Suggest for gaming rig at 75k INR.

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desiibond

desiibond

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guys who are suggesting GTX295. With ATI's HD5850 and HD5870 coming tomorrow, do you think it's seriously worthy to recommend this overpriced GPU for a 22" display??

if i comppare crossfired HD5870 with GTX295

* 2x 950MHz GPU clock
* 2x 1150MHz memory clock
* 2x 2280 Gflops performance
* 2x 45.600 MT/s texture filtrate
* 2x 30.400 MP/s pixel filtrate
* 2x 147.2 GB/s bandwidth

gtx295:

Processor Cores : 480 ( 240 per GPU )
Graphics clock: 576 MHz
processory clock: 1242 MHz
Texture fill rate: 92.2
Memory Clock (MHz): 999MHz
Standard Memory Config: 1792 MB GDDR3 ( 896MB per GPU )
Memory Interface Width: 896-bit ( 448-bit per GPU )
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 223.8

Minimum System Power Requirement (W): 680W

Even if we take a single HD5870, it should be able to touch GTX295's performance and also take lot lot less amount of power and lot more quieter.
 
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hell_storm2006

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Well its coming in the US.. right? We'll have to wait a while to get it in the Indian market and wait a while more till the prices become stable! It also depends when the OP wants to buy. If its after a month then definitely he can give HD 5850 or HD 5870 a try. Plus we have no clue about the prices. But I guess, event then it would be less than GTX 295. Also a 24 inch monitor would do justice to a GTX 295/HD 5850/HD 5870.
Also GTX 295 would definitely require a 1000 watts. bit-tech review says it consumes 674.5 W on load. So a 750Watt one would fall short. And the next model available of PSU is 1000 Watts!
 
asingh

asingh

Aspiring Novelist
desiibond said:
guys who are suggesting GTX295. With ATI's HD5850 and HD5870 coming tomorrow, do you think it's seriously worthy to recommend this overpriced GPU for a 22" display??

if i comppare crossfired HD5870 with GTX295

* 2x 950MHz GPU clock
* 2x 1150MHz memory clock
* 2x 2280 Gflops performance
* 2x 45.600 MT/s texture filtrate
* 2x 30.400 MP/s pixel filtrate
* 2x 147.2 GB/s bandwidth

gtx295:

Processor Cores : 480 ( 240 per GPU )
Graphics clock: 576 MHz
processory clock: 1242 MHz
Texture fill rate: 92.2
Memory Clock (MHz): 999MHz
Standard Memory Config: 1792 MB GDDR3 ( 896MB per GPU )
Memory Interface Width: 896-bit ( 448-bit per GPU )
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 223.8

Minimum System Power Requirement (W): 680W

Even if we take a single HD5870, it should be able to touch GTX295's performance and also take lot lot less amount of power and lot more quieter.
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Yes..true..on paper the 5XXX series are looking good. But we don't know what pricing scheme ATI has up their sleeve. With competitor (read nVidia) new releases quite far away, ATI may price them high.

Ideally the OP has two scenarios, and he can choose:

1. He waits for the ATI 5XXX series release, and also waits for them to trickle down to the Indian markets. Lynx will have them early for sure. Also then he again waits for prices to come down for the 4XXX series, and the prime nVidia series. nVidia will have to lower prices to keep sales up --- so probably the GTX series will come down too. Over all this whole cycle will/can/should take approximate 30 days from release of 5XXX series. In the US/Europe makets it will be immediate..but India..it will take time.

2. He goes ahead and buys what we are suggesting, and has a good up and running system. I have noticed that when one waits..they keep waiting. Once he waits..for 5XXX series, next will be suggesting wait for the GT300 series. If you got the money -- by it man. (And have a lot of fun and a bit of regret). We all regret a bit, once a purchase is made...consumer society...! :)

hell_storm2006 said:
Well its coming in the US.. right? We'll have to wait a while to get it in the Indian market and wait a while more till the prices become stable! It also depends when the OP wants to buy. If its after a month then definitely he can give HD 5850 or HD 5870 a try. Plus we have no clue about the prices. But I guess, event then it would be less than GTX 295. Also a 24 inch monitor would do justice to a GTX 295/HD 5850/HD 5870.
Also GTX 295 would definitely require a 1000 watts. bit-tech review says it consumes 674.5 W on load. So a 750Watt one would fall short. And the next model available of PSU is 1000 Watts!
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GTX295 will not require a 1000W PSU. If you see this the discrete card power draw (peak) is 289W, and system would be ~680W. For the above..I am sure..bit tech meant 674.5 over all system consumption. A TX650 will be a close shave and a TX750 will be comfortable. Yes, he can go for 1000W, for future scalability...but I doubt he will need that with an i7, unless he wants to go Quad SLI later.
 
desiibond

desiibond

Bond, Desi Bond!
^^when the wait if less than a week away, why not wait. And yes, if HD58x0 is overpriced, he can still go for GTX295 or whatever.

What if he goes ahead and buys GTX295 and then a heaper HD4870 is able to beat GTX295 and at the same time consuming half the power and with lot more overclocking room?
 
asingh

asingh

Aspiring Novelist
desiibond said:
^^when the wait if less than a week away, why not wait. And yes, if HD58x0 is overpriced, he can still go for GTX295 or whatever.

What if he goes ahead and buys GTX295 and then a heaper HD4870 is able to beat GTX295 and at the same time consuming half the power and with lot more overclocking room?
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I meant 30 days of wait for:

5xxx official release ---> 5xxx availability in India ---> Prices of 4xxx to fall ---> Prices of 5xxx to pan out (get a bit less).

Would a 4870 beat a GTX 295..? Or would the 4870x2 (dual board-internal Xfire)

Also the OP and the original owner might not be able to switch parts frequently since he is in Darjeeling.

Yes, but with the release few days away...might as well wait..and see...! :)
 
amitash

amitash

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4870x2 cannot beat gtx275...And i doubt weather a single 5870 could beat it...but 2 in cfx surely would
 
damngoodman999

damngoodman999

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amitash said:
4870x2 cannot beat gtx275...And i doubt weather a single 5870 could beat it...but 2 in cfx surely would
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HD 4870X2 beats GTX 275 , but never beats GTX 295 !

Me too having the same doubt , I dono y ATI increase their stream processor & core clock level more & more ! i think it does makes big difference
 
desiibond

desiibond

Bond, Desi Bond!
guys, one more problem is that he may need to increase his budget or go for Phenom II instead of i7 if GTX295 is picked. Since this card is 29k, I don't think core i7+GTX295 can fit in that budget.
 
desiibond

desiibond

Bond, Desi Bond!
update:

core i5 750 price to be set near to 12k.
entry level P55 boards from ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI and to be launched at 7k price point. you may get Biostar models for lower price.

PS: Don't ask me about avialability. :)
 
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