The Official HD 5800 Series Review thread

[ThereIsASpoon]

I'd like to see a review where they overclock it to 5870 and above levels...

[Dacs]

Summary:

Thanks Catapostrophé@SA:

nVidia forums
"The purpose of these forums is the discussion of NVIDIA's products and services. If you wish to discuss ATI products and services at length, you'll need to do it at their forums. [Thread locked.]"

[JesterOnYer6]

I am starting to beleive nVidia shot it's wad with the G80 architecture and they don't have anything at this moment that can handle these cards. The 5850 in Xfire is my next setup unless the 5870X2 is priced right.

[Dacs]

Guys you might be interested with this utility (from Guru3D) that can adjust the voltage of any 5800 cards.

I tried with mine (HIS) and it works perfectly.

[badsykes]

Wow techpowerup actually was right with their conversion...The 5870 is overpriced.Special delivery for people that just go to the "best" .........At 250$ i might change my 4850...

[Final8ty]

5870X2 installed.


Man size.
No case specs

[Emmet Otter]

Can you xfire two 5870x2's?

[jam2k]

Of course, just like 4870x2 & 3870x2.

[Emmet Otter]

Of course, just like 4870x2 & 3870x2.

KICK ASS! Thats what i really want now!!

I hope it would come out this month

That thing is bigger than the MB

[ragewars_sc]

KICK ASS! Thats what i really want now!!

I hope it would come out this month

That thing is bigger than the MB

I think its the same size as my 4850x2

[hobs0n]

I so want a 5870 now

Really considering buying one tomorrow

Since I have a 3870x2, is it worth getting a 5850 instead?

[Treeckcold57]

I so want a 5870 now

Really considering buying one tomorrow

Since I have a 3870x2, is it worth getting a 5850 instead?

What resolution do you have now? Do you want to have more AA with higher performance? Go with 5870. Why not? But if you want to save a bit more $$. Then go with 5850. Its great price/performance.

[hobs0n]

Im running 1920x1200 but I always lover it when running new games since the 3870x2 has only 512mb ram and it really cant handle 1920x1200 well :/

I never use AA/FSAA/whattayellyallcallingit since I rally cant see the use of it But with the 58xx series it might be worth it since it seems so little performance decrease

Btw, any idea to try to sell the 3870x2?

[koralis]

I never use AA/FSAA/whattayellyallcallingit since I rally cant see the use of it

Jagged edges bug the hell out of me. I'd rather have AA than higher resolution.

[john dolan]

Just got my 5870 this morning.It replaced my 4870 x2.Runs much quieter and cooler than the x2.Ran a few benches and they are about even speed wise with the 5870 just edging it with dx10 vantage but the x2 just ahead in 3dmark06.Crysis warhead played better much slicker and seemed to look nicer and played for about a hour on highest settings doing 40 to 50 fps.Bring on dx11 cant wait.Temp running warhead maxed at 60c and its now running 38c idle where my x2 would run 60c idle and 90 load and sound like a jet on takeoff.

[meerkat154]

Just got my 5870 this morning.It replaced my 4870 x2.Runs much quieter and cooler than the x2.Ran a few benches and they are about even speed wise with the 5870 just edging it with dx10 vantage but the x2 just ahead in 3dmark06.Crysis warhead played better much slicker and seemed to look nicer and played for about a hour on highest settings doing 40 to 50 fps.Bring on dx11 cant wait.Temp running warhead maxed at 60c and its now running 38c idle where my x2 would run 60c idle and 90 load and sound like a jet on takeoff.

Which one did you get? I just ordered the new MSI and going from a 4870 which runs hot as hell.
-Kat

[SirBaron]

The 5850 is a pretty nice card, £200 too which is pretty cheap... though not $250 cheap.

[Arrowslinger]

Summary:


nVidia forums
"The purpose of these forums is the discussion of NVIDIA's products and services. If you wish to discuss ATI products and services at length, you'll need to do it at their forums. [Thread locked.]"

LMAO

They seem to have had no issues with ATI posts until it appears some of the nvidia faithful are jumping ship

[{0}Salamander{0}]

I have just ordered a 5870, Sapphire - which was the only one in stock actually.

I hope it fits my case.

LMAO

They seem to have had no issues with ATI posts until it appears some of the nvidia faithful are jumping ship

"Damage control" I think is the appropriate phrase at the moment.

Though im sure their GT300 GPU will be very quick, almost certainly quicker than the RV870.

[Arrowslinger]

I have just ordered a 5870, Sapphire - which was the only one in stock actually.

I hope it fits my case.



"Damage control" I think is the appropriate phrase at the moment.

Though im sure their GT300 GPU will be very quick, almost certainly quicker than the RV870.

I agree and thought it funny thread went from speculation to the benchmarks, shortly after the lock went on

[spyre]

hacksaw a bit off of the end if it doesn't, seems to work for Nvidias new card

[john dolan]

Which one did you get? I just ordered the new MSI and going from a 4870 which runs hot as hell.
-Kat

Ive got the sapphire card.Its the only version that overclockers have in stock.

[dnottis]

nm, wrong thread

[{0}Salamander{0}]

Ive got the sapphire card.Its the only version that overclockers have in stock.

Thats the one I have ordered aswell.

[hobs0n]

Jagged edges bug the hell out of me. I'd rather have AA than higher resolution.

Well, we all have different taste


I got my Sapphire 5870 now

And DAMN what a difference! Only game I tried so far that I played on the 3870x2 is Stalker and now it runs at 1920x1200 (ran 1680x1050 before) and maximum settings and its smooth like butter

Just installed Aion and its also smooth as butter at maxium

AND the card is MUCH quiter and much cooler too!

[Shapeshifter]

Well, we all have different taste


I got my Sapphire 5870 now

And DAMN what a difference! Only game I tried so far that I played on the 3870x2 is Stalker and now it runs at 1920x1200 (ran 1680x1050 before) and maximum settings and its smooth like butter

Just installed Aion and its also smooth as butter at maxium

AND the card is MUCH quiter and much cooler too!

I ordered the same one, Did you get the two games as well?

[john dolan]

Here is my resident evil 5 benchmark http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/207...0400010822.png
maxed gfx dx10 4xAA 1680x1050

[Final8ty]

I hope ATI are looking into the 3D clocks in window mode issue.

[hobs0n]

I ordered the same one, Did you get the two games as well?

I havent checked the box yet The guy at the store said that Dirt 2 is included tho

[john dolan]

Mine came with Battlestations Pacific and a voucher for Dirt 2.Had a quick look at Battlestations but stopped playing it after 5 minutes as it didn't grab me.

[spyre]

Don't ever flash a 5870's BIOS it is a nightmare getting it working correctly as I found out today.

2D clock speeds will be raised when 120Mhz monitors are used as the current 2D clock speed isn't good enough. That is currently in progress.

@ Final8ty

No why would they? since it has always worked like that on previous cards. If you dont want it like that then use the new amdgpuclock util which supports 58xx cards. You can't change the voltage with that though so you need to be careful.

[Dungeoncrawler]

What procs are you guys using? I've been hesitant to unbox mine and stick in my pc with a c2d due to some of the reviews indicating the proc will hold it back.

[Crippler]

What procs are you guys using? I've been hesitant to unbox mine and stick in my pc with a c2d due to some of the reviews indicating the proc will hold it back.

Same here.

Got a 4870 1GB and looking to get a 5850. Running a E6750 Core 2 Duo and wondering if its worth the upgrade.

[spyre]

Phenom 2 940

[Dungeoncrawler]

Guess I could just break-down and buy a quad. You can get a 2.88 Ghz for about 150 bucks.

[Sasquach]

see sig

[Blacklash]

MSI's Afterburner is nice. I'm up to 1030|1300 on my HD 5870 so far. That's worth 18.1k GPU using the performance setting in Vantage.

http://img5.imageshack.us/i/van1kgpu.jpg/

[KAC]

Does the 5870 eat more powa than a 4870? How about 5850 powa requirements?

[spyre]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5870,2422-20.html

[Sasquach]

Does the 5870 eat more powa than a 4870? How about 5850 powa requirements?

Idle power is lower, Load is higher for the 5870
Lower idle and either equal or lower load for the 5850 is my guess.