The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

[PaganII]

Don't have a 5870 yet but for my 4870 CF rig I mounted a 250mm side fan to cool all the MB silicon and V cards. Some of those little chips get very hot.

[gmod]

Would 2 5870's be faster than my 2 gtx295's single pcb versions.. or would i need a 3rd one...Running on the Evga 760 Classified..

[Lightman]

Would 2 5870's be faster than my 2 gtx295's single pcb versions.. or would i need a 3rd one...Running on the Evga 760 Classified..

it depends on games you will play, but 80% of titles would be faster on 2x5870 because there is less scaling issues with 2 GPU's than with 4 GPU's.

[zalbard]

Would 2 5870's be faster than my 2 gtx295's single pcb versions.. or would i need a 3rd one...Running on the Evga 760 Classified..

Will be faster in every single game once they tweak the drivers for Crossfire support.

[Sh1tyMcGee]

Yeah, im going to pick up another 5870 when prices drop.

[okorop]

Yeah, im going to pick up another 5870 when prices drop.

me too but I know myself, tomorrow I will finally have one and the day after I will buy the second

[loften]

they have a few at the egg now.. looks like some went up in price though..

[***Deimos***]

Would 2 5870's be faster than my 2 gtx295's single pcb versions.. or would i need a 3rd one...Running on the Evga 760 Classified..

Depends on MANY things.

Some games heavily optimized for nVidia will always be faster on nVIdia cards and vice versa.

Some games work well with SLI. Some dont. Likewise for CF.

Only way to tell is to bench it

[gmod]

So if i ran 3 5870's there wouldnt be any question they are faster then..right..

[rusty]

any eta on 5870 x2 ?

[wez]

any eta on 5870 x2 ?

Late October afaik..

[rusty]

awesome, makes me horns ball :>

[Helloworld_98]

Late October afaik..

well that's for one of the X2 cards, I'd be guessing they'd release the 5850 X2 in October to stir up the market and then when GT300 comes out they'll drop in the 5870 X2.

[gurneyhck]

well that's for one of the X2 cards, I'd be guessing they'd release the 5850 X2 in October to stir up the market and then when GT300 comes out they'll drop in the 5870 X2.

It is still not certain if there will be a 5850X2.
And I do think the 5870X2 will be here within a month.

[wez]

well that's for one of the X2 cards, I'd be guessing they'd release the 5850 X2 in October to stir up the market and then when GT300 comes out they'll drop in the 5870 X2.

Well that makes sense in a way I guess, but hope you are wrong

[Helloworld_98]

Well that makes sense in a way I guess, but hope you are wrong

well AMD will go the way which makes the most revenue for them, so unless the GT300 comes out before whenever they plan for the 5850 X2 to come out, I assure you that if the 5850 X2 is real, we'll see it first.

[wez]

well AMD will go the way which makes the most revenue for them, so unless the GT300 comes out before whenever they plan for the 5850 X2 to come out, I assure you that if the 5850 X2 is real, we'll see it first.

But haven’t ATI pretty much always preferred to released their stronger cards first, and then lower end parts later on? Or am I mixing things up? (wouldn't surprise me... )

And wouldn’t a 5850x2 sort of compete with the 5870? That’s what making me doubt it a little, I have however not seen any info on the performance of two 5850’s in cfx yet..

Either way October should be an interesting month

[Scooby]

I found this image surfing and not sure this is legit but if it is it looks like we all going to be very happy.

[Helloworld_98]

But haven’t ATI pretty much always preferred to released their stronger cards first, and then lower end parts later on? Or am I mixing things up? (wouldn't surprise me... )

And wouldn’t a 5850x2 sort of compete with the 5870? That’s what making me doubt it a little, I have however not seen any info on the performance of two 5850’s in cfx yet..

Either way October should be an interesting month

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...ossFire/2.html

they have simulated 5850 CF results in there as well, they have a nice lead over the 5870.

[Scooby]

Sorry if posted already but if not here you go.

AMD/ATI Releases Hotfixed Drivers for 5800 Series Video Cards

Those lucky few owners of ATI’s new Radeon HD 5800 series video cards, may find themselves in a bit of a bind if trying to install the latest Catalyst 9.9 drivers, as it does not officially support the Cypress series chips yet.

As such, this morning AMD has opened up a hotfixed driver package to the public, to tide owners over until the release of the Catalyst 9.10 which should bring full compatibility under one driver. The fix is intended for Vista and Windows 7, available in both 32bit and 64bit flavours. It supports both the HD 5870 and HD 5850

SOURCE: www.hardwarecanucks.com

It can be downloaded directly from AMD here:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...icsdriver.aspx

[JoeBar]

It is still not certain if there will be a 5850X2.
And I do think the 5870X2 will be here within a month.

My guessing is the same also. I highly doubt that we'll see a 5850X2 since 4850X2 was abandoned more or less. As for 5870X2, i believe that ATI would release it one day before GT300 official release...

[Demthios]

They've already leaked images of the 5850x2 floating around the net. No idea on when they will be dropped but hopefully by then I'll have the cash to spring for one!

[hurleybird]

Sorry if posted already but if not here you go.


SOURCE: www.hardwarecanucks.com

It can be downloaded directly from AMD here:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...icsdriver.aspx

Those are just the RC6 drivers that everyone has been using.

[Your_Boss]

So going by Tech Reports x-fire numbers of the 5870 and 5850(simulated), would an actual 5870x2's performance be somewhere inbetween those two x-fire results?

Any speculation on this?

I only think this because the x2 will most likely be downclocked to 5850 speeds but still have the 1600 shaders of each 5870.

Or anyone think it will be faster than 5870 in x-fire..maybe because of some other reason?

[jaredpace]

Those are just the RC6 drivers that everyone has been using.

best place to find the newest drivers as soon as they come out is guru3d forums ati -drivers section