What's the 5000 series equivalent to an 8800GT 512mb?

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extreme4377

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Simple as that. I just want to know what the ATI 5000 series equivalent is to the 8800GT 512mb nvidia card. Im looking to change out my 8800gt for something newer and preferably with DX11 support. I do almost no gaming but do watch HD encodes on my system.

Budget: ~$60

Thank you
 
for that amount nothing... not even the HD 56XX will do you any good... just save the pennies till you hit 150ish then buy the HD 5770
 
5670 is right on par with it (a little more powerful in some cases). But you aren't going to find any for $60. They retail for $100.
 
The 4770/4830 is barely stronger than the 8800GT/9800GT, and the 5670 is weaker than the 4770/4830. Therefore, I do not believe a 5670 will keep up with a 8800GT/9800GT.

On a $60 budget, you would have to go with a 5450 on the DX11 side as I do not believe any 5670 is even close to $60~. As for a performance per dollar basis (best performance for $60~) , I would look at the 4650/4670 (prices vary, I can't know the exact price of every card at every time).
 
5670 sounds good and I think it will be in that range (you have to catch it on sale though) within 2 or 3 months. Might be a little slower than the 8800gt but since you claim to do little gaming, shouldn't matter much.
 
extreme4377 said:
So for a budget of ~150, the 5770 is the best option today?
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No, it's too much power if you do almost no gaming. Which makes me curious as to why you want a DX11 part at all. What's your 8800GT currently not doing that you would like a new card to do?
 
As I said, if you want a DX11 card, but are only going to use it for DVD/BD watching, then a 5450 should be perfectly fine. In fact, that's what it was designed for.
 
Is there any reason at all to upgrade from an 8800GT if you are just watching videos? I don't really think so, but I could be wrong.
 
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Is there any reason at all to upgrade from an 8800GT if you are just watching videos? I don't really think so, but I could be wrong.
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None, really. Power consumption and noise might be an enticement, but the 8800GT games well and the card features full h.264 video acceleration (only partial VC1, but who cares?)
 
I hope the Fermi does well.

1. Competition is good.
2. It means that nVidia fans who bought 5870s to tide them over will dump them cheap, to get a Fermi, and I can pick up a second 5870 on the cheap, for some Crossfire goodness!
 
I'd just save the money and stick with your current card, you wouldn't notice a difference just watching videos from upgrading.
 
Sounds like my best option might be to just stick with my 8800GT then. I was going to switch to a newer card with DX11 for new shader options for h.264 playback and also for the noise factor but my 8800GT fares fine and the noise is only an issue if Im gaming.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Looks like I needed some sense talked into me.
 
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