Howdy all, I've finally persuaded the missus to allow me to replace my aging Q6600, Asus P5Q Deluxe and 4GB DDR2-800 with a shiny new i5-3570k, 8GB DDR3-1800 and maybe an msi-z77a-gd65. My next quest is to persuade her to allow me to replace my age’d 4870X2, but I'm so long out of the loop I don't know which modern cards are of similar performance, to give me a rough benchmark to work from. Where does a 4870X2 fit on today's lineup? Thanks in advance Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Are you asking what the equivalent would be? A 690 or a 7970x2. Or are you asking how fast your card is compared to today's cards? Not very I'm afraid. There is a good card for every budget now so let us know what you've got to play with and we can help you out.
Uhh, the 4870x2 was as good or better than the 5870, which, while somewhat dated now is equivilent to the 6870/7850. In terms of a good upgrade, you'll want to be looking at the 7950, 7970 or GTX 670, if you want to switch teams. There's probably not much point in waiting, as it looks like the AMD 8xxx series won't launch till at least q1 2013 and I imagine the 7xx series will follow 5+ months after
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html Even with the 7850 and just below the 660ti, but with much more heat and power consumption. Real question is, with it installed in your new system do the games you play lag? @Parge 690 isn't equivalent, it costs nearly 2x what the 4870x2 did when it was released! It's the same idea, but tier-wise it's not the same imo.
Thanks all for the responses. I suspected 4870X2~5870~6870. The parts haven't arrived yet so not sure yet. Has anyone else noticed their Radeon collapses when it tries to AA volumetric smoke? If this is a general Radeon problem I'd be happy moving to NVidia. I'm no fan boy either way (had 8800GTS, 8800GT, 4870X2) I'd be looking for performance to comfortably beat the 4870X2, allow 1920x1200 gaming with higher settings and 2xAA. What’s the status of Crossfire/SLI these days? I remember it being terrible a while back, but a quick Google seems to give favorable results now. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Im not sure what your budget is, but a 7850 plays everything at full settings at 1080p at (in my opinion) playable fps. After a few recent price drops, they are also fairly cheap. I also haven't noticed it crashing when trying to AA volumetric smoke (not even sure what that is).
Depends how long you want it to last as well really. 670 will do you for a few years but 7850 will probably need an upgrade sooner
I went from a 4870x2 to a 670. It handles games quite well on high settings at 1920x1080. Im very happy with it.
I was looking at the 670, I've managed (amazingly!) to commute £300 from the fancy shoe fund to the gfx fund so that's the budget. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
How would you guys say the 7970 stacks up against the 670? Seems to top it on all specs, and only a little more expensive. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
You can't really compare specs directly, and the answer to your question is basically 'it depends what games you are playing'. I play a lot of BF3 - in which NVidia is a lot faster, so I bought a 670. Anyway, take a look at this for a direct comparison
Cool, nice link. Looks pretty close tbh. Two 7850 2GB come to about the same price as a single 7970, anyone know how these would compare? Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Avoid SLI if you ask me, twice the heat, twice the powerconsumption, not twice the frame rates, and microstutter a-go-go.
If you work on 60-70% scaling, the performance will be similar, with all the added pain that multi-GPU brings. I wouldn't bother TBH. A single fast card should be plenty.
The scaling looks much better than it uses to, but microstutter still being a problem is unacceptable. Think I'll go 7970. Thanks all for the help, shiny PC here we come Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
