5870...is it really worth it?

[EdGey]

look what you started, you couldnt have just said ''its £100 more' could you

id say the 4890 was better bang for buck, but the 5870 is a dam good card for single GPU. i don't like the way they priced it though, it means that nvidia don't even need to touch their prices cos it all fals into place. the GTX295 costs a little more and performances a little better :/

 

[gurusan]

i just got myself a 4890 vapor-x for 105inc in the MM. Will be my card for some time to come. Awesome bang/buck

 

[ThorpedoUK]

Second hand? where did you manage to get that from at such a good price!

 

[EdGey]

Second hand? where did you manage to get that from at such a good price!

MM (Members Market) on these forums.

 

[ThorpedoUK]

Ahh I see sorry mate, how do I get into those forums, unless I'm blind I cant find them? (I see the disclaimer in the test forum but thats it)

 

[TheRealDeal]

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[ThorpedoUK]

Thanks v much for the info!

Sounds good

 

[Sasahara]

50% cheaper is using the 5850 as the basis. 50% of the 5850 cost is £100.

Well what I mean is that the 5870 is 50% more expensive than a 5850.

If you say item Y is a xx% cheaper of item Z, that % to be based on the price item Z. You can't swap them.

The 5850 is 33% cheaper than the 5870, or
The 5870 is 50% more expensive than the 5850.

No wonder the UK gets sucky maths results.

 

[Mal X]

Aye, but the 5870X2 is due out some time next month so that might help things a bit.

the 5870 will be outperformed by the next 3 top end cards

5870 X2
gtx 3**
gtx 3** X2

that is, if we get a gtx 3** X2........my personal view is, that many members here have brought way too early and you may regret it by Xmas....depending of course on price..

this 5870 is a little bit too close in performance to the GTX 295.... to me it seems a bit dissappointing

 

[Buckster]

lol I wish I'd never started this ....

to settle it all

THE 5870 IS MORE EXPENSIVE than the 5850



and I may buy one

right lets move on he he

If you say item Y is a xx% cheaper of item Z, that % to be based on the price item Z. You can't swap them.

The 5850 is 33% cheaper than the 5870, or
The 5870 is 50% more expensive than the 5850.

No wonder the UK gets sucky maths results.

 

[Randell]

If you say item Y is a xx% cheaper of item Z, that % to be based on the price item Z. You can't swap them.

The 5850 is 33% cheaper than the 5870, or
The 5870 is 50% more expensive than the 5850.

No wonder the UK gets sucky maths results.

At last, I thought i was going have to post and correct everyone, but you beat me to it!

 

[Buckster]

ok - in summary I was wrong ....

good job my degree wasn't at least 40% maths (oops)

At last, I thought i was going have to post and correct everyone, but you beat me to it!

 

[mame]

I think I'll wait till the 5850 is about £130 and get one next year. That's if something else doesn't become a better option. GTX 260's were ~£200 on release and it wasn't too long before they were about £130

 

[Last_Human]

I'm building a new system for Win7 release (been overdue for months but I cba reinstalling everything twice in a short period of time) and it's a real toss up in graphics, I don't play demanding games but that's more so a product of my terrible rig than a lack of desire..

The 5850 is looking real nice at 33% less than the 5870 for potentially 85% or so of the performance but I don't know if I'll regret not taking the splurge in a few months time!

Have a few weeks to decide I guess, hopefully inspiration will strike

 

[antran]

Second hand? where did you manage to get that from at such a good price!

hehe, he got it from me.

 

[fizzle-187]

I'm happy with my GTX 285 at the mo. I will upgrade when the new 300 series come out!

 

[Russu_cs16]

cheaper or more expensive....im confused,anyways

if u guys can spec me a core i5 system that adds up to 900 pounds i will much appreciate it!

all i need is:

CPU
MOBO
GFX card
RAM
PSU
HDD
DVD Drive
CASE


thanks a lot!

 

[Fireblade2K4]

I've just completed a new build and looking for a new card to upgrade to, my trusty old 1900XT is now beginning to struggle quite a lot lol, can the 5850 be clocked easily to achieve 5870 performance?

As I understand it both cards are physically identical just different clock setting on the GPU and RAM.

Stu

 

[kylew]

cheaper or more expensive....im confused,anyways

if u guys can spec me a core i5 system that adds up to 900 pounds i will much appreciate it!

all i need is:

CPU
MOBO
GFX card
RAM
PSU
HDD
DVD Drive
CASE


thanks a lot!

I'll make you up a spec, is there any specific case you'd like included with that?

 

[kylew]

Here's what I've got, I think this will be a perfect gaming PC.

I know you said Core i5, but this is my suggestion of what to get with a budget of £900.

You'd spend around the same for an i5 set up and it'd be less performance.