Buying a new Graphics Card

[coderunknown]

for now HD5670 is good for HD but in less than a yr, it'll in the league of entry level cards (HD66** will thrash it & so do Llano APU graphics).

 

[rajan1311]

Not really...Llano APUs will max have a 400 shaders on them, so it will not thrash the 5670...

 

[vickybat]

Yes rajan1311 is absolutely correct. The recently released brazos apu's have 2 simd engines having a total of 80 shaders. Their performance is a bit slower than 5470. LLano apu's will be in the league with a 5570 and will perform a bit slower than it if the current trend continues. It might even have a lower backend but that is anyways a lot better than any current onboard solutions.

 

[coderunknown]

yes. i mean to say was, 6650 (which should come up very soon) will take a huge lead over HD5670 & Llano's fastest APU will match HD5670 (HD gaming is seriously out of question) or will at least match HD5570.

 

[vickybat]

^^What are the replacements for junniper i.e 5750 & 5770?

 

[rajan1311]

^the HD 6850/70 are meant to replace the 5770 and 5750 bro....prices will come down soon,but that what is it is.


5700 -> 6800
5800 -> 6900

 

[vickybat]

I think there will be some 6750 and 6770. What do you say?

 

[max_snyper]

bro u can really go with the ati/nvidia solution for ati hd6850 and nvidia 460gtx...assuming a good quality psu u will buy from corsair vx450-vx550,seasonic s12ii 520w,fsp 500w. there will be a little bottleneck in the games that are mindlessly ported from consoles to pc. but it will somewhat last more than a year and half for full hd resolutions gaming. choose your pick.

 

[coderunknown]

^^What are the replacements for junniper i.e 5750 & 5770?

HD5770 = HD6850
HD5750 = yet to be launched but HD6770 should be little faster than it (if we follow the way 6-series GPU are getting launched).

^the HD 6850/70 are meant to replace the 5770 and 5750 bro....prices will come down soon,but that what is it is

soon nowadays have no meaning. AMD kept the prices of 5series 10k+ cards almost constant. the AIB partners cut the prices by a few dollars. GTX460 came & it'll soon get EOL, 5series (& now 6series) hardly show any shift in price.

 

[Piyush]

^^ Ok then I'll convince my father to return to our old budget of 10k for the GFX card, but it will take a little time (1-2 weeks or so). Do you guys think the price of HD6850 will fall buy then?

if 10k is possible than 6850 is the best option for u
but i dunno what PSU u are having right now?

and if its below 8k
then u should go for 5770 without any second thoughts
although this card is quite old but its still beast in performance

 

[rajan1311]

The 5 Series prices did not come down as the fermin was very late and not up to the mark (too hot,too expensive) hence when had no price war, ATI pretty much dominated.

This time, things are different, with cards like the GTX 570 and upcoming GTX 560, AMD will really think about price cuts. They are getting 1GB variants of the 6950 just to counter the GTX 560 threat, now if it is just $20 more than a 6870, the 6870 will make no sense. Hence I said there could be a price cut soon..

 

[vickybat]

Yes amd saw it coming. Prospective buyers will definitely get sweet deals this time around.

 

[coderunknown]

The 5 Series prices did not come down as the fermin was very late and not up to the mark (too hot,too expensive) hence when had no price war, ATI pretty much dominated.

This time, things are different, with cards like the GTX 570 and upcoming GTX 560, AMD will really think about price cuts. They are getting 1GB variants of the 6950 just to counter the GTX 560 threat, now if it is just $20 more than a 6870, the 6870 will make no sense. Hence I said there could be a price cut soon..

have to agree with you here. Nvidia's 5-series is as good as AMD's with all problem sorted out & they are back in the game & can demand a good price for their cards, finally.