ATi HD5870 2GB Eyefinity (6) Edition Review (PCpop)

[Chickenfeed]

i didn't see any benchs

The relevance of 2GB vram should really only make a difference at multi display resolution. Only highly texture pack modded games need an excess of 1GB vram even at 2560x1600 (unless we are talking high levels of super sampling which isn't playable anyways... )and this is a trend I don't see future games changing given development is largely at the mercy of consoles and the game engines console games use.

[NapalmV5]

2gb 5870 is the card to have if you play supcom

Yeah i hope wee see normal 5870s with 2GB, thats the only reason i haven't bought a new crad.

what!?!? you 2GB!?!? you were so against it!!

The relevance of 2GB vram should really only make a difference at multi display resolution. Only highly texture pack modded games need an excess of 1GB vram even at 2560x1600 (unless we are talking high levels of super sampling which isn't playable anyways... )and this is a trend I don't see future games changing given development is largely at the mercy of consoles and the game engines console games use.

total nonsense!

you dont need 2560x1600 in order to need 2gb

i guess you havent played supcom @ 1gb/2gb

~1.7gb used @ 2gb gtx285 @ 1920x1080 no AA just high quality settings

it looks horrible on the 1gb 285 vs the 2gb

[Loque]

finally ! my ATI card needs replacement soon, for some reason its starting to artifact like crazy..

[Hornet331]

what!?!? you 2GB!?!? you were so against it!!

Wot?

I said it till the realease day that i want a 2gb card, i also got a 1gb HD4870 when everyone said it was not nececary.

[Chickenfeed]

total nonsense!

you dont need 2560x1600 in order to need 2gb

i guess you havent played supcom @ 1gb/2gb

~1.7gb used @ 2gb gtx285 @ 1920x1080 no AA just high quality settings

it looks horrible on the 1gb 285 vs the 2gb

Yes there are always exceptions but I look at the market "ON THE WHOLE" not just 1 or 2 titles. That aside Sup Comp runs and looks fine to me on 1GB cards (I play it at 1920x1200 with 8x MSAA ) so I have no idea what you are going on about.

[zalbard]

Yes there are always exceptions but I look at the market "ON THE WHOLE" not just 1 or 2 titles. That aside Sup Comp runs and looks fine to me on 1GB cards (I play it at 1920x1200 with 8x MSAA ) so I have no idea what you are going on about.

Same here, worked fine with my old 8800 Ultra 768MB @ 1920x1200 4x MSAA on maxed settings. No denial that the game is very CPU hungry, though.

[Xcel]

i guess you havent played supcom @ 1gb/2gb

~1.7gb used @ 2gb gtx285 @ 1920x1080 no AA just high quality settings

it looks horrible on the 1gb 285 vs the 2gb

Show some benches otherwise it's just puff, what do you mean looks horrible on 1gb, fps wise?

No stuttering for me with 512mb vram @ 2560x1600 4xaa, compared to Grid which actaully gives you horrible performance using 4xaa and only 512mb vram.