Is a 5870 still > 470 with newest drivers?

[TidusZ]

When the GTX 470 was released it was 5-10% slower than the 5870 while running hotter. I can't find benchmarks with latest drivers, and am curious if that still holds true.

 

[Arkadrel]

Judgeing from TechpowerUp's charts yes its still 5-10% faster, even with synthetical benchmarks like Heaven for tessellation factored into it.

The 5870 is still a faster card than the 470.

 

[notty22]

Probably. The gtx 470 was clocked at 607mhz because early production gpu's ran hotter an drew more power than later steppings.
So a 607mhz gtx 470 is going to always be slower than a 850mhz 5870.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

My 5870 is driving me nuts because it still has no cost efficient replacement even to this day. Had it for 2 years and I'm itching for new hardware, but I can't justify spending 500 dollars for 10% more fps.

Truly one of the greatest GPU's to ever be released.

 

[Silverforce11]

No, the 5850 is one of the greatest. A 5870 in disguise at $250 on release.

 

[Zanovar]

My 5870 is driving me nuts because it still has no cost efficient replacement even to this day. Had it for 2 years and I'm itching for new hardware, but I can't justify spending 500 dollars for 10% more fps.

Truly one of the greatest GPU's to ever be released.

Hehe,i hear you man hopefully these new cards on the horizon will make us depart with our hard earned.i think they will.