5850 or 5870

[Apokalipse]

Don't mean to hijack the thread but do you think the 2gb 5870 version would be worth it?

No........

 

[memory]

Could you explain why please?

 

[Apokalipse]

What's to explain? there's no real benefit.

 

[Sean W.]

there is a HUGE difference between the 2 gig 5970 and the 2 gig 5870... i dont know why, but the 2 gig 5870 doesnt perform any where close to the 5970...

 

[Apokalipse]

That's because the 5970 has two GPU's in crossfire.

 

[Sean W.]

hmm... i dont understand tho how the 5970 is much better, even tho they both have 2gigs...?

 

[Apokalipse]

The 5970 is two 5870's in crossfire, in one card.

 

[michaelvvmm]

Could you explain why please?

If you got more vram it will only really increase the fps in games if you are playing at high resolution and aa. (thats what I've heard)

 

[james.wired]

The 5970 is two 5870's in crossfire, in one card.

This. Even though the two GPU's are clocked lower than the 5870's clocks, but you can still overclock.

 

[Druid]

hmm... i dont understand tho how the 5970 is much better, even tho they both have 2gigs...?

video card performance is based on much more than the amount of vram. For example, there are stream processors, core clock, shader clock, and bit interface that needs to be taken into consideration.