ASUS EAH5870 CrossFire

zithe · Sep 23, 2009

mdm-adph said:
Considering the single-GPU GTX 280 and 285 cost, what -- $450 when they came out? I'm not bummed out at all about $300, or even $375.

The 280 was 799 I believe. lol

grunt_408 · Sep 23, 2009

I wonder how much the performance drops when you run 3 or six displays like say with a res of 11520 x 4800.....

naoan · Sep 23, 2009

Performance gain is linear in some (read:most) case, and this is with premature driver! :eek:

TheMailMan78 · Sep 23, 2009

TheMailMan78 said:
What is the recommended wattage for a crossfire setup on the 5870 and 5850? I see you used an 800. Whats the minimum?

I repeat

PVTCaboose1337 · Sep 23, 2009

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/28.html

You can kinda get an idea that the cards themselves on load would need about 420watts just for themselves...

grunt_408 · Sep 23, 2009

I dont think I will be going crossfire for a while looky here at the AUS price
http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/pr...=2796&osCsid=6996f07cab8025a16b56a6e46eea0d4c

ShogoXT · Sep 23, 2009

Im sure you could get away with a decent 750w or a good 650w, like the new Corsair one. Just make sure it has the plugs.

EDIT: Opps well ive been mostly looking at modular ones lately.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012
Thats the one I was talking about. Corsair sure does gouge on them though.
EDIT: Earthwatts from Antec arnt bad either.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026

W1zzard · Sep 23, 2009

hd 5850 cf benchmarks complete .. making graphs now, should be up in a few minutes

FishHead69 · Sep 23, 2009

Any reason why your Benching with 9.6 and not 9.8 ?

edit: Maybe I'm just misreading it and your using a beta driver

HTC · Sep 23, 2009

In interested in the power consumption of CFed cards, be it 5870 or 5850 and, if @ all, temps are higher then with single cards.

The only game in this review where CF totally failed is Quake IV. I wonder what the performance graphs would be if this particular game wasn't in the review.

All in all, very good review: many thanks.

W1zzard · Sep 23, 2009

FishHead69 said:
Any reason why your Benching with 9.6 and not 9.8 ?

edit: Maybe I'm just misreading it and your using a beta driver

all other ati cards use 9.6.. it's kinda difficult rebenching all cards each month. i'll probably rebench all cards when a 5800 official catalyst is out, and then next rebench in november when the new vga benchmark rig goes up

W1zzard · Sep 23, 2009

HTC said:
In interested in the power consumption of CFed cards, be it 5870 or 5850 and, if @ all, temps are higher then with single cards.

The only game in this review where CF totally failed is Quake IV. I wonder what the performance graphs would be if this particular game wasn't in the review.

All in all, very good review: many thanks.

power + noise + temps tomorrow (11:30 pm for me and i've been benching and working on reviews all day .. just like the last days). uploading 5850 cf results right now, should see the new graphs in a few minutes

dir_d · Sep 23, 2009

For a Xfire Setup 2 5850s is the way to go..

HTC · Sep 23, 2009

dir_d said:
For a Xfire Setup 2 5850s is the way to go..

For "only 2 cards", i would say so.

Still, i wonder how much more would tri-fire or quad-fire give ...

In any case, and unless you're aiming for max details on 1920 / 1200 or above resolutions, with AA and AF, more then 2 cards would be overkill, IMO.

snuif09 · Sep 23, 2009

just got my self a new mobo wich had for pci-e x16 slots =D

now i wish i had the money for four 5850's

1Kurgan1 · Sep 23, 2009

Amazing, I'm glad I now play at 1920x1200, these would be the perfect fit, too bad I don't have the cash now.

troyrae360 · Sep 23, 2009

@W1zz Any chance of a Quadfire review next? you might even set some records

SteelSix · Sep 23, 2009

aCid888* said:
Once they get their drivers sorted out and that in turn allows these cards to scale as the 4870's did it will be a magic thing......sick power.

Agreed. 4870 CF sucked early on, at a time when when i7 was breathing new life into high-end SLI scaling.

4850's are mopping up too! I'm trying to wait for 2GB cards or an X2. Damn this is gonna be tough.. :cry:

Easy Rhino · Sep 24, 2009

crysis maxed out settings the 5870 in crossfire plays at 30FPS...FINALLY!!!!

grunt_408 · Sep 24, 2009

Easy Rhino said:
crysis maxed out settings the 5870 in crossfire plays at 30FPS...FINALLY!!!!

5850 dosnt do a bad job either

Sasqui · Sep 24, 2009

W1zzard said:
power + noise + temps tomorrow (11:30 pm for me and i've been benching and working on reviews all day .. just like the last days). uploading 5850 cf results right now, should see the new graphs in a few minutes

We are waiting...

YOU are the man.

I hope you do as much work when the drivers have gone through some more optimization.

DrunkenMafia · Sep 24, 2009

good review..... crossfire 5850's are the way to go imo!!! awesome power and much cheaper than its big bro.

Smashes the 295 for the same price as well

and you don't need a mega nuclear psu...

Good work ATI

Agility · Sep 24, 2009

Best performance in all resolution... But the most horrid dollar chart.

wolf · Sep 24, 2009

Awesome review W1z, these cards are just what the market needs right now

5850/5870 CF chop pretty damn hardcore, 2x5870 2gb eyefinity6's is what I'm waiting for

senninex · Sep 24, 2009

Wowwwww.... this is AWESOME performance.. No 1 VGA to date!!!!!!!!!!

I bet NVidia get trouble now due to their new GT300 not ready yet.... But i'm believe it will be release is very soon (if their won't lose more customer).

If i buy.. I'll choose for 5850 series due to save cost & performance close to 5870

However, I'm need calm down wait for GT300 series show it claw & see if it able to beat 5870 or not..... AND off cause performance/price is the main factor for me.

So i keep my 8800GT on table for a while because it able to play all kind off game so far.

Thanks for the review...

P.S : sory, im poor in english!!! LOL

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