Have to return 560 TI, do any of these look appealing?

[HollowRopes]

I have a chance to replace my overpriced 560 TI. The monitor I'm currently using is 17", 1280x1024, 75Hz so this card is somewhat overkill.

I searched and found this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...278&CatId=3669

THe only Radeons that I see around the same price are the 5770s, and we know what those are all about. There's a 6870 that's not too far off base, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...547&CatId=2306 but I just don't trust AMD too much anymore after what happened with that last card.

I'll also be purchasing a new heatsink/fan combo along with this, bodyhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6101294&CatId=798 which seems to have some pretty good ratings. My Sandy Core is now at 4.7 but I'm topping at 76 and 77 celsius, so I'm hoping that a heatsink like that would work well (especially with a push-pull configiratuons).

Anyone have any suggestions?
What are y'alls suggestions?

 

[3DVagabond]

Do you have to get your card from TigerDirect?

 

[tviceman]

Any card over $100 will be overkill. A 6770, gtx550ti, or even gt450 would all drive that resolution butter smooth.

 

[HollowRopes]

I already have a TigerDirect account, they're the CompUSAs here in Texas.

I had tried to run a 5770 and a 450 on this system and I couldn't stand the low memory bandwidth. You can just feel it 'pipelining' out.

 

[ensign_lee]

I already have a TigerDirect account, they're the CompUSAs here in Texas.

I had tried to run a 5770 and a 450 on this system and I couldn't stand the low memory bandwidth. You can just feel it 'pipelining' out.

You can? What are the symptoms of it?

I run two monitors at 1680 x 1050 and can't notice the difference between a 5770 and a 6970, to be perfectly honest. Of course, Starcraft 2 is my most graphics intensive game, but still.

But maybe I'm not looking for the right things?

 

[HollowRopes]

A quick run down of my system specs

Raidmax 630z
Gigabyte GA-Z68XD-UDH3-B3
intel i5 2500k @ 4.7GHz
Patriot 8GB 1600 7-7-7-18
Seagate 1TB Internal
560 TI

 

[HollowRopes]

Maybe there's been something wrong with MY monitor the whole time, with the 5770s and the GTS 450, I could feel a 'warping' that I figured was the memory being -preloaded. Sometimes it'll play the same smooth, just ugly.

Aslo, we all know the AMD cards are for high resolution and the nVidia cards are the inbetweens. With 1280x1024, I doubt I'd need anything that could push high resolutions (for the time bein)

 

[HollowRopes]

A fanboy tried to get me to use a 5850 instead of a GTX, ended up in disaster. He had RAMsinks on his ram and wile changing them, THEY TOOK TWO OF THE RAM CHIPS OFF WITH THEM. After that and the way they perform on his particular system. I have to pass on AMD.

 

[HollowRopes]

I have a chance to replace my overpriced 560 TI. The monitor I'm currently using is 17", 1280x1024, 75Hz so this card is somewhat overkill.

I searched and found this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...278&CatId=3669

The only Radeons that I see around the same price are the 5770s, and we know what those are all about. There's a 6870 that's not too far off base, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...547&CatId=2306 but I just don't trust AMD too much anymore after what happened with that last card.

I'll also be purchasing a new heatsink/fan combo along with this, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...1294&CatId=798 which seems to have some pretty good ratings. My Sandy Core is now at 4.7 but I'm topping at 76 and 77 celsius, so I'm hoping that a heatsink like that would work well (especially with a push-pull configiratuons).

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[StrangerGuy]

A fanboy tried to get me to use a 5850 instead of a GTX, ended up in disaster. He had RAMsinks on his ram and wile changing them, THEY TOOK TWO OF THE RAM CHIPS OFF WITH THEM. After that and the way they perform on his particular system. I have to pass on AMD.

You are writing off AMD cards because somebody else did something really stupid?

Does not compute.

 

[HollowRopes]

No, the RAM chips coming off was just something that showed quality of the cards.

The card itself (5850) seemed like a watered-down GTX 460.

 

[HollowRopes]

The chips could fly across the room and almost stab me in the eye as long as the card ran well

 

[sangyup81]

A fanboy tried to get me to use a 5850 instead of a GTX, ended up in disaster. He had RAMsinks on his ram and wile changing them, THEY TOOK TWO OF THE RAM CHIPS OFF WITH THEM. After that and the way they perform on his particular system. I have to pass on AMD.

If the GPU split in half, perhaps you can blame AMD but at least on my HD 5770, the RAM is made by hynix and the PCB is put together by ASUS

 

[HollowRopes]

That sounds like a good combination of companies. I have no idea where the PCB and RAM were made on that 5850.

 

[majunix]

Well, some may consider me biased but I'm Nvidia all the way, Never had success with ATI, also Tigerdirect.com isn't the cheapest place out there, try going to www.ncix.com or www.gamers-supply.com

 

[Lean L]

No, the RAM chips coming off was just something that showed quality of the cards.

The card itself (5850) seemed like a watered-down GTX 460.

What?...

Watered down how? It's apples and oranges.

It's not possible to notice video card memory bandwidth unless you benchmark in which case it's just an arbitrary number anyways. It's like saying I feel low compression in cylinder 3 in my car... you can only notice the bigger symptoms of lower power or in this case lower fps.

Educate thyself. You can argue that Nvidia is better based on drivers or architecture or game publisher partnerships or PR or whatever... but the reason you provided is not legit, and the anecdote provided is fueled by stupidity.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Don't discount the 5000 series and up AMD cards. I've had a 5850 and it was a beast. Card is small, ran anything I could throw at it, quiet, and very power efficient. And this is coming from a guy that has owned a GTX 460, GTX 470, GTX 480, and currently own a GTX 580. Played with a 5870 for a little while but thought the 5850 was a better card overall.
If you can get a deal on a 5770 or 6770 then go for it. You could probably get a used 9800gtx for $55 and call it good honestly at that resolution.

 

[Skurge]

Don't discount the 5000 series and up AMD cards. I've had a 5850 and it was a beast. Card is small, ran anything I could throw at it, quiet, and very power efficient. And this is coming from a guy that has owned a GTX 460, GTX 470, GTX 480, and currently own a GTX 580. Played with a 5870 for a little while but thought the 5850 was a better card overall.
If you can get a deal on a 5770 or 6770 then go for it. You could probably get a used 9800gtx for $55 and call it good honestly at that resolution.

Yep, my 8800GTS is hooked up to a 19" 1440x900 monitor. Haven't played much on it, but ME2 runs maxed out on it with slow downs in heavier scenes. At that res you could get yourself a used 9600gt, gt240, 4670 or a 5670. You could have a look in the FS/FT forum.