does it worth upgrading to HD5850 from GTX275?
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does it worth upgrading to HD5850 from GTX275?
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About 20% faster.
Last edited by Blkout; 11-11-2009 at 09:05 AM.
Would depend on the game,but most likely no won't make much difference imo.
bout 15% faster apart from the dx11 there won"t be much difference i would wait abit for price drops your gtx 275 will play anything.
Probably not. 275 to 5870 is worth it though, at least it was in my case. I run at 2560x1600 res.
Last edited by zshadow; 11-12-2009 at 12:32 AM.
I have a gtx285 and im swaping for a HD5850 .. gona OC it to 900 24/7 on a scythe MUSASHI and there you go !
Gona use my GTX285 on my HTPC since im running Games on a 1080P screen.
Like its been told, GTX275 vs HD5850 its about 15% faster. Something nice !
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Sure it is. Especially if you OC it. It's a great card.
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Yes, because one is more awesome that the other.
OR
Because of this:
(Yes you're reading it right, thats not a 275, that's a 285)
Perkam
exactly perkam, the 4890 is 3 FPS slower, so how would 2 4890's still be slower than one 5850?
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Remember that its also a DX11 upgrade. OP is gona be rdy for DX11 + a futur HD5850 CF. This would leave him at least 1+ year ( i hope ) of gaming with only a HD5850 to add later.
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so you are telling me that a lowly 4870x2 is now faster than 4890 in crossfire? so according to this new math 4890's in crossfire are slower than a 4870x2 and a 5850, even though all logic and reviews, and personal tests show the opposite?
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(4) intel x25m RAID 0
CPU loop, EK supreme HF, EK mobo block, 500MM bitspower res, 2 DDC 3.25's on XSPC top, 2 XSPC RX 360's, 1 XSPC RX 480, GPU loop, EK water blocks, with nickel backs, 2 swiftech mcr 320's, 500MM bitspower res, ddc 3.25, XSPC top all with 1850 RPM gentle typhoons
plus many other rigs.
I didn't say it wouldn't be an improvement. The question was is it worth it to upgrade. At 1920x1080, I think a GTX275 suffices. It's not worth paying the price premium for a 5850 when pretty much everything is still playable at max on your current card apart from Crysis.
hmm well maybe it is true, I just don't see how it is possible. I have yet to see a 5870 be faster than 4890 crossfire, but this 5850 is? I am so confused.
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(3) ATI 5870's@ 1062Mhz
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(4) intel x25m RAID 0
CPU loop, EK supreme HF, EK mobo block, 500MM bitspower res, 2 DDC 3.25's on XSPC top, 2 XSPC RX 360's, 1 XSPC RX 480, GPU loop, EK water blocks, with nickel backs, 2 swiftech mcr 320's, 500MM bitspower res, ddc 3.25, XSPC top all with 1850 RPM gentle typhoons
plus many other rigs.
FAT NO!, not worth the hassle, price or it's ugliness, plus there's no apps to run and with the developers being so console biased chances are there won't be anything substantial for a longtime... i would even go as far as to say not until next generation of consoles are out! Nvidia fanboy i'm, i was going to say wait and see what Nvidia has to offer, but by the looks of this drought on PC gamers, its a FAT NO!
Btw was going to upgrade for MW2 to get some nice FPS, but with consoles commands being out i think the frame rates are capped so it would be pointless.
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I personally went from an 8800GT to a GTX275 to a 5850 then to a 5850 + 8800GT for PhysX and now I have a GTX 295.
The upgrade from the 8800GT to the GTX275 was huge. (I even tried them both together after the 5850, not that great)
There was a small performance increase going from the 275 to the 5850, but I lost PhysX (and missed it) so I added the 8800GT.
That was a pain in the ass and I decided I did not want dual graphics cards, so I went with the GTX295. So far I am happy.
I use 3DMark Vantage and Batman Arkham Asylum as my benchmarks.
*edit - with the scarcity of HD58xx stuff right now, and the lack of DX11 titles (and proof of its value) I would stick with the 275 unless it's not able to keep up with your demands. (I'd add a second 275 before I switched to a 5850)
Last edited by pezcore; 11-15-2009 at 06:47 PM.
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get a 5870
and batman is kinda pointless as nvidia has blocked AMD from AA, so basicly it sould NOT be trusted as a *benchmark*
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