Dual ATI Radeon 5870 vs ATI Radeon 5970

[Diabolical]

I NEED HELP DECIDING! ( again ) which one should i get for my new computer, i have effeicient power supply and processor for both, a Dual 1 GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon HD 5870, or a single 2GB GDDR5 ATI Readon HD 5970? help me decide!

 

[Minotar]

I NEED HELP DECIDING! ( again ) which one should i get for my new computer, i have effeicient power supply and processor for both, a Dual 1 GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon HD 5870, or a single 2GB GDDR5 ATI Readon HD 5970? help me decide!

Ive read and seen benchmarks and overclocking of both, and apprently the 5970 will outperform the latter.

You could ask on overclocker.net
They spend all day answering questions about GPU's

 

[Dom]

The 5970 might be bottlenecked by some of your components.
But, on the positive side, it will be future proof.

 

[ThePizzaMan]

the single 5970 is the better of the two options

 

[SlackerITGuy]

+1 for single Radeon HD 5970.

Although I'm confident that a setup of two Radeon HD 5870s would be better/faster in extreme high resolutions/quality (2,560 x 1,600/MAX AA and AF) than a single Radeon HD 5970.

 

[Diabolical]

u sure?

are you sure? becuase people from alienware told me that a Dual AT Radeon 5870 would be much more better than a single ATI Radeon 5970..

 

[SlackerITGuy]

are you sure? becuase people from alienware told me that a Dual AT Radeon 5870 would be much more better than a single ATI Radeon 5970..

Well, like I said before, If you're planning to game at insane resolutions (anything beyond 1,920 x 1,080) than I guess two 5870s would give you the best possible performance.

But then again, with the current state of drivers/games these days, a single card setup is still the way to go imo.

 

[ThePizzaMan]

are you sure? becuase people from alienware told me that a Dual AT Radeon 5870 would be much more better than a single ATI Radeon 5970..

Well, like I said before, If you're planning to game at insane resolutions (anything beyond 1,920 x 1,080) than I guess two 5870s would give you the best possible performance.

But then again, with the current state of drivers/games these days, a single card setup is still the way to go imo.

exactly.... single is better with the monitor you picked

 

[starfox444]

and apprently the 5970 will outperform the latter.

The 5970 will outperform itself?

 

[ThePizzaMan]

and apprently the 5970 will outperform the latter.

The 5970 will outperform itself?

haha it will if your overclock

 

[Diabolical]

what happens if you over clock it?

 

[ThePizzaMan]

it will be faster than at stock speeds but your card will run hotter and have a shorter lifespan

 

[smarteyeball]

it will be faster than at stock speeds but your card will run hotter and have a shorter lifespan

Particularly if it runs very hot.

The VRMS on the 5970 get very warm when overclocked.

 

[Diabolical]

Gaming

so which is better for gaming performance's

 

[kurahk7]

so which is better for gaming performance's

2x5870 will offer the higher performance

 

[lordvader]

Maybe this will Help

 

[ThePizzaMan]

the 5970 is the best because you always want a single card if the performance of a dual setup is about the same

 

[bobkn]

The dual 5870s would have the best performance at stock clocks.

The standard 5870 is clocked at 850/1200 MHz core/memory, while the stock 5970 is at 725/1000. I doubt that the overclock potential of a standard 5970 would allow it to do better than a 5870 because of cooling issues. (If you could find a water cooled 5970, that might be different.)

Why not go for two 5970s? Quad crossfire. Good stuff. $1300 worth of graphics cards. Bragging rights for at least a month or two.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

so which is better for gaming performance's

Monitor you already own? or plan on getting for your new rig?

 

[ThePizzaMan]

The dual 5870s would have the best performance at stock clocks.

The standard 5870 is clocked at 850/1200 MHz core/memory, while the stock 5970 is at 725/1000. I doubt that the overclock potential of a standard 5970 would allow it to do better than a 5870 because of cooling issues. (If you could find a water cooled 5970, that might be different.)

Why not go for two 5970s? Quad crossfire. Good stuff. $1300 worth of graphics cards. Bragging rights for at least a month or two.

ok that would be true EXCEPT that you have to take in consideration the fact that there would be scaling because of the crossfire so because of that a single 5970 is faster
and yes two 5970's would be the best