HD Radeon 5970 - Possible Upgrade?
By
funnyhalo,
Posted on: 2010-08-16 19:18 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Quote:
if you are going to upgrade "now" with Multi-gpu in mind, go with the GTX 460 in SLI. |
Originally Posted by funnyhalo
Apologies if this is the inncorrect forum.
Right now, I am running on a intel quad-core, 260 GTX Sli. I heard the 5870 was good, and just realized they have the 5970. Would it beat my GTX 260 in sli mode? I'm looking at the 2GB model, not the 4 GB. |
You'll save a ton of cash compared to the 5970... and the GTX 460 in 2X SLI is actually as fast, if not faster in many games, than the almost year old 5970 and 5870 in 2X Crossfire.
The GTX 460 not as fast in games where multi-gpu support doesn't really work... like City of Heroes. In single GPU modes the base GTX 460 can only really keep pace with the RadeonHD 5830, while the 1gb model can fit in somewhere between the 5830 and the 5850. Still, a single GTX 460 1gb is more powerful than GTX 260 SLI.
If you don't mind waiting though... AMD has already announced they won't be doing a product refresh on the 5x00 series line-up. They'll be going straight into the 6000 series... and rumor has it the 6000 series will launch on the 5x00 series one year birthdate... which is next month.
We don't know yet, for certain, that the $200~$230 RadeonHD 6x00 card will be able to keep up with the GTX 460 in multi-gpu modes... so waiting till next month does not mean you'll get a better card for the same price-point.
Apologies if this is the inncorrect forum.
Right now, I am running on a intel quad-core, 260 GTX Sli. I heard the 5870 was good, and just realised they have the 5970. Would it beat my GTX 260 in sli mode? I'm looking at the 2GB model, not the 4 GB.
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