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Hi guy's I am in the market for a new gpu and the 2 I am thinking of are.....

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCS-XR585T1 

and....

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCK-XNGTX47O12 

 

Cant decide which would be better. At the moment I have A Radeon HD5750 and it is ok but runs very hot when I am playing BO

 



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the geforce 470 is a good card have to read more on it .but i like nvidia



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I have a Sapphire HD5770 Toxic which I am very happy with.

I would never go for a xx50 serie of Radeon, but that is just my opinion. I expect that AMD is going to drop the prices very soon, because of the releases of NVidia and Christmas time.

 

I always like to use this as referals and use the pulldown menu's of it:

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=633&card2=613

 



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Baldiemeat look into the ATI HD6870 I got it for my son on an I5 system and he is getting from 100 to 160 FPS in Black Ops and it is cheaper than the HD5850



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if yu have the money i'd buy HD 4870 X2 .. alot of raw power which i like since all them new games need a good card to run them so it would be a long term investment.

 



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if yu have the money i'd buy HD 4870 X2 .. alot of raw power which i like since all them new games need a good card to run them so it would be a long term investment.

 

I would love to go with 2 cards but my MB only has one slot......

here is a brief glimpse of what I have so far see if this helps......

 

AMD Phenom ii x4 955 3.2GHz

Biostar TA79OGX-B3 motherboard

4 GB DDR3 RAM

RADEON HD 5750 gpu

and at the moment win7 32bit but intend to go 64bit when I GET A NEW GRAPHICS CARD LOL



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The HD 4870 X2 is one card and one slot ;)

Just two GPU's on the board.

 

Please don't go for a 5750 as I said above like xx50's are lesser performance giving cards for one slot.

The page above, is that the website where you guys in the UK order stuff?

 

 

/Edit: http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCA-XR5872H1

 



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The HD 4870 X2 is one card and one slot ;)

Just two GPU's on the board.

 

Please don't go for a 5750 as I said above like xx50's are lesser performance giving cards for one slot.

The page above, is that the website where you guys in the UK order stuff?

 

 

/Edit: http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCA-XR5872H1

 

 Cheers mate that proves I am an Idiot lol and I think that will be the one I will go with Thanks to everyone for your imput ...



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The GTX570 WILL be out soon, in December actually, which might create price drops on GTX470s...I don't like GTX470s for the simple fact that they are power hogs and run warm as hell. The fan is spinning fast to cool down that beast and it's noisy.

 

Other than that the GTX470 is a good performer. GTX570 will run cooler...

 

But of the two cards you pointed at, the 470 is faster than the HD5850...

 

GTX470 load temps:

 

gtx470 load temps.png

 

HD5850 Load temps:

 

hd5850 load temps.png

 

It's in celsius of course...

 

I canceled my GTX470 pre-order when it  came out, when I figured the temperatures and the NOISE!!! out. I bought a HD5870 instead (10% faster than GTX470 in MOST games), but cooler.

I like nVIDIA, but I'd either got for a GTX460 (mid-range card) or a Radeon HD6870 (already mentioned by above poster), or wait for GTX570 (december)....price drops also on HD5850, HD5870, GTX470 and GTX480

 

My two cents...



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Nividia 480
Ati 5870
Nividia 470
ATI 6870
ATi 5850
Nividia 460


that's list in approximate order of performance ..in midrange cards



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Posted
X-RayXI

The HD 4870 X2 is one card and one slot ;)

Just two GPU's on the board.

 

Please don't go for a 5750 as I said above like xx50's are lesser performance giving cards for one slot.

The page above, is that the website where you guys in the UK order stuff?

 

 

/Edit: http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCA-XR5872H1

 

I have two 4870x2 cards that I tried to run in quad fire. Great cards but quad fire just does not work. I hope some day ATI/AMD can come out with a driver to support that.



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Sry Larsin,

 

you forgot the GTX580 that just came out on November 11th!

It's a nice card, and it runs cooler than GTX480, while being 15% more powerful.

 

WIZID, Those cards were nice also, and I agree that AMD HAS to work on Crossfire scalability...but I think you can run two HD5970 can't you? Dunno about the particular case of the Hd4870X2 tho...

 

All in all, with ATI/AMD, you dont want to go more that 2 cards (or two chips) for that matter...to stay out of trouble...

 

nVIDIA SLI scales so much better



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def the GCS-XR585T1  is better than the second one

 



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If you wanna donate your old 5750 to a worth cause baldie, i'm sure i can find a home for it, my old 9800 struggles with even WAW :)



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If you wanna donate your old 5750 to a worth cause baldie, i'm sure i can find a home for it, my old 9800 struggles with even WAW :)

 Ok mate its yours as soon as I can get my replacement which should be at the end of this month when I get paid Smile



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dont forget that latest games run a lot on cpu

ur system got to be 'balanced' for optimum 'enjoyability' :)

black ops is a good example of this, people with high end cards but midrange or low cpus dont have more fps than someone with a good cpu and middle range card.



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dont forget that latest games run a lot on cpu

ur system got to be 'balanced' for optimum 'enjoyability' :)

black ops is a good example of this, people with high end cards but midrange or low cpus dont have more fps than someone with a good cpu and middle range card.

 

Would you call an AMD Phenom ll x4 955 3.20 GHz a reasonable cpu ?



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I'd say yes.

The Phenom II is almost equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Quad in Socket 775, which is pretty good. It's less powerful than a Core i5 or i7,  but it's still a pretty good gaming CPU...

 

 

www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

 



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I'd say yes.

The Phenom II is equivalent to an Intel Core2Quad in Socket 775. It's less powerful than a Core i5 or i7, but it's still a pretty good gaming CPU...

 Cheers mate that makes me feel a bit better lol

 



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baldiemeat
evool
if yu have the money i'd buy HD 4870 X2 .. alot of raw power which i like since all them new games need a good card to run them so it would be a long term investment.

 

I would love to go with 2 cards but my MB only has one slot......

here is a brief glimpse of what I have so far see if this helps......

 

AMD Phenom ii x4 955 3.2GHz

Biostar TA79OGX-B3 motherboard

4 GB DDR3 RAM

RADEON HD 5750 gpu

and at the moment win7 32bit but intend to go 64bit when I GET A NEW GRAPHICS CARD LOL

yep mate its one card with two Gpu's on board .. my friend has one and its fucking awesome .. it'll be my next card in the near future.



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CplMOFO

Sry Larsin,

 

you forgot the GTX580 that just came out on November 11th!

It's a nice card, and it runs cooler than GTX480, while being 15% more powerful.

 

WIZID, Those cards were nice also, and I agree that AMD HAS to work on Crossfire scalability...but I think you can run two HD5970 can't you? Dunno about the particular case of the Hd4870X2 tho...

 

All in all, with ATI/AMD, you dont want to go more that 2 cards (or two chips) for that matter...to stay out of trouble...

 

nVIDIA SLI scales so much better

 I wouldn't call the 580 and 5970 midrange cards As of now there top of line , But you pay for that big time..



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Oh Larsin,

 

i was refering to the HD6870 and GTX460 as high midrange cards...($250 avg)

 

The GTX580 and HD5970 are indeed top dogs!!!

 

Now, let's see how the new AMD HD6970 (HD5870 successor) fares against the GTX580....just curious...the HD6990 (HD5970 successor with dual-GPU) will be interesting to watch...

 

If I was upgrading my monitor, I would like to grab a better, faster card, but on a 22" at 1680 X 1050, my XFX HD5870 is still more than enough...



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Interesting thread, this!  If the prices are to drop after Christmas, that'd offset the 2.5% increase in VAT (sales tax).

 

I shall have to wait for the anniversary of this machine before any upgrade here, however...



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Interesting thread, this!  If the prices are to drop after Christmas, that'd offset the 2.5% increase in VAT (sales tax).

 

I shall have to wait for the anniversary of this machine before any upgrade here, however...

 Your right DEEJAYKEG I have learned more in this one post than i could ever imagined thats why I love being an Idiot this familly Rocks Smile



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hey phantom can i have you 9800 im doing a computer build for a member and need a gfx card pleas! wen u get that ati card


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