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    5870m vs GT555

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by prastis, Sep 6, 2011.

  1. prastis

    prastis Notebook Consultant

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    Guys whats better in terms of performance in games? the 1gb DDR5 5870 or the 2gb GT555 card? whats more futureproof? englighten me pls! take for example bf3 or guildwars2 which will be really demanding

    ty
     
    prastis, Sep 6, 2011
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    hockeymass that one guy

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    5870 is significantly better.
     
    hockeymass, Sep 6, 2011
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    No question, 5870
     
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  4. prastis

    prastis Notebook Consultant

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    what about the 5850? is that better than gt555 no right?
     
    prastis, Sep 6, 2011
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    5850m is the same as the 5870m, only clocked slightly lower. It can be easily brought to 5870m levels and far beyond. So still better than a 555m.
     
    svl7, Sep 6, 2011
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  7. prastis

    prastis Notebook Consultant

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    i found a great deal on an hp laptop from pcworld, that has 5850 and a 740qm around 700 pounds. on the other hand i can setup a clevo laptop around 690 pounds with a 2630 qm and a 550 gt. think is, arent hp laptops very bad? as far i as heard ppl got problems with them constantly and their service is poor right?
     
    prastis, Sep 6, 2011
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    Not really.
     
    hockeymass, Sep 6, 2011
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    I would get the HP laptop over that clevo one.
     
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    As long as it is GDDR5 because that is what the difference it here.

    The 555M is DDR3 which is like wiping your a**e with sand paper for gaming these days and the 5850M also comes with the GDDR3 version so you want to make sure before buying that laptop that it is 100% GDDR5.

    All 5870M are GDDR5.
     
    Yiddo, Sep 6, 2011
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  11. prastis

    prastis Notebook Consultant

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    ye trying to find out where i can find that laptop . it seems that its been sold out everywhere since it was 50% reduced price from 1200 pounds to 699 :( damn it was very good for value for money
     
    prastis, Sep 6, 2011
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  12. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    that is the envy 17 right? if so it comes with GDDR5
     
    Karamazovmm, Sep 6, 2011
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    I'd get the Envy 17" with 5850M. Sounds like a great deal to me!
     
    Zymphad, Sep 6, 2011
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    prastis Notebook Consultant

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    yeah the envy 17 one. but is hp customer service good or no? what about temperature issues? anyone know

    ty all for ur help
     
    prastis, Sep 7, 2011
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    Cs with hp is average. That is, not good.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
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    prastis Notebook Consultant

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    but dont u think half price > the CS ?;p so u recommend me not to buy it? i knew as well that hp had bad CS but dunno.
     
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    i cant seem to find it anywhere its sold out! :( i guess gt555 can do as well overclocked will be okay at mid graphics :p i aint a graphic demanding freak, just flawless gameplay
     
    prastis, Sep 7, 2011
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  18. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    too bad you lost a great deal on that.
     
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    555m also comes with sandy bridge so on cpu dependent games like sc2 you should be on par with 5870.

    but 5870 is faster like the others said.
     
    aintz, Sep 7, 2011
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  20. ryzeki

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    that would be true, provided the old Core i7 was a bottleneck to begin with. Which isnt true.

    My old GTX260m plus Core i7 720 were maxing SC2 at 1920x1080 at 25 fps. My HD5870m is pushing it a good deal 20fps more.

    Hd5870m will still give better performance.
     
    ryzeki, Sep 7, 2011
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