After reading the rather disappointing reviews of the 7770 I've decided to look elsewhere.
I'm not a huge gamer (I did stick with a 4770 this long after all) but would like something that would last a few years like this 4770 did for me. I currently have two monitors at 1680x1050 and will probably upgrade to three at 1920x1080 before I replace the next video card I purchase. I don't need to game on all three LCDs, just one is fine.
I'd like to stay under $200 for new or used and I've sort of narrowed down the field to 6870 or 5870. I've read the 6870 is better for CF but the 5870 is a better for single card performance. While CF would be fun my current mb doesn't offer it and I may never go CF, but I can buy a used 6870 for about 10% less than a used 5870 and saving money is always a bonus.
A quick glace at graphicscardbenchmarks.com
http://www.graphicscardbenchmarks.com/page/compare
puts the 5870 pretty far ahead of the 6870, matching the unreleased 7850
Guess my questions are:
I bought the 4770 for $99 back in May of 2009 so my upgrade cycle is a little long, I'm hoping whatever new card I buy lasts at least as long as this did, will a 5870 or 6870 last me ~2-3 years or should I look elsewhere?
Thank you for your help
EDIT: I'm not interested in any Nvidia products. After the way they screwed laptop owners I will never buy another Nvidia product. Long story short: Nvidia sold faulty 8400m and 8600m chips in laptops, chips would overheat and kill laptops. After a very long lawsuit, the conclusion was mail in your expensive laptop with high-end discrete video card and we'll give you a $200 netbook. Or take nothing, your choice. When ATI was sued a few years ago for lying about the capabilities of one of it's cards (said it was HDCP when it wasn't), they sent everyone brand new high-end video cards.
Edited by overclockerjames - 2/16/12 at 2:40am
I'm not a huge gamer (I did stick with a 4770 this long after all) but would like something that would last a few years like this 4770 did for me. I currently have two monitors at 1680x1050 and will probably upgrade to three at 1920x1080 before I replace the next video card I purchase. I don't need to game on all three LCDs, just one is fine.
I'd like to stay under $200 for new or used and I've sort of narrowed down the field to 6870 or 5870. I've read the 6870 is better for CF but the 5870 is a better for single card performance. While CF would be fun my current mb doesn't offer it and I may never go CF, but I can buy a used 6870 for about 10% less than a used 5870 and saving money is always a bonus.
A quick glace at graphicscardbenchmarks.com
http://www.graphicscardbenchmarks.com/page/compare
puts the 5870 pretty far ahead of the 6870, matching the unreleased 7850
Guess my questions are:
- Is the 5870 and 6870 still good cards in 2012?
- Is there any reason why it wouldn't they wouldn't be decent cards for the next few years?
- Is there another AMD/ATI card I should look at for under $200 new or used?
I bought the 4770 for $99 back in May of 2009 so my upgrade cycle is a little long, I'm hoping whatever new card I buy lasts at least as long as this did, will a 5870 or 6870 last me ~2-3 years or should I look elsewhere?
Thank you for your help
EDIT: I'm not interested in any Nvidia products. After the way they screwed laptop owners I will never buy another Nvidia product. Long story short: Nvidia sold faulty 8400m and 8600m chips in laptops, chips would overheat and kill laptops. After a very long lawsuit, the conclusion was mail in your expensive laptop with high-end discrete video card and we'll give you a $200 netbook. Or take nothing, your choice. When ATI was sued a few years ago for lying about the capabilities of one of it's cards (said it was HDCP when it wasn't), they sent everyone brand new high-end video cards.
Edited by overclockerjames - 2/16/12 at 2:40am
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