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Picasso

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so my buddy called me the other day saying he was cleaning out some of his inventory. He's getting rid of 3 nvidia gtx 465s that i would tri-sli. I currently am using a single radeon 5870. While I know the 5870 beats ths 470 head to head, does a 470x3 gain alot over the 5870?
 
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Its a Kingwing LZ-850 watts
also, i just checked with my buddy and they are the 465's, not the 470's. I edited my original post to reflect
 
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I doubt ur PSU will handle it. I ran tri 470 on my 1050hx and it was getting very hot, but it handle it. I was running i7 930 at 4.2ghz.
 
Here is a direct comparison with the 460 in sli vs your 5870.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/294?vs=314

Looks like a significant improvement over your current card.

You never stated what he is going to charge you for the 3 cards. If it is around $200, I would still go with a single card like the 7870 or 7950 for $50 more.
 
Qinsp, you might want to edit that post, you aren't in genmay ;)

I don't think you should bother with the gtx 465's, they require power you don't have and $$ would be better invested in a newer single card
 
MrC4 said:
Here is a direct comparison with the 460 in sli vs your 5870.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/294?vs=314

Looks like a significant improvement over your current card.

You never stated what he is going to charge you for the 3 cards. If it is around $200, I would still go with a single card like the 7870 or 7950 for $50 more.
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Do you know if that is triple or dual sli for that benchmark?

He wants 100 a piece, they are fan modded so they pull from the top instead of the side.
Kinda figured that at the price and selling my 5870, i might as well buy a gtx470 or something.
 
Two 470s yield a slightly higher performance than a GTX 670, so going for a guess I would have to say 10~15% faster than a GTX 680 at stock.

I ran my three 470s on 850w and the power consumption according to killawatt never broke the 750w mark with the total system draw. Just be concerned with the heat output since summer is coming. They put out A LOT of heat.
 
bigted said:
Qinsp, you might want to edit that post, you aren't in genmay ;)

I don't think you should bother with the gtx 465's, they require power you don't have and $$ would be better invested in a newer single card
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I cut back on the voltage. Thanks. ;)
 
What would you guys think about dualing the 5870 instead? They're going for around 160 on ebay
 
Since a 7950 provides a significant boost in performance vs. a single 5870 (some situations double), you should buy a 7950 and sell your 5870 for $160. Your total out of pocket would be around $125 and your gaming life would have less complications without the hassle of crossfire.

Here are the numbers:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/511?vs=645
 
Picasso said:
What would you guys think about dualing the 5870 instead? They're going for around 160 on ebay
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Not a bad choice, but honestly I'd suggest selling your HD 5870 and buying a current gen card instead. You'll encounter less issues because of SLI/Crossfire, and you always have the option to sli/xfire later when performance demand is higher then the card.

I would suggest an HD7950, or HD7970 personally. I picked up a brand new HD7950 for $280 + tax. Either can be had for super good deals if you look at used ones. If you prefer the nVidia cards, then check out the GTX 670. I personally prefer the value of the AMD cards, but honestly, both brands are quite excellent.
 
MrC4 said:
Since a 7950 provides a significant boost in performance vs. a single 5870 (some situations double), you should buy a 7950 and sell your 5870 for $160. Your total out of pocket would be around $125 and your gaming life would have less complications without the hassle of crossfire.

Here are the numbers:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/511?vs=645
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dalekphalm said:
Not a bad choice, but honestly I'd suggest selling your HD 5870 and buying a current gen card instead. You'll encounter less issues because of SLI/Crossfire, and you always have the option to sli/xfire later when performance demand is higher then the card.

I would suggest an HD7950, or HD7970 personally. I picked up a brand new HD7950 for $280 + tax. Either can be had for super good deals if you look at used ones. If you prefer the nVidia cards, then check out the GTX 670. I personally prefer the value of the AMD cards, but honestly, both brands are quite excellent.
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Yah, I've been looking at both the 670 and the 7970, although the 7950 seems to perform almost as well as the 7970, and is looking to be around 120 cheaper. Though choice that. Hopefully a steal on pops up somewhere.
I've never actually sli'd/crossfired before. Whats all this talk of hassle?
 
Picasso said:
Yah, I've been looking at both the 670 and the 7970, although the 7950 seems to perform almost as well as the 7970, and is looking to be around 120 cheaper. Though choice that. Hopefully a steal on pops up somewhere.
I've never actually sli'd/crossfired before. Whats all this talk of hassle?
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Some games/programs do not scale well with crossfire or SLI. Other issues such as stuttering can also occur. However, I've never ran into those issues personally (560tis and 680s in SLI) and from what I can see AMD scales very well but again, I haven't had personal experience with them.
 
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