Anyone using the new Ati 5870 ?

[Brandonsharp197]

im thinking of getting this with my new comp and im curious what you are getting as to frame rates on all you're clients for 5

[Slats]

Yes I'm using it.

I run two displays both @ 1920x1200. I currently use keyclone with one large 'main' and 4 smaller maximizer iwndows on the other monitor.

I get anywhere from 40-60fps in Dalaran on my main and my others are locked at 30fps each which they all sit at.

I can play Wintersgrasp with no graphics issues, I can ride all around Dalaran. Huge jump from my GTx280.

[Brandonsharp197]

you're using just one ? damn dude im totally getting this card :)

[booker]

Thanks..Great Input.

I have original the same Conf. with 2 x 1900 x 1200 and using a GTX 285. I think a 5870 Radeon will me push about 30-40%

[Quix]

Yes I'm using it.

I run two displays both @ 1920x1200. I currently use keyclone with one large 'main' and 4 smaller maximizer iwndows on the other monitor.

I get anywhere from 40-60fps in Dalaran on my main and my others are locked at 30fps each which they all sit at.

I can play Wintersgrasp with no graphics issues, I can ride all around Dalaran. Huge jump from my GTx280.

Hi Slats, If you dont mind my asking what are the general spec's on the rest of your computer? I am trying to find out how much of a jump that 5870 card is.

I am interested in doing something similiar and was considering the 5870, as an upgrade from my 4870x2.
For comparison I have a 4870x2 with a Q9550 CPU (2.86ghz Quad core Conroe) with 8gig of ram and am not really able to run 5 on the one box at 1920x1200 across 2 monitors.

[Simulacra]

Hi Slats, If you dont mind my asking what are the general spec's on the rest of your computer? I am trying to find out how much of a jump that 5870 card is.

I am interested in doing something similiar and was considering the 5870, as an upgrade from my 4870x2.
For comparison I have a 4870x2 with a Q9550 CPU (2.86ghz Quad core Conroe) with 8gig of ram and am not really able to run 5 on the one box at 1920x1200 across 2 monitors.

That's really strange, I have exactly the same specs as you and am running an old GTX250 with no issues at all. I can run around Dal and WG and never break follow. I also have 2 24inch widescreens, I run my main at a 30fps max and the others on 20fps max background. The only difference is that my wow data folder is on an SSD, so maybe try that first before lobbing huge wodges of cash on a new card.

[Bloodcloud]

there are many rumors about the "Radeon HD 5870 2GB" card, but I can't find it anywhere.

2GB are supposed to give a performance increase.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/ati-5000-series-buyers-guide-price-hunting-793024/

[jag989]

Hi Slats, If you dont mind my asking what are the general spec's on the rest of your computer? I am trying to find out how much of a jump that 5870 card is.

I am interested in doing something similiar and was considering the 5870, as an upgrade from my 4870x2.
For comparison I have a 4870x2 with a Q9550 CPU (2.86ghz Quad core Conroe) with 8gig of ram and am not really able to run 5 on the one box at 1920x1200 across 2 monitors.

I'm running an identical setup to the one you described except with a 285 (also on 2x 1900x1200 displays). I have the CPU overlocked a bit at 3.7 but aside from that nothing special. I played with the 5870 for a week or so and really didn't notice much difference (maybe 5-10% in Dalaran only), leading me to believe that at this point the CPU is the limiting factor. If there is anything else you would like me to check out let me know, I shouldn't have trouble finding another 5870 to test with.

[DarkslayrX]

What size PSU are you running with the ATI 5870?

[Fuzzyboy]

Yes I'm using it.

I run two displays both @ 1920x1200. I currently use keyclone with one large 'main' and 4 smaller maximizer iwndows on the other monitor.

I get anywhere from 40-60fps in Dalaran on my main and my others are locked at 30fps each which they all sit at.

I can play Wintersgrasp with no graphics issues, I can ride all around Dalaran. Huge jump from my GTx280.

Could you elaborate on your setup please? I have a similar system (i7 920 @ 4 GHz, radeon 5870, 12 gigs and a 2nd gen intel SSD) and my system is crawling in dalaran. Choppy as hell and my graphic settings are set pretty low. What settings do you have? And what CPU affinity?

[-silencer-]

Hi Slats, If you dont mind my asking what are the general spec's on the rest of your computer? I am trying to find out how much of a jump that 5870 card is.

I am interested in doing something similiar and was considering the 5870, as an upgrade from my 4870x2.
For comparison I have a 4870x2 with a Q9550 CPU (2.86ghz Quad core Conroe) with 8gig of ram and am not really able to run 5 on the one box at 1920x1200 across 2 monitors.

Huh? Not able to run 5? The CPU should be more than enough to handle WoW, and the videocard is faster than my 8800GTX. Are you using an SSD to host WoW? That might be the answer to performance problems for you.

For reference, I'm using an i7-965EE, 12GB ram, 8800GTX, and WoW on a cheap 32GB SSD.. and I have no issues running 5x WoW instances across 2x 1920x1200 24" displays. I do plan on upgrading to the 5870 2GB version when available and adding a 3rd Dell 2408 1920x1200 display.

[Zzyzxx71]

there are many rumors about the "Radeon HD 5870 2GB" card, but I can't find it anywhere.

2GB are supposed to give a performance increase.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/ati-5000-series-buyers-guide-price-hunting-793024/

Do a search for "5870 Six" - that's the one I'm holding out for.

[Fuzzyboy]

Huh? Not able to run 5? The CPU should be more than enough to handle WoW, and the videocard is faster than my 8800GTX. Are you using an SSD to host WoW? That might be the answer to performance problems for you.

For reference, I'm using an i7-965EE, 12GB ram, 8800GTX, and WoW on a cheap 32GB SSD.. and I have no issues running 5x WoW instances across 2x 1920x1200 24" displays. I do plan on upgrading to the 5870 2GB version when available and adding a 3rd Dell 2408 1920x1200 display.

Are you running all your wow clients at 1920*1200 or just one and the rest at 800*600? But yes, you understood me correctly - when running 5 WoW clients at 1920*1200 (1 maximized on primary monitor, rest downsized on secondary), I'm barely getting 10fps in dalaran - and I just tried reinstalling Win7 and doing the powerplan-fix to no avail :|

Benchmark results are like theyre supposed to be, so I'm very puzzled! Any ideas?

[Fuzzyboy]

Make that 8-10fps on slaves - in Stormwind. And 20-30 on main. That's the same as I was getting on my 8800GTX, very weird...

[Fuzzyboy]

Ugh, just did some more testing. 5 clients at 1920 * 1200 - with all video effects turned down to lowest possible setting, i'm getting 16-18 fps on background clients in valliance keep - and thats with all add-ons off maxfps set to 50 maxfpsbk set to 30. Can anyone please confirm that they're able to run 5 clients on the same PC in dalaran at reasonable FPS - with all clients at 1920 * 1200?

[Fuzzyboy]

Still troubleshooting here - I'm getting a 3dmark vantage score of 17668 from my system. If anyone with a comparable hardware setup could comment I'd be very happy :)

[Fuzzyboy]

Ok I don't know what made the difference, but I seemed to get the problem solved. What I did was:

1) Update directx
2) Set processaffinity to 255
3) Set all clients video settings to "good"
4) Install physx (...)

Now I'm running so smooth it's a pleasure :-D

[Zzyzxx71]

Ok I don't know what made the difference, but I seemed to get the problem solved. What I did was:

1) Update directx
2) Set processaffinity to 255
3) Set all clients video settings to "good"
4) Install physx (...)

Now I'm running so smooth it's a pleasure :-D

Just curious - why would you install Physx with an ATI card?

[Fuzzyboy]

I didn't want to (that's why the ...) was there - it was 3dmark06 that installed it - I just listed it for reference :-)

[BobGnarly]

Have you had any luck with a packed wintergrasp with say 100 people all in the same area? My rig runs most things great, but that just kills it. I've been of the opinion that wow is cpu bound, so I was guessing that I needed to overclock my CPU to help, but this talk of the 5870 running well there has piqued my curiosity.

[Fuzzyboy]

I haven't tried tbh. I tried playing around a bit more with some settings. I'm set at maxfps 60 and maxfpsbk 30 and it's topped off no matter where I go when effects are set to "good", but when I turn them up to "high", it slows back to a crawl (we're talking like 8-9 fps on all chars in any setting) - I'm not sure what seems to be the difference...

[Moorea]

you can probably try setting everything on max on your main except lower the shadows to below mid point (as anything above is not noticeable (to me) except in roughly 1/2ing your fps for each tick (I'm exagerating a bit but that single setting is the only thing killing my fps in dalaran (on the lowly gtx 260))

(and make sure those shadows are low on your slaves too obviously)

[Fuzzyboy]

you can probably try setting everything on max on your main except lower the shadows to below mid point (as anything above is not noticeable (to me) except in roughly 1/2ing your fps for each tick (I'm exagerating a bit but that single setting is the only thing killing my fps in dalaran (on the lowly gtx 260))

(and make sure those shadows are low on your slaves too obviously)

Thanks a bunch - that was exactly it :-)