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Sell 5870 or Keep?

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joebobsteve

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Should I take advantage of the 5870 price depreciation and get one when theyre dirt cheap to CF it with my existing 5870?

Or should I sell it for $300 and get a slightly slower but newer 6870 for $260 to keep with the times?

Also, just help me out with one more thing. I never planned to go multi-GPU because of microstuttering. Is microstuttering a problem today?
 
are you finding your games lacking in FPS or detail that you wish was there?
if yes, id just get another card, if no, dont worry about it, skip this gen and pick up the 7 series. Theres no OMFG I MUST PLAY games that use the horsepower of todays graphics card imo.
 
If you can profit more than $20 or $30 and get a card a newer card (6870) with probably no noticeable (or very minimal) difference, i would.

Guess it just depends if it's worth the hassle for $20 or $30... but I'm cheap so I would!
 
If you can actually get $300 out of it, I'd sell it. Most of them are going for ~$250-260. To me, it's not worth the hassle... I'm waiting another generation probably.
 
YamahaAlex37 said:
If you can profit more than $20 or $30 and get a card a newer card (6870) with probably no noticeable (or very minimal) difference, i would.

Guess it just depends if it's worth the hassle for $20 or $30... but I'm cheap so I would!
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Well temperature is kind of a problem for me with the 5870 since im running it in an SFF case. I do know the 6870 runs about 10C cooler so thats a reason for me to do the switch.

But Im thinking of getting rid of my SFF case and doing crossfire if microstuttering isnt a problem. With the Gtx 295, I had problems with what I thought was microstuttering but Im still not sure till this day.
 
What exactly are you "keeping with" by going with a slower 6870?

New 5870's can be had for $300 AR so it's doubtful you'll get $300 for it. You'll end up breaking even from a monetary stand point but have a slower card. Doesn't make sense to me.
 
RamonGTP said:
What exactly are you "keeping with" by going with a slower 6870?

New 5870's can be had for $300 AR so it's doubtful you'll get $300 for it. You'll end up breaking even from a monetary stand point but have a slower card. Doesn't make sense to me.
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Well the 6870 on premature drivers perform slightly worse than a mature 5870 and supposedly does better when tessellation is enabled. And lower power consumption and temps which are things I need.
 
I doubt you're going to see much performance improvement with drivers. The card pretty much performed exactly how it was expected to. It does tessellation better but that's not the same as saying it performs better when tessellation is enabled. It did better in tessellation benchmarks but still fell behind in all DX11 games.
 
Yeah, I'd just stick with the 5870. That said, if you need more horsepower and are considering another 5870, then I'd rather sell the 5870 and buy two 6870's. From the CFX reviews I've seen, the 6870's scale better and beats(by 5-20% depending on the game) a 5870 crossfire setup. Or just wait for the 6970...

Microstuttering is still a problem, and it will likely always be unless they move away from AFR-mode. It's not really noticeable if you're above 40fps though.
 
Keep the 5870 , the performance difference is tiny and not worth the hassle of sale. Just be happy with what you have as long as it works right. Also micro-stuttering is a thing of the past.
 
If you're worried about the heat and don't mind a tiny bit of performance loss...why not undervolt/underclock? Depending on which card you have undervolting may/may not be possible, if it is, however; you can probably undervolt and keep the stock speeds.
 
Sell it, Get a 6970 as a replacement within 30 days. There should be a good boost in performance going there, later buy a 2nd and do crossfire x. The 58xx series crossfire was great at times and poor at other times when it was AMD's 100% focus. Now that these are going to be EOLd and there is a new series to optimize drivers for I'd be scared to see what kind of game bugs and issues may arise. If you have a 5770 or something my advice would be different but either way, I'd trade up for a shiny new 6970.

Meh to microstutter, I'm not sensitive to it so.. I'm going tripple watercooled 5970 or GTX 580 and will find out exactly what I'm going to do in about 2 months. Good luck
 
Now is a good time to sell. The value on that card will drop to $200 once Cayman is released and maybe even a couple weeks before.
 
Lord_Exodia said:
Sell it, Get a 6970 as a replacement within 30 days. There should be a good boost in performance going there, later buy a 2nd and do crossfire x. The 58xx series crossfire was great at times and poor at other times when it was AMD's 100% focus. Now that these are going to be EOLd and there is a new series to optimize drivers for I'd be scared to see what kind of game bugs and issues may arise. If you have a 5770 or something my advice would be different but either way, I'd trade up for a shiny new 6970.

Meh to microstutter, I'm not sensitive to it so.. I'm going tripple watercooled 5970 or GTX 580 and will find out exactly what I'm going to do in about 2 months. Good luck
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Considering his reason for selling a 5870 is heat and power, I doubt a 6970 is going to be the answer.
 
I would keep the 5870.. Your not going to get enough for it to be worth while.. Thats why I sold my 5k series card 2 weeks before the 6k release. But not your not going to get top dollar for it, so you might as well hold out for a real performance increase.
 
I always keep a back up card for occasions like this and for if my primary card fails, so I am not left with nothing.

I'd sell the 5870 while I could still get a decent price for it and put that money towards moving to a 6950 or 6970.

Personally, I wouldn't move from a 5870 to a 6870.
 
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