Honestly I can't wait to dump my 5870 for something that functions.
Honestly I can't wait to dump my 5870 for something that functions.
Honestly I can't wait to dump my 5870 for something that functions.
Sux to be you, but I can't really see why this is anything but your own problem... I beat the sh!t out of my 5850 and it loves every second of it...
According to the specs it's a DX 10.1 part. Must be another rebadge and not an actual Fermi or derivative.
That was a joke. We already know the 310 is indeed a rebadged 210, no changes. The 315 is a rebadged 220, no changes. You won't be seeing Fermi at the low end for a long, long time.
This is looking like ATI vs Intel CPU wars all over again (with NV playing ATI's part). ATI's got new generation parts, and they perform well in all metrics. NV's got hardware some of which is about to celebrate its second and third birthdays. 9600GT level hardware (the 240) all through 2010 is not a good thing.
That was a joke. We already know the 310 is indeed a rebadged 210, no changes. The 315 is a rebadged 220, no changes.
Why is that referring to them as the 2xx series? Is this a reliable source?
I love these kinds of posts. Because you got one bad 5870 the whole series must suck, and now your ready to throw the baby out with the bath water. It could be just that one individual card. It could be the manufacturer messed up and built a lame series of cards, and an equivalent card from a different manufacturer would work. It could be drivers, another piece of hardware in your PC, or any number of other things causing problems.
So, if you buy a fermi and it gives you the same troubles, are you going to throw it out and buy a Intel video card? I got an i740 I could sell you (but it won't be cheap).
As you suggested, I read the reviews of the cards. I believe you are talking about the factory overclocked cards? I did find some comments where the speeds had to be lowered or the fan speed increased, etc. Sounds like XFX produced a series of cards that are more prone to issues than the rest of the cards. This does not condem the 5XXX series, only the XFX XXX series, and even then most people had no problem with the cards. The problem may be in fact the memory XFX is using rather than the GPU, it's hard to tell by reading the comments.Actually I got two xfx xxx versions neither of which can run at their advertised clocks so they have to be clocked down. Read the reviews these cards are getting on newegg and other sites.
As you suggested, I read the reviews of the cards. I believe you are talking about the factory overclocked cards? I did find some comments where the speeds had to be lowered or the fan speed increased, etc. Sounds like XFX produced a series of cards that are more prone to issues than the rest of the cards. This does not condem the 5XXX series, only the XFX XXX series, and even then most people had no problem with the cards. The problem may be in fact the memory XFX is using rather than the GPU, it's hard to tell by reading the comments.
While I cannot say if it is actually happening, I do expect to see a higher then average failure rate on the 5XXX series of cards simply because of the problems TSMC is having with their 40nm process. Too many chances for small bugs to slip by QC only to be found by the end user. I expect the failure rate to go down as time passes and processes improve (part of the early adapter penalty, unfortunitly).
I think you got cards from a bad lot or because XFX did a poor job on that XXX series. To call the whole 5XXX series a disaster is is a totally unjustified comment. I may eat my words, but I doubt it.