which card to go for

[archie123]

after what ive read and seen i might now be going for the ati hd5870 as for some reason i can see the nvidia version being aroun the £400 marker

and in all the reviews ive seen the hd5870 has beeten the gtx285

yeah tbh the best time to but an nvidia card is after they have brought a new model out to the one you actually want , then the price drops dramatically

 

[lil domii]

yes, get the free game deal with it as well! that is what i am doing.
i provided the link for that one.


Dom

 

[lil domii]

yep, look at these benchmarks :
HD5870 Benches
1
2
3d Vantage-295 beats the 5870 but how much is 295 compared to the hd5870? exactly.

hope this helps with your dilemma

Dom

I can get a nvidia gtx295 oem for £310
but i would rather spend a bit more on a future proof card

like ive said iam going to be spending about £300 so i want to get it right

you can get a hd5870 for £298
and that is from novatech.
aria: £296



Dom

 

[thepizzaman]

after what ive read and seen i might now be going for the ati hd5870 as for some reason i can see the nvidia version being aroun the £400 marker

and in all the reviews ive seen the hd5870 has beeten the gtx285

yeah tbh the best time to but an nvidia card is after they have brought a new model out to the one you actually want , then the price drops dramatically

come on archie..... you know nvidia's next card's a flop

 

[kev s148]

iam going for the xfx version due to the good warrenty

 

[thepizzaman]

good choice

 

[smarteyeball]

come on archie..... you know nvidia's next card's a flop

It's a similar-ish status quo to pretty much this time last year.

The fastest single GPU was the 4870 and the 4870x2 ruled the roost for a few months until nvidia released their 'revisions' and regained the top spot.

It currently doesn't look good for nvidia, but I certainly wouldn't rule them out.

Then again ATI may very well be the winner this round.

 

[thepizzaman]

eh... considering that they didn't have a card to show..... i think so

 

[archie123]

after what ive read and seen i might now be going for the ati hd5870 as for some reason i can see the nvidia version being aroun the £400 marker

and in all the reviews ive seen the hd5870 has beeten the gtx285

yeah tbh the best time to but an nvidia card is after they have brought a new model out to the one you actually want , then the price drops dramatically

come on archie..... you know nvidia's next card's a flop

ha ha , well we'll have to wait and see , either way the wife is buying the flagship model for as a combined christmas 40th bday pressie when it comes out , i decided a very very long time ago i would never buy anothe ATI card

Im not saying its a bad card , but they used to be dogs , at least the driver support was , i got sick of buying cards that ran games badly and crashed my system because ATI didnt support them properly , it may all be differant now but i have a very long memory

 

[archie123]

oh and hurry and buy that ATI before...............

AMD set to increase Radeon HD 5800 prices? - Bright Side Of News*

 

[thepizzaman]

yeah tbh the best time to but an nvidia card is after they have brought a new model out to the one you actually want , then the price drops dramatically

come on archie..... you know nvidia's next card's a flop

ha ha , well we'll have to wait and see , either way the wife is buying the flagship model for as a combined christmas 40th bday pressie when it comes out , i decided a very very long time ago i would never buy anothe ATI card

Im not saying its a bad card , but they used to be dogs , at least the driver support was , i got sick of buying cards that ran games badly and crashed my system because ATI didnt support them properly , it may all be differant now but i have a very long memory

thus why i will never again buy another intel cpu