my HD5970 experience

[skunksmash]

Looking good

Are you saying you have a PCI-E 1.1 slot? GPU-Z is saying 2.0 for you...or are you just informing people it will be a problem with 1.1?

no i have a PCIE 1.1 slot , it still delivers STELLAR performance, but knowing it can do more will chew away at me.

The X48 at 3.6GHz still won't match the framerate of the i7 at 4127MHz, I mean look at the difference in CPU scores.

I believe that part of the problem is your CPU bottle necking the card at 3.6GHz.
Still plenty of performance either way but more is better right?

Nice card none the less, I'm waiting for Nvidia's 300 series, and waiting, and waiting, LOL.

im not looking at the overall vantage scores here, simply GPU scores.... its obvious the CPU score boosts the end result a great deal, thats why we only check the GPU scores.

GT300 is incoming though lads, ive heard tell that the flagship 300 card is pulling neck & neck with the 5970...''WITH 1 CORE!! ''

BUT.........

ATI are ''apparently'' due to relase the ''HD 5890'' / ''HD 5990'' in Q1 / Q3 of 2010 to combat Nvidia's ''supposed'' powerhouse Fermi.

the HD 5890 will be a cypress core with 1800+ SPs, & the HD 5990 will obviously dawn two of these....

its all speculation right now though nothing official from either side about this, ive seen benches & tiny statements being thrown around...

all i know is the computing power going into ppl's PCs today is MASSIVE!!

 

[sygnus21]

Nice card none the less, I'm waiting for Nvidia's 300 series, and waiting, and waiting, LOL.

The wait is over,

Every PC needs good graphics.

Graphics processing has become an essential ingredient to the modern PC. Nowadays, we simply demand more from our PCs. If you want to enhance photos, edit videos, watch movies, play games, or if you simply desire a Premium Windows® 7 Experience, the NVIDIA® GeForce® 310 graphics card brings impressive graphics processing power to your PC at an incredible value.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :devil:

Oh and very nice card skunk.

In value, yes the 310 stands up against the 5970, otherwise
- Nvidia rebrands once more - The Inquirer -

Sorry, but I couldn't resist either

 

[mpcrsc562]

i'm officially jealous...

lol....... im just loving the 0 lag in ANY game, & its early days in terms of DX11s capabilities.

once i pick up the X48 board im gonna grab a 5770 too (TriFire baby )

in comparison, my xfired 4870s look like an fx5200
oops! i mean a 9200

 

[Everlong]

Nice card none the less, I'm waiting for Nvidia's 300 series, and waiting, and waiting, LOL.

The wait is over,

Every PC needs good graphics.

Graphics processing has become an essential ingredient to the modern PC. Nowadays, we simply demand more from our PCs. If you want to enhance photos, edit videos, watch movies, play games, or if you simply desire a Premium Windows® 7 Experience, the NVIDIA® GeForce® 310 graphics card brings impressive graphics processing power to your PC at an incredible value.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :devil:

Oh and very nice card skunk.

In value, yes the 310 stands up against the 5970, otherwise
- Nvidia rebrands once more - The Inquirer -

Sorry, but I couldn't resist either

What annoys me with Nvidia is how they advertise these types of cards as being high performance cards.

 

[smarteyeball]

I'm liking the sound of that GTA framerate mitch

 

[MyWin7]

The specs are not very promising - I wonder this card can even compete a 4850?

curious what the first benchmark will tell

 

[Everlong]

I'm liking the sound of that GTA framerate mitch

Throw in an i7 and them framerates will be up at 120.

I could play GTA on my mates PC all day as his framerates are constantly 100+, and that's with a 3.4GHz i7 and dual 8800 Ultras.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

The specs are not very promising - I wonder this card can even compete a 4850?

curious what the first benchmark will tell

:sarc:

 

[skunksmash]

yes.. it amazed me, when i got the Quad i thought it couldn't get any better :shock: i was wrong...

an easy way to describe how fluid it is..... when your on the outskirts of the map (on the freeway) & the FPS go through the roof, that's what its like ALL THE TIME

whatever happens with Fermi you know its gonna compete with ATIs 5xxx cards, which will push the prices down from both company's (though Fermi's launch will cause sickness..lol )

nothing like a little healthy competition to keep manufacturers on their toes

 

[Everlong]

Yea, GTA IV at 60+ fps is just a totally different game as to what it was from just getting a quad core. Car chases are so much more fun at that fps

 

[smarteyeball]

an easy way to describe how fluid it is..... when your on the outskirts of the map (on the freeway) & the FPS go through the roof, that's what its like ALL THE TIME

Nice. At what settings are they? Highest/Very High etc?

 

[skunksmash]

an easy way to describe how fluid it is..... when your on the outskirts of the map (on the freeway) & the FPS go through the roof, that's what its like ALL THE TIME

Nice. At what settings are they? Highest/Very High etc?

ALL MAXED OUT on the quality settings.....

unfortunately though the game only detects 998mb of VRAM rather than the 2048mb that's on the card, its gotta be crossfire related, but if i could access that my draw distance & the others (cant remember what they are now) would be @ 100%

but even with 998mb the game cant get any quicker....

 

[Everlong]

an easy way to describe how fluid it is..... when your on the outskirts of the map (on the freeway) & the FPS go through the roof, that's what its like ALL THE TIME

Nice. At what settings are they? Highest/Very High etc?

ALL MAXED OUT on the quality settings.....

unfortunately though the game only detects 998mb of VRAM rather than the 2048mb that's on the card, its gotta be crossfire related, but if i could access that my draw distance & the others (cant remember what they are now) would be @ 100%

but even with 998mb the game cant get any quicker....

It's because your card has 1024MB for each core, and with Crossfire/SLI, it doesn't add them together, so games/applications still only see 1024MB, like with my 2 8800s, GTA only seems 512MB.

And I'm not exactly 100% sure how VRAM is used in Crossfire/SLI, though I won't go in to a long explanation about it here

But still, nothing to worry about when you're hitting them FPS.

 

[ThePizzaMan]

Nice card skunk well worth it wasn't it?
also...... the few 300 benchmarks i've seen.... that showed it to be as fast as the 5970.... all turned out to be faked so um.... don't count your chickens before they hatch

 

[smarteyeball]

an easy way to describe how fluid it is..... when your on the outskirts of the map (on the freeway) & the FPS go through the roof, that's what its like ALL THE TIME

Nice. At what settings are they? Highest/Very High etc?

ALL MAXED OUT on the quality settings.....

unfortunately though the game only detects 998mb of VRAM rather than the 2048mb that's on the card, its gotta be crossfire related, but if i could access that my draw distance & the others (cant remember what they are now) would be @ 100%

All I can say is w00t

Unfortunately is does answer the one niggling question about the 2GB of Vram on that card actually being usable.

I suspected it wouldn't be

 

[thefabe]

Awesome card SkunkSmash!! Now what's the deal with that ugly 310? Come On Nvidia.

 

[A320]

Guy's & gal's referencing my current specs and the score you see below, am I being seriously bottle-necked by my MOBO & CPU? I expected better. I have a 5870.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Awesome card SkunkSmash!! Now what's the deal with that ugly 310? Come On Nvidia.

The upcoming GTX 360 and GTX 380 look amazing (specs wise):

 

[Frostmourne]

Only 168gb/s bandwith for a 360? My 4890 supposedly can go through 230GB/s. Still, a 4890 has plenty of balls for both new and old games @ 1080p with settings maxed, excepting AA/AF and Crysis. Congratulations, Skunksmash! As for the drivers I'd install them in a new build in Windows. Safe mode didn't work for me either.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Only 168gb/s bandwith for a 360? My 4890 supposedly can go through 230GB/s. Still, a 4890 has plenty of balls for both new and old games @ 1080p with settings maxed, excepting AA/AF and Crysis. Congratulations, Skunksmash! As for the drivers I'd install them in a new build in Windows. Safe mode didn't work for me either.

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