Asus - ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5

[Sickamore]

Hey guys looking to buy this card for my new gaming computer. I would like to put the money to good use and just buy two cards that will atleast perform just like this card and even better than this card so that i can run in crossfire mode. Can you please help me find the right card for my rig.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

What motherboard, processor, power supply, and monitor do you have or plan on getting?

 

[Sickamore]

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard - AMD 890FX, Socket AM3, ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, RAID, SATA 6.0GB/s

Phenom II 1090T Black Edition Six Core



Corsair Core Dominator 6GB PC12800 DDR3 RAM - Triple Channel, 1600MHz


I bought a Thermaltake Black Widow Modular 850 Tr2 Rx power supply .
Whats really bothering me is that i need a x58 board run sli. I am so stuck in AMD. that nothing can change my mind. I havent been the pc gaming thing for while since 939 socket. I want to build a machine i know thats going to last me.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Why won't you consider X58? It's really the best way to go when you're spending this much.

Your options are a bit limited since you can do Crossfire. You can get two HD5830s or two HD5850s if you don't want a single HD5870. Any lesser cards I don't consider worth it, as you would be better off with a single HD5870. Although I guess you could do three HD5770s, but I really wouldn't consider than an option.

Two 5850s will way surpass a single 5870.

 

[Sickamore]

I dont mind doing the x58 i am just confused as to which board to take and which proccessor of intel should i take. Your right i am spending alot here. Which board around that price in the x58 should i take. A

 

[Grooveriding]

I dont mind doing the x58 i am just confused as to which board to take and which proccessor of intel should i take. Your right i am spending alot here. Which board around that price in the x58 should i take. A

If you go X58, I would go with one of these

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...cture=Gigabyte

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...nufacture=eVGA

Not a big fan of Asus mbs myself. Gigabyte makes amazing motherboards, they are really feature rich, stable and lots of good bios are available. Their RMA is not the best, but motherboards rarely have issues.

The Evga is good too if you want a really nice warranty.

Asus has terrible RMA service and their boards don't have much to make them stand out imo.

X58 is superior if you are planning to go multi-gpu as well.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Well, probably this one:

ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

And get the Core i7 930 processor.

Two Geforce GTX 460s will give you more punch than a single HD5870, so that's what I would suggest.

 

[Sickamore]

This is what i came up with

ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7 930 Processor BX80601930 - 2.80GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, HyperThreading, Quad Core, Bloomfield, LGA 1366, Retail, Fan


Ram- C13-8254 ::Corsair XMS PC12800 RAM - 8GB, DDR3, Dual Channel, Cl 9, PC12800, 1600MHz(4x2GB)(0.55 lbs)


Is this a good buy. Does over spending mean better because i was looking at this motherboard. Its a EVGA i dont like evga because they dont last long under pressure. I might be wrong but looks real cool. I just dont want a plan board i want a board that can really give me some performance. An 300 dollars board isnt that bad.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=E145-2058

 

[Grooveriding]

This is what i came up with

ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7 930 Processor BX80601930 - 2.80GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, HyperThreading, Quad Core, Bloomfield, LGA 1366, Retail, Fan


Ram- C13-8254 ::Corsair XMS PC12800 RAM - 8GB, DDR3, Dual Channel, Cl 9, PC12800, 1600MHz(4x2GB)(0.55 lbs)


Is this a good buy. Does over spending mean better because i was looking at this motherboard. Its a EVGA i dont like evga because they dont last long under pressure. I might be wrong but looks real cool. I just dont want a plan board i want a board that can really give me some performance. An 300 dollars board isnt that bad.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=E145-2058

That's a really nice price for their classified board, if you are willing to spend that much.

When you spend extra on a motherboard, it won't give you more performance against like motherboards. Usually extra features, better cooling and in the case of that board support for 3 or 4 gpus with more pcie bandwidth.

Really any x58 board that supports x16/x16 or even x16/x8 will give you the same performance at the end of the day, unless you want the absolute highest possible overclocks or to use 3+ video cards.

 

[Sickamore]

My plan is to use this machine with 3 cards. The problem i am having is choosing the right board and proccessor. My decision is on the 930 i7. I am just thinking should i go with ASUS x58 Rampage, EVGA x58 or Go with the gigabyte. From your experience which is the better endurance board so i dont have to buy a board in a long run

 

[Grooveriding]

My plan is to use this machine with 3 cards. The problem i am having is choosing the right board and proccessor. My decision is on the 930 i7. I am just thinking should i go with ASUS x58 Rampage, EVGA x58 or Go with the gigabyte. From your experience which is the better endurance board so i dont have to buy a board in a long run

If you are going with 3 gpus, I'd get that classified for sure.

 

[Sickamore]

Also i just saw the rampage extreme oh my god. what do you think. Should i get it. You see my birthday is coming up and my wife is getting some gifts. So i have to choose the right board i need. I wont bother no one after that. This is my post on this thread. Rampage go for it or go for the Evga. Are you a fan of EVGA grooveriding

 

[Grooveriding]

Also i just saw the rampage extreme oh my god. what do you think. Should i get it. You see my birthday is coming up and my wife is getting some gifts. So i have to choose the right board i need. I wont bother no one after that. This is my post on this thread. Rampage go for it or go for the Evga. Are you a fan of EVGA grooveriding

Lots of people use Asus and love them. I prefer Gigabyte, if I were to go another way it would probably be an evga board.

There is not a huge difference between the different high end board makers amongst the different price points. If you are going tri-sli (I assume sli) I would go for the classified you linked, at that price it is a great deal and an ideal board for what you want to do.

SLI, particularly tri, needs a lot of cpu horsepower to perform optimally. So you're going to want to overclock your i7 to at least 3.6 or so, I would recommend 4ghz. That classified board is known as a great overclocker and it should be simple and straight forward doing the overclock on that board.

But if your preference is the Asus, that board will fulfill your needs as well. I don't know pricing in the states for that board, but up here it's $450 vs that classified at $300, the two boards are pretty even, so you'd save $150 with the classified.

 

[d4a2n0k]

Another thing, x58 uses triple channel memory so get either a 6gb kit or a 12 gb kit. The memory kit you linked to is for dual channel setups. You can go dual channel with an x58 with little performance loss but seeing as you are obviously looking to do it right, go with a triple channel kit.

 

[RussianSensation]

Personally, I wouldn't go with 3x 5870s. Get Dual 5870s or even Dual GTX470s: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5800-3way-cf_6.html#sect1

The performance difference is more than sufficient. A $200 motherboard for X58 is also more than sufficient. Get an SSD with the difference.

 

[3DVagabond]

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard - AMD 890FX, Socket AM3, ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, RAID, SATA 6.0GB/s

Phenom II 1090T Black Edition Six Core



Corsair Core Dominator 6GB PC12800 DDR3 RAM - Triple Channel, 1600MHz


I bought a Thermaltake Black Widow Modular 850 Tr2 Rx power supply .
Whats really bothering me is that i need a x58 board run sli. I am so stuck in AMD. that nothing can change my mind. I havent been the pc gaming thing for while since 939 socket. I want to build a machine i know thats going to last me.

I don't know why everyone is trying to talk you out of this setup? It seems you've made a mistake in your choice of RAM though. Should be a dual channel kit 4 or 8 Gb, not a triple channel 6 Gb.

The 890FX is actually the more up to date board. Offers native SATA3 and USB3 support and more bandwidth for your video cards and SATA3. If I'm not mistaken, you can't run SATA3 with dual video cards on the X58 platform. If I'm wrong, someone who knows better go ahead and correct me.

Also, I'm assuming you plan on over clocking the CPU. At stock clocks the Intel setup will give you appreciably better gaming performance (in many games). Once you crank either of them to 3.8GHz+ though any CPU bottleneck is overcome.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Haven't tests been done to show tri CrossFire scales very poorly?

 

[bryanW1995]

If you go X58, I would go with one of these

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...cture=Gigabyte

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...nufacture=eVGA

Not a big fan of Asus mbs myself. Gigabyte makes amazing motherboards, they are really feature rich, stable and lots of good bios are available. Their RMA is not the best, but motherboards rarely have issues.

The Evga is good too if you want a really nice warranty.

Asus has terrible RMA service and their boards don't have much to make them stand out imo.

X58 is superior if you are planning to go multi-gpu as well.

if your motherboards "rarely have issues" then you're not pushing them hard enough!!

@raistlin: two card setups scaling favors nvidia by a pretty good %, but 3 card setups favor amd by a similar %. no idea why.