition \| Gaming Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 2022)
Processor	R7 5800X @ Stock \| i7 12700H @ Stock
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming BIOS 6203\| Legion 5i Pro NM-E231
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S Push-Pull + NT-H1 \| Stock Cooling
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB (2x16) DDR4 4000 @ 3600 18-20-20-42 1.35v \| 32GB DDR5 4800 (2x16)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 4070 JetStream 12GB \| CPU-based Intel Iris XE + RTX 3070 8GB 150W
Storage	4TB SP UD90 NVME, 960GB SATA SSD, 2TB HDD \| 1TB Samsung OEM NVME SSD + 4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVME SSD
Display(s)	Acer 28" 4K VG280K x2 \| 16" 2560x1600 built-in
Case	Corsair 600C - Stock Fans on Low \| Stock Metal/Plastic
Audio Device(s)	Aune T1 mk1 > AKG K553 Pro + JVC HA-RX 700 (Equalizer APO + PeaceUI) \| Bluetooth Earbuds (BX29)
Power Supply	EVGA 750G2 Modular + APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 \| 300W OEM (heavy use) or Lenovo Legion C135W GAN (light)
Mouse	Logitech G502 \| Logitech M330
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Core RGB \| Built in Keyboard (Lenovo laptop KB FTW)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 \| Windows 11 Home x64

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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