Help with new system

[Fizzler]

The i9 will be better for sure but I gave up on waiting for the latest and greatest. There is always something better 6 months down the line.

[Sam DeathWalker]

The 5970 is a dual gpu so 5870 is the best single in the mainstream area.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...70,2474-2.html



Radeon HD 5970
Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 5850
Total Transistors
4.3 billion
2.15 billion
2.15 billion
Shader Processors
2 x 1,600
1,600
1,440
Engine Clock Rate
725 MHz
850 MHz
725 MHz
Memory Clock Rate
1,000 MHz
1,200 MHz
1,000 MHz
Memory Bandwidth
2 x 128 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
128 GB/s
Texture Units
2 x 80
80
72
Texture Fillrate
116 GTexel/s
68 GTexel/s
52.2 GTexel/s
ROPs
2 x 32
32
32
Pixel Fillrate
46.4 GPixel/s
27.2 GPixel/s
23.2 GPixel/s
Compute Performance
4.64 TFLOPs
2.72 TFLOPs
2.09 TFLOPs
Maximum Board Power
294W
188W
170W
Idle Board Power
42W
27W
27W

Even though hardware seems similar the Firepro can outdo the 5870 by as much as 650 percent on some tests:

http://fireuser.com/blog/firepro_v87...70_benchmarks/


But no doubt for the price its best for us to stick to gaming boards.


Here are some workstation cards doing gaming:

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Nvid...-Card/?page=10


Also keep in mind these are the cards used by the people who create the game worlds we play in .....



But ya the best single gpu is the 285 or 4890 (5870 is better then 4890 but not shown) it would seem:

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...1200,1538.html

[Sajuuk]

Also take into account the firepro has more mature drivers that are optimized/targeted for specific 3d applications vs the newer 5800 series drivers.

I will admit those are interesting comparisons.

[thinus]

Also take into account the firepro has more mature drivers that are optimized/targeted for specific 3d applications vs the newer 5800 series drivers.

Yes, this is the biggest problem with the 5800s.

[Sam DeathWalker]

Ya well Im moving up to 6 1G 9800 cards from my current 6 1/2G 9600 cards soon (as I have 6 computers ...) so I guess all this dosnt much matter to me. You cant go wrong with the 285 or the 5870 for sure.

For $130 (each) the 1G 9800's will do me well and they have no fans which is what I really like.

In the past ATI had a very bad rep with drivers which is why I am using the nvida product (on amd motherboards). Maybe times have changed .....

[Sajuuk]

Ya well Im moving up to 6 1G 9800 cards from my current 6 1/2G 9600 cards soon (as I have 6 computers ...) so I guess all this dosnt much matter to me. You cant go wrong with the 285 or the 5870 for sure.

For $130 (each) the 1G 9800's will do me well and they have no fans which is what I really like.

In the past ATI had a very bad rep with drivers which is why I am using the nvida product (on amd motherboards). Maybe times have changed .....

Yeah, for you with six computers in one room I can imagine passive cooling is a big plus..


...I really should get a fan controller and turn down my case fans.