HD 5850 or GTX 470?

gtx 470 vs hd 5850

  • Gtx 470

    Votes: 9 37.5%

  • HD 5850

    Votes: 15 62.5%
  • Total voters
    24
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iurytx

New Member
I need a new video card. I was originally going to get a gtx 470 because i have always been a nvidia user. After doing a little research the hd 5850 looks like it performs better and is cooler (big deal for me cause of my tiny case) i am uncertain about which one to get. soooo... which one should i get? Made this a poll just for the hell of it.

current pc specs:

amd phenom ii 955
asus m4a77d
8800gt and the rest of the stuff in my sig.
 
joh06937

joh06937

New Member
i would wait for the 6xxx series to come out first, but for now i'll vote for the 5850.

what power supply do you have?
 
fastdude

fastdude

Active Member
GTX470 is slightly faster than 5850, but 5850 much more efficient, less power, cheaper and runs cooler. Out of those two, the 5850. But I would either wait till the Radeon 6000 series come (soon) and get a 6850, or get a 475 when that comes out.
 
tech savvy

tech savvy

Active Member
fastdude said:
GTX470 is slightly faster than 5850, but 5850 much more efficient, less power, cheaper and runs cooler. Out of those two, the 5850. But I would either wait till the Radeon 6000 series come (soon) and get a 6850, or get a 475 when that comes out.
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i think the 6850 and 6870 replaces the 5750 and 5770, not the 5850 and 5870.
 
fastdude

fastdude

Active Member
tech savvy said:
i think the 6850 and 6870 replaces the 5750 and 5770, not the 5850 and 5870.
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Ah right, yes of course. You'll want a HD 6950, becuse that seems to be replacing the HD5850. Still, apparently HD6870 will still be faster by about 30% than HD5870
 
tech savvy

tech savvy

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fastdude said:
Ah right, yes of course. You'll want a HD 6950, becuse that seems to be replacing the HD5850. Still, apparently HD6870 will still be faster by about 30% than HD5870
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i believe that its 30% faster than the 5750 and 5770, which puts it on the performance level as the 5850 and 5870.than the 6950 and 6970 will be 30%faster than the 5850 and 5870.
 
fastdude

fastdude

Active Member
tech savvy said:
i believe that its 30% faster than the 5750 and 5770, which puts it on the performance level as the 5850 and 5870.than the 6950 and 6970 will be 30%faster than the 5850 and 5870.
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Typo'd, sorry :p
So I imagine they will be cheaper than the counterparts which they replace?
 
Aastii

Aastii

VIP Member
fastdude said:
5850 performance for 460 price, 5870 performance for 470 price... Wow AMD are gonna be happy with all the profit...
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The 6850 won't be performing the same as a 5850, at least not from information so far, it will sit in between a 5770 and 5850, basically somewhere around 5830 performance. Assuming the prices are right, and the 6850 does cost ~ the same as a 460, the 460 would still be the better choice.

And you have to remember before fermi came out how people were saying "Wow, look how amazing they are...on paper, they are going to destroy ATi all across the board" and look what happened with their power hungry, overheating pieces of crap. They did prove though that fermi isn't all lost with the 460, but just saying don't get too excited straight away and assume they will be amazing, it has happened before that the hype hasn't be given with good cause, it has happened very recently, and more than likely, it will happen again
 
fastdude

fastdude

Active Member
Aastii said:
The 6850 won't be performing the same as a 5850, at least not from information so far, it will sit in between a 5770 and 5850, basically somewhere around 5830 performance. Assuming the prices are right, and the 6850 does cost ~ the same as a 460, the 460 would still be the better choice.

And you have to remember before fermi came out how people were saying "Wow, look how amazing they are...on paper, they are going to destroy ATi all across the board" and look what happened with their power hungry, overheating pieces of crap. They did prove though that fermi isn't all lost with the 460, but just saying don't get too excited straight away and assume they will be amazing, it has happened before that the hype hasn't be given with good cause, it has happened very recently, and more than likely, it will happen again
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Fair enough
 
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87dtna

Active Member
Bravo to AMD for attempting to cause confusion and get extra sales off of it. A 6870 looks nearly identical in specs to a 5830 with a little overclock, for a good bit more money too.

The 6850 and 6870 look like a complete waste of money. Nothing is improved from the 5k series. These cards are probably gonna be as much of a flop as the gtx465.
 
Aastii

Aastii

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87dtna said:
Bravo to AMD for attempting to cause confusion and get extra sales off of it. A 6870 looks nearly identical in specs to a 5830 with a little overclock, for a good bit more money too.

The 6850 and 6870 look like a complete waste of money. Nothing is improved from the 5k series. These cards are probably gonna be as much of a flop as the gtx465.
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6850>5750
6870>5770

yes, they have improved over the 5000 cards, at least performance wise. price/performance though, i dunno, and we will see just how improved after the high end cards come out. I think it is still too early to dismiss them or pass judgment, either positive or negative. I don't think they are showing a whole lot of promise or causing a lot of excitement though to be honest, at least not the same way that the fermi cards did
 
StrangleHold

StrangleHold

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Staff member
Looks to me like.

6850>5770
6870>5830

People might as well forget the numbering scheme from the 5000 series back.
 
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