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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: SIK1 on January 27, 2011, 11:04:34 AM
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I've been considering upgrading my video card with this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150447&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL012711&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL012711-_-EMC-012711-Index-_-DesktopGraphicsVideoCards-_-14150447-L0B ,and now it's on sale.
I'm currently running a 8800 gts. It does alright in AH (fr's consistently 50-60), but does struggle some in fs9 when the eye candy is turned up.
Would I notice any improvement with this card? Would there be any benefit running two of these in crossfire, or would it be better to look at a single card in the $250 price range. Actually a little more than I can afford, but that's how it is when you're feeding an addiction. :uhoh
Asus P5e
E8400 3.0 GHz
4GB DDR2
850w
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Yes it's a pretty good improvement. One benchmark I saw puts the 8800GTS at "1007" and the ATI5770 at "1588" so if you believe in benchmarks, that's about a 50% improvement.
I built a computer for a squaddie with a limited budget (from donations from other squaddies) and he got a very comparable system to yours.. except with an AMD processor (3.2 Rigor IIRC) and a 5770 video card, and I have to say.. I was VERY impressed.
Turning off Vsync (for testing purposes) and flying around at 1920X1080, 1024 textures + Hidef, FULL AA, all graphics maxed, all advanced options on except other's shadows, and with 4096 self shadows I couldn't get it to drop below 100fps no matter what I tried. (Of course it drops to 60FPS with Vsync on again).
Yes you WILL notice a huge improvement in FS9. I have FSX and when I upgraded from my 9800GTX (very close in performance to your 8800GTS) to my 5830 (only slightly better than a 5770) it was like pressing the turbo button on a 386 computer! (If you don't get that just take my word for it.. HUGE improvement).
I'm not sure if I would consider crossfiring a pair of 5770's.. I think I'd go for a single 5870 or 6870 over two 5770's... or maybe even a single GTX470.
Regardless, make sure you clean off all traces of Nvidia before installing the ATI drivers.. A lot of people claim this is causing issues. Mine wasn't a problem though.
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+1 for the 5770.
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I just dropped in a GTX470 yesterday and it blows my old GTX260 out of the water by any and all stretches of imagination. I haven't gotten in a good furball yet but last FSO (frame 1 I think) I was in an LA-5 when 109s started slamming into the dirt like meteors falling from the sky and my frame rate dropped from 55fps down to 12fps for a good 10-20 seconds. The one fight I was in yesterday in the DA my frame rate stayed up at 60fps on my 27' Samsung P2770 monitor with full textures and high res pack as well.
I am liking this puppy but now its getting to be time to update the CPU.
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Just got a 6870 , it's very good . :aok
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5850 and its more than 50% more powerful and it needs less power and runs cooler and the price difference is negligible considering the performance difference to 5770.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131386&cm_re=5850-_-14-131-386-_-Product
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