Reasonable Upgrade from HD 5870?

[NikolaeVarius]

I'm wondering if there is any card that is reasonably (lets say at least 20% increasein power) more powerful than 5870 that is around the 150 or so mark? I bought this card last BF for 150 and am wondering if there is a card worth upgrading to in this price range.

Thank you.

 

[AnandThenMan]

$150 will not get you what you want, unless you happen to come across a ridiculous deal. A 7870 will give you a decent but not great bump in performance, they go for $200 and up.

What rez do you game at?

 

[Jaydip]

7850 from AMD or 660 from NV(if you can find a sweet deal)

 

[NikolaeVarius]

$150 will not get you what you want, unless you happen to come across a ridiculous deal. A 7870 will give you a decent but not great bump in performance, they go for $200 and up.

What rez do you game at?

1920x1080

 

[aaksheytalwar]

An oced 7850 is the upgrade you want.

 

[Termie]

An oced 7850 is the upgrade you want.

No it's not. At stock, it may in fact be slower in some games. Both overclocked the 7850 will perform 20% faster.

Terrible upgrade.

 

[Keromyaou]

If you would like to get a decent upgrade (>50% performance increase), you need to get either HD7950 or Gtx660Ti (or 670) at least. I really don't think that 20% performance increase is good enough for you to invest money even at $150. If your budget is $150-200, you might be able to get a bargain for HD7950/Gtx660Ti next year after HD8000/Gtx700 series are released.

 

[tulx]

I'm wondering if there is any card that is reasonably (lets say at least 20% increasein power) more powerful than 5870 that is around the 150 or so mark? I bought this card last BF for 150 and am wondering if there is a card worth upgrading to in this price range.

Thank you.

150$ might get you another used 5870 and this is definitely the best upgrade you can get for that price. That will give you a 70-100% increase in graphics power.
I play BF3 with a crossfire of 5870ies and reach constant 60fps in 64 player MP games.

 

[raghu78]

OP sell your HD 5870 for 100 bucks. Spend another 200 bucks and grab a Gigabyte HD 7950 OC. overclock it to 1.1 Ghz and you will get twice the performance of the HD 5870 you currently have. now thats what I would call an upgrade. otherwise just wait for the HD 8850 to launch in Q1 2013. expected price 200 bucks. performance is expected to be close to GTX 670.

 

[Jimzz]

The 7850 is a little faster at stock speeds and will over clock more.

Use anandtech benchmark to compare stock speeds...
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/511?vs=549

7850 is the best in your price range.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Stock vs stock 7850 is 5-25% faster than 5870. A stock 7850 is 5-15% faster than a 6950 which is greater than or equal to a 5870 (much faster where VRAM or Tess comes in). Once both are oced a 7850 is 20-40%+ faster than a oced 5870.

 

[Jacky60]

You want a 7950 or 5870 crossfire so sell 5870 OR get another 5870. I agree with Termie re:20% improvement not worth spending money on.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

I would buy a single 7950 over 5870 cf