- Feb 12, 2012
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I currently own an ATI HD5870 and am in the process of upgrading my pc. Everything else has been decided barring the Graphic card. What card would give me a better performance boost that will last me around 1-2 years??
I would grit my teeth and wait until Kepler comes out to get a better view at your options.
LOL. That's in fact a fantastic idea.A good upgrade would be another 5870
I would wait. The 5870 is a great card for 1080. With kepler coming out and it may be as fast as leaked slides show the AMD 7900 series won't stand a chance. Amd's 8 series couldn't come soon enough.
Are you experiencing low frames? A 5870 is a pretty powerful card, and to get a decent upgrade is going to cost a lot of money at this point. I wouldn't bother with anything less than a 7950 right now. I would grit my teeth and wait until Kepler comes out to get a better view at your options.
LOL. That's in fact a fantastic idea.
And yeah @Dilkesy & @Skurge, I'll definitely wait for Kepler. Thanks.
You don't need to upgrade your 5870. It blows to socks of my GTX 460 1GB and I don't need to upgrade for a coupla years. Get another 5870 for some CrossFireX goodness.
I would advise him against a second 5870. They're hard to get, somewhat expensive and it will be a used card. The raw power would be great, but any card for gaming now days I think should be 2GB+ VRAM. Games like BF3 and Metro 2033 eat up VRAM and getting 2GB will help future proof your GPU.