ATI HD 5870

[speak_easy]

Should i go with the PCS+ version of the 5850 or the stock (from any vendor)?

or is there any other custom 5850 PCB's out there?

[Tau31]

Kinda deciding whether to wait for Fermi or get a 5870...

[zappo]

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Tau31 opened his big mouth to say:
Kinda deciding whether to wait for Fermi or get a 5870...

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get the 5870. its superb

[SmithersPrime]

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zappo opened his big mouth to say:
get the 5870. its superb

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This.

[Clerick]

I say wait for Fermi even though I'm a big ati fan. Although if you need a card asap hd5870 will last a long while.

[SMB]

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zappo opened his big mouth to say:
get the 5870. its superb

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whatever you say, nerd

[Thom Berghain]

I wouldn't get the amd 5 series as they have a lot of issues. there seems to be some inherent flaw in the hardware. Wait for a refresh.

[entity]

depends on the brand I guess, mine is running pretty solid..then again it's the 57xx series

[Thom Berghain]

nope pretty random, and a lot of folks are affected by it.

[SmithersPrime]

So are you going to upgrade your cpu eventually, my q6600 bottlenecks the shit out of a 5870(could be ram also) so I wouldn't reccomend a 5870 unless you plan to upgrade your cpu while you still own the card.

[zappo]

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blunts opened his big mouth to say:
whatever you say, nerd

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Yes I am a nerd

[lasershock]

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Thom Berghain opened his big mouth to say:
I wouldn't get the amd 5 series as they have a lot of issues. there seems to be some inherent flaw in the hardware. Wait for a refresh.

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It's a software issue, AMD released another hotfix driver like yesterday that fixed it.



Apparently my 5870 PCS+ shipped today. Will be getting it tomorrow. Can't fucking to shove my 8800gt up Nvidia's ass.

[Iced_Eagle]

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Tau31 opened his big mouth to say:
Kinda deciding whether to wait for Fermi or get a 5870...

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As a 5770 owner, wait for Fermi. The 5x00 series has a few bugs, which are caused by drivers, but it still sucks.

For example, there's a random bug where the Windows cursor gets to about 2 inches tall randomly. They supposedly fixed it in the latest driver (there was a hotfix for the driver that introduced it), however I still hear of a few people having the issue.

I've also experienced the grey screen issue, and hope that the hotfix truly fixes it.

Plus, for all we know, Fermi could blow past the 5x00 series (people are doubting it though).

[entity]

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Iced_Eagle opened his big mouth to say:
As a 5770 owner, wait for Fermi. The 5x00 series has a few bugs, which are caused by drivers, but it still sucks.

For example, there's a random bug where the Windows cursor gets to about 2 inches tall randomly. They supposedly fixed it in the latest driver (there was a hotfix for the driver that introduced it), however I still hear of a few people having the issue.

I've also experienced the grey screen issue, and hope that the hotfix truly fixes it.

Plus, for all we know, Fermi could blow past the 5x00 series (people are doubting it though).

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agreed, and ati's drivers are still a bit shoddy, especially when it comes to aa in unreal engine games.

[Thom Berghain]

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lasershock opened his big mouth to say:
It's a software issue, AMD released another hotfix driver like yesterday that fixed it.



Apparently my 5870 PCS+ shipped today. Will be getting it tomorrow. Can't fucking to shove my 8800gt up Nvidia's ass.

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The fix didn't do jack for most people, and yes I do know it was only for the 58xx series not the 57xx. The best you can hope for is that it's a bios issue.
I know this because a couple people rma'd their cards, got new ones and some had no issue or seriously less, with the same system. And the issue has been present since September.