[jpmad4it]

Hi all,

I was thinking of getting the new 5970, but the prices are steep in the UK.

What is a decent lower end card which will obviously improve on my 2 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB? I'm looking to spend around £300.

regards
Jp

 

[MeeMoo220]

I would seriously suggest waiting for GTX3xx .. as ATi is leading now.. but prices are insane. and GTX295 would lose value when Fermi comes out. ur best bet really is to wait. also ur cards are pretty good.. just wait

 

[i7bigrig]

your cards are fine

 

[jpmad4it]

they do seem to struggle in games sometimes such as Modern Warfare 2 on full settings. I think it might be that fact that they are 512MB each. Any ideas? I would like to upgrade at some point

 

[chuckOCN]

I would probably wait for 1-2 more product rollouts (GTX3series, Radeon 58x2...)But I like last years best hardware(Q9550, Rampage Extreme, etc)-if I can get it cheap! I'd be sticking with your graphics setup until next summer.
Good luck-Chuck

 

[voodoo71]

I would probably go with 2 5770's. They scale very well in CrossFire and would be a great upgrade to what you are runnin now.

 

[LuckySe7ens]

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Originally Posted by voodoo71 I would probably go with 2 5770's. They scale very well in CrossFire and would be a great upgrade to what you are runnin now.

This. Heres a little comparo i just found (although it doesnt list 4870's in crossfire it does have a 4870x2 2gb card that should perform a bit better then your cards @ higher res)

If the 5770's dont tickle your fancy then a 5870 might do the trick

 

[Chucklez]

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Originally Posted by chuckOCN I would probably wait for 1-2 more product rollouts (GTX3series, Radeon 58x2...)But I like last years best hardware(Q9550, Rampage Extreme, etc)-if I can get it cheap! I'd be sticking with your graphics setup until next summer. Good luck-Chuck

Agreed wait for the GT300's to come out. Right now ATI is charging a premium to have the top of the line DX11 cards. Once there is competition prices will fall.

But the Radeon 5800X2's are already out. They just renamed them the 5900 Series

 

[LuckySe7ens]

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Originally Posted by Chucklez Agreed wait for the GT300's to come out. Right now ATI is charging a premium to have the top of the line DX11 cards. Once there is competition prices will fall.

Yes but then the 6000 series will be almost out and you'll want to wait for that and then the GT4xxx will be just around the corner shortly thereafter and so on and so forth...

 

[Brian_]

since you have Samsung T200HD 20" which isnt verybig you dont need the extra whooping power its fine the way it is right now

 

[jpmad4it]

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Originally Posted by Brian_ since you have Samsung T200HD 20" which isnt verybig you dont need the extra whooping power its fine the way it is right now

Hence my other thread.......

http://www.overclock.net/monitors-di...p-monitor.html

I'm planning an upgrade to 26"

 

[AC_Smoothie]

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens Yes but then the 6000 series will be almost out and you'll want to wait for that and then the GT4xxx will be just around the corner shortly thereafter and so on and so forth...

Yeah, especially if by the time nvidia releases their GT3xxx series, ati quickly releases theirs and screwes nvidia over by having comparable prices but big increases in performance.

 

[Chucklez]

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens Yes but then the 6000 series will be almost out and you'll want to wait for that and then the GT4xxx will be just around the corner shortly thereafter and so on and so forth...

I don't think the 6000 Series will be coming around Q1 2010(Nvidia's supposed launch for Fermi AFAIK), but only time will tell.

Again though OP I have a 26" Samsung TOC 1900x1200 and the 5970 from what I have read can handle any game at that resolution(mines in the mail ATM

). But if you really want to go ATI DX11 now I say go 3 5770's or 2 5850's. From what I have seen they roughly equal a 5970.