The Official HD 5800 Series Review thread

[SIrPauly]

I don't know where to post this:

But there is a patch for Shift and a read about its performance benefits for AMD products:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1130/1/

EA said that the new game patch increases ATI graphics card support in general and we confirmed that as well by noting a 26% performance increase by updating the game and installing the latest beta driver by ATI.

[caveman-jim]

Rage3D Sapphire HD5850 1GB Review

[Sasquach]

My case rules, i think i can fit a 5870x2 inside Theres still some wiggle room after i put my 5870 in it.

[moshpit]

My MSI 5870 is too large for the case. I had to remove my HD drive bay and my two hard drives are hanging outsite the case. Watch out if you plan to buy a 5870 that you have enough room in your case. It's a good 2-3 inches longer than the 4870.
-Kat

This is definately a fair point. I'm using a monster of a tower case, and if these cards were any longer at all, they'd be inside the drive bays.

[cmar]

My MSI 5870 is too large for the case. I had to remove my HD drive bay and my two hard drives are hanging outsite the case. Watch out if you plan to buy a 5870 that you have enough room in your case. It's a good 2-3 inches longer than the 4870.

I was considering one now, and then a second later 5770's I guess this now confirms this for me. A 4890 or 4870X2 will just fit in my case.

[jam2k]

Added PCPop's 5870 Eyefinity Edition review.

[caveman-jim]

Rage3D's Sapphire HD5870 Vapor-X review (and 'HD5900' simluation!)

[jam2k]

Thanks, added to the main list.

[SIrPauly]

Here is a review of Sapphire Vapor X card:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/25111-sapphire-radeon-hd-5870-vapor-x-1gb-review.html

[{0}Salamander{0}]

Sorry for perhaps asking a stoopid question, but what tools are people using to overclock this card? Is there a tool to increase clockspeeds and voltages or do you have to use two different tools for each?

[Exposed]

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-RADEON-5870-Express-HD587AZNF9/dp/B002Q5V704/ref=sr_1_2/184-9863787-2668633?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1255551140&sr=1-2

Don't you just love marketing? Take a look a the DX10/DX11 comparison pics, and the bit about tessellaton concerning cloth and wind interaction

[jam2k]

Thanks for splitting the thread !

BTW we might need a 59xx thread sooner than expected

[Lupine]

jam2k, do you want us to split the 57xx stuff into a separate thread, or have this one renamed to to include both 58xx & 57xx?

EDIT: HD 5700 discussion - GO HERE!

[jam2k]

If you want to add it to the list my 5850 review has been posted on my blog..

5850... The Dragon Gets Some Teeth

Thanks, added to the list.

[meerkat154]

My MSI 5870 is too large for the case. I had to remove my HD drive bay and my two hard drives are hanging outsite the case. Watch out if you plan to buy a 5870 that you have enough room in your case. It's a good 2-3 inches longer than the 4870.
-Kat

[Crisler]

If you want to add it to the list my 5850 review has been posted on my blog..

5850... The Dragon Gets Some Teeth

[jam2k]

1920x1200 8xAA / 16xAF

- 5850 %33 faster than 4870
- 5850 %20 faster than GTX 285


Link

[Moskus]

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.

I had 2 4870 in crossfire, now im using 1 5870, and that gave me 10-20% performance boost + the games looks better on the samme settings.

[Treeckcold57]

Reviews and availability please.

Not yet. But here's link for ya.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15838/1/

[jam2k]

Reviews and availability please.

[Treeckcold57]

Looks like ATI Radeon 5770/5750 should be out on October 8.

[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.

[spyre]

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

[KAC]

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

[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/

[Sasquach]

see sig

[Dungeoncrawler]

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

[spyre]

Phenom 2 940

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

[Final8ty]

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

[john dolan]

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

[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?

[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!

[{0}Salamander{0}]

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

Thats the one I have ordered aswell.

[dnottis]

nm, wrong thread

[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.