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The much-hyped Nvidia Fermi series graphics card probably would outperform the Radeon HD 5870, but would it really be worth the price. I'm sure it would be more expensive, produce more heat and require more power than 5870. Prices for the 5870 should drop in the next few months - and as I already have a 5870, wouldn't it make better sense and be cheaper to get another 5870 and run Crossfire? |
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@djtaktix | 4 March 10 |
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been waiting for the new nvidia cards for an age , lets hope there priced well , end of next month im buying a new card , 5850,5870 or one of the nvidia cards if there released by then . didnt really want an ati card ,
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Performance-wise, two 5870's should outperform a single GTX480 anyway.. Nvidia claim 60 more tesselation perfomance with their new cards, but thats still to be proven. I must say though I am running 2 Direct X 11 games - Aliens vs Predator and Stalker:COP both with tesselation enabled and max IQ settings at 1920x1080 and performance is great (no AA though)
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@djtaktix | 4 March 10 |
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but want to upgrade my gtx260 , will probrably be my last ever card . pc gaming dying :-(
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Oops meant 60 percent more
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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But these are early DX 11 games, and tesselation is used for the characters only, not the environment. As can be seen with the Unigine Heaven DX 11 benchmark, that utilizes heavy tesselation and performance drops quite significantly when turned ON. Maybe future games like Crysis 2 will utilize heavy tesselation. But how will performance fare? Interesting.
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Metro 2033, the upcoming DX 11 FPS recommends a Geforce GTX 480 / 470 class card. Its going to be released on 19th March, so probably the new Nvidia cards are just around the corner.
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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GTX 260 is a good midrange card though. I still got my trusty GTX 275 - I just love that card. The GTX 470 might be around 300 - 400 Euros whereas the GTX 480 might be around 500 - 600 Euros (got that from a website)
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@djtaktix | 4 March 10 |
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yeah im looking to spend around 300 pounds . not much more . 5870 is a good card but not worth the extra over the 5850 that with small overclock matches it .
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@spartan2 | 4 March 10 |
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Avp DX11 performance is terrible on the 5870....  but then im still waiting for the 480 prices and benches
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@djtaktix | 4 March 10 |
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5870 isnt worth the price its at , should be around 250 tops . prices have just gone up with the introdution of the 5830 .
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Actually I'm getting good DX 11 performance on AvP albeit with no AA. Strange though, as I saw the benchmarks on pcgameshardware.com and performance was really bad with 5870 on an o/c'ed Core i7 920. When I launch the game from steam I select DX 11, under options I select DX 11 tesselation and advanced shadows and all other details max (but no AA) and I get about 60 fps average.
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Thats at 1920x1080
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@spartan2 | 4 March 10 |
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yeah exactly- with no AA. thats the killer right there. a 350 quid video card better do AA on every game, otherwise it can pi*s off 
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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I was lucky enough to get the 5870 for 250 pounds. It was a special launch price for the first 10 cards.
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@spartan2 | 4 March 10 |
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Performance just crumbles with just 4 x AA, i would easily sacrifice those shadows and such for AA because its such a nicer thing to improve image quality. The tesselation looks decent too, but the characters are so small again i wouldnt trade AA for DX11
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Most people who ran Stalker:COP benchmark also got poor results with DX 11 on the 5870. Again, weird because I'm running the game fine at 1920x1080 max details with tesselation (no AA). But the graphics engine of Stalker is starting to show its age,
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@spartan2 | 4 March 10 |
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resolution makes up for AA a lot of the time but really, you prefer slightly improved effects over a much much smoother overall image quality? jaggies bug me something chronic. if i can only just afford 2 x AA then thats a done deal, enough to take away the worst
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Yeah you're right spartan. With 4xAA, even browsing through the menus h*t a major slowdown. Those advanced shadows are hardly even noticable.
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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Lol. Thats true, I hate aliasing with a passion. I usually run 4x or 8x depending on the game. But AvP campaign mode is abit too easy, even on hard mode. The AI isnt very good.
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@somiah | 4 March 10 |
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I just picked up my copy of Battlefield BC 2 today. Haven't installed it yet - interesting to check out the performance though. I'm itching to start cracking with the multiplayer.
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