Thinking about upgrading

[Debrody]

Back in the day the 5870 was slightly less perf. than the CFX 5770s, I figured this being a 2GB card even though it was renamed, would be pretty much on par with 5770s if not slightly better also with newer technology, running cooler etc.

Just looked up a test, you are right, it said the 5770s came out almost exactly equal to the 5870. More than surprising, the CF drivers are great, since the 5770 is exactly a halved 5870 (SP, ROP, Texturers).
I wouldnt change to that card. Still, you know.

[Spikes]

It is more than just upgrading the card, there is a trade with those cards. If I get ambitious I can get another one...though I really don't want to mess with CFX again.

[Babalonian]

there was a big argument last year about the 3.0 v 6.0.  I believe the consensus was that system dont even saturate the 3.0 bandwidth yet.  but I would buy the 6.0 just in case, you never know somebody may come up with a program that does the day after you buy the 3.0.


semp

I sh!@ you not, you can quote that same statement, word for word, with what they were saying years ago about PCI-E graphics cards when they first started to become available when the standard was still AGP8X (well, dual AGP8X, but still, didn't take a year or two for PCI-E to overtake the market).

If they make it, we will come.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

there was a big argument last year about the 3.0 v 6.0.  I believe the consensus was that system dont even saturate the 3.0 bandwidth yet.  but I would buy the 6.0 just in case, you never know somebody may come up with a program that does the day after you buy the 3.0.


semp

No program can make hardware to exceed its physical limitations. A mechanical drive can't even saturate 1/3rd of SATA6G where a proper SSD will almost fully saturate the bus. Therefore it's purely marketing BS to have SATA6G on a regular platter drive. The only part where it can theoretically benefit a little is burst rate i.e. when data is read from the HDD cache. That's a burst of 8-32Mb in current drives, not much to write home about

I remember similar misconceptions about low-end graphics card and PCI-E 2.0 It's like saying your 1987 model Yugo will go much faster with tires rated for 300km/h instead of the regular 170km/h ones. Bad news.. it still won't exceed 120km/h!

[Debrody]

It is more than just upgrading the card, there is a trade with those cards. If I get ambitious I can get another one...though I really don't want to mess with CFX again.

right, got it...   
sorry my brain is super slow...

[Spikes]

Just got it in...this thing is beautiful...but it will never beat the hot chick that was on my 5770s.

[Spikes]

Looks like Debrody is right. I get many stutters with this card on the same settings in COH and World of Tanks. Looks like it'll be going back, for something a bit more powerful and a lot less noisy. It sounds like there is an M1 Abrams in my room.

[deadstikmac]

Here is the setup I personally am getting within the next six months... im waiting for a small price drop around christmas.

Motherboard:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/Maximus_V_Extreme/#specifications

Processor:
http://ark.intel.com/products/65523/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-Processor-%288M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz%29

RAM:
http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=525&c1=1&c2=3

Video Card:
http://shop.amd.com/us/All/Detail/GraphicCard/AX7870%202GBD5-6D?SearchTerms=powercolor%207870&ViewType=List

Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236243


 ~<DeadStickMac

[guncrasher]

most likely you wont get them for one of two reason.   they maybe out of stock, or something better will come along  .   but they look good.



semp

[The Fugitive]

Let the fun begin!

[guncrasher]

what is wrong with you.  everything is so clean, no ashtrays or trash on the floor and no beer/alcohol anywhere.  you cant build a computer like that?


semp

[MrRiplEy[H]]

what is wrong with you.  everything is so clean, no ashtrays or trash on the floor and no beer/alcohol anywhere.  you cant build a computer like that?


semp

QFT everyone knows any build project is not within spec without having at least .2 intoxication.

[Spikes]

Which i7 did you get? And how much ram?

[Butcher]

Skuzzy gave me a great piece of advice when I built my rig in February - TAKE YOUR TIME!

Took me an entire day (haven't built a rig in over 10 years...was fun learning to read Chinese english instruction manuals)

Everything was cake except for the heat sink which I never used, or SSD drives for the I7's cache.

[ACE]

With liquid cooling does it cool the video card or no?