Decent budget replacement for 5870

[CraigRT]

It appears my 5870 has shit the bed. It just started artifacting even while booting the PC at the BIOS screen and it refuses to stop. Time for a new card. Games really suck on my uber old X1900 card that still works just fine (albeit painfully slow in current game titles)

I have been looking at either brand, AMD or NVidia and I don't care which as long as it has good price/performance ratio. I don't want to spend a lot since it's unexpected and not far from Christmas. I was thinking a 560Ti would be reasonable for the money... Amiright?

I don't play very demanding games (at least right now) just want a budget conscious replacement for the 5870.

Have been playing:

Left 4 Dead 2
Borderlands
Mass Effect 2

Thanks for the help.

 

[RavenSEAL]

560 Ti should do the trick

 

[SithSolo1]

Just glancing over the Anandtech 2011 GPU bench:

The GTX 560 Ti will be a side-grade to slight upgrade. At 1920x1200 and higher the 5870 is still faster in many games.

However, a 6870 would be a slight downgrade(5-15% depending on game) but should still be fine for those games you currently play. Its also a good bit cheaper than the 560 Ti and is probably the sweet spot for $/performance atm.


With AMD supposedly launching new cards in the next month or so, I wouldn't spend too much right now.

 

[Despoiler]

Wait for the 7k AMD cards to hit.

 

[LagunaX]

you can wait for the 560 ti 448 to hit the market and the prices of the 560 ti will drop.

 

[s44]

you can wait for the 560 ti 448 to hit the market and the prices of the 560 ti will drop.

It's been out for a while now.

No RMA?

 

[tweakboy]

You want a card that performs as fast as your old 5870 ? grab a 460 1GB best bang for the buck or spend more and get 5xx series.

One problem tho. Since youll be switching over to nVidia... it might trip out your OS and drivers and what not, and driver tanglement possibly, etc,,, might get horrible performance, then you come back here and post..

Thats why I say stick to one vendor if your doing a video only upgrade. So watch out for that my friend, make shure to completly remove old drivers before installing new drivers.. uinstall CCC, do registry cleaner if you haveh to then thru safe mode install nvidia drivers on new card,,, gl

 

[cusideabelincoln]

A 460 or 6850 will be fine for those games.

 

[pandemonium]

See sig. The overall average FPS spreadsheet will give you a good idea of what you need to compare to your 5870.

 

[sandorski]

6870 $150 after MIR

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

I would recommend a 6850 even though it is less powerful then your old 5870.

It is plenty fast and cheap and will hold you off just fine until the new 28nm cards are released.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I'll probably be repeating alot of members here but buy a 6850 or 6970 until the new 7xxx series cards hit, then sell off that 6850/6870 on the fs/ft forum

 

[Pacman4]

4850 blasts the crap out of ME2, so a 6850{beautifully efficient card} will slay it.
My 6850 also get 60fps on FO3 1920X1200 4aa+15af Ultra+Full NMC Hi res texture pack.

 

[netxzero64]

It appears my 5870 has shit the bed. It just started artifacting even while booting the PC at the BIOS screen and it refuses to stop. Time for a new card. Games really suck on my uber old X1900 card that still works just fine (albeit painfully slow in current game titles)

I have been looking at either brand, AMD or NVidia and I don't care which as long as it has good price/performance ratio. I don't want to spend a lot since it's unexpected and not far from Christmas. I was thinking a 560Ti would be reasonable for the money... Amiright?

I don't play very demanding games (at least right now) just want a budget conscious replacement for the 5870.

Have been playing:

Left 4 Dead 2
Borderlands
Mass Effect 2

Thanks for the help.

have you tried soaking your graphics card on a dish washing liquid? try it then air dry or blow dry..

my friends had been doing it and it works sometimes.. you have nothing to lose anyway, you may be lucky..

 

[T_Yamamoto]

have you tried soaking your graphics card on a dish washing liquid? try it then air dry or blow dry..

my friends had been doing it and it works sometimes.. you have nothing to lose anyway, you may be lucky..

that might work also.

 

[Arkadrel]

6870 $150 after MIR

Newegg has a 6870 (powercolor) for ~139$ after MIR:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131378

pretty darn cheap I think, also comes with Dirt3.

 

[blackened23]

Wait a month. GTX 580 is due for price cuts according to many sources at the end of this month, and then 7970 is rumored to be released next month.

 

[dpk33]

GTX460 or 6850 to hold you over until the 7k cards.

 

[Jhatfie]

I agree with some of the others here, if you want to keep it cheap, get a 6850/6870 and you will get similar performance without breaking the bank.

 

[CraigRT]

Haha, lots of different opinions here that's for sure.

Well, an update...

My 5870 is actually under warranty. I ended up picking up a Gigabyte 560ti to tide me over for now, and I am going to send out the 5870 this week, and either keep whatever I get back, or keep the 560ti. Makes me wonder what I will get. I assume 6870, But who knows.

I am really happy with the 560 for the time being though. No issues at all and great performance. Then again, I was really happy with my 5870 too until it just crapped out randomly.

 

[netxzero64]

560Ti is good.. a heavily overclocked 560Ti (975mhz or above) is equal to or greater than 570 at stock..

 

[Carmen813]

I'll be selling my 5870 and 5850 once 7k series comes out