I just had the pleasure of having to RMA a XFX 5870 that seemed to suffer from the Grey Screen of Death issue. At first I thought it may have been a driver issue, but now I think it may just affect certain cards.
I'm willing to give the 5870 another chance, but I'd like to buy from better quality manufacturer. I'm also willing to give Nvidia a chance, because I've never had a problem with them and their drivers are reliable.
I want to pay around $400, so that leaves me with either the Radeon 5870 or the Geforce 470. I know that performance/temperature wise the 5870 is better. I'm not sure about drivers, but Nvidia has a better track record (Important because I'm using Win7 64bit). I chose Sapphire and EVGA, because from what I can tell they are two of the best manufactures. So which would you recommend? does the performance difference justify the price difference? I really just want a solid 60fps at 1920x1080. Thanks.
Links:
Sapphire Vapor-X 100281VX-2SR Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCIe DDR5
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6046431&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
EVGA 012-P3-1475-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked+ 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130554
P.S. Those are the specific models that I am looking at because of their improved design features (ie. backplate + highflow bracket of 470 & Vapor-X cooling of 5870).
I'm willing to give the 5870 another chance, but I'd like to buy from better quality manufacturer. I'm also willing to give Nvidia a chance, because I've never had a problem with them and their drivers are reliable.
I want to pay around $400, so that leaves me with either the Radeon 5870 or the Geforce 470. I know that performance/temperature wise the 5870 is better. I'm not sure about drivers, but Nvidia has a better track record (Important because I'm using Win7 64bit). I chose Sapphire and EVGA, because from what I can tell they are two of the best manufactures. So which would you recommend? does the performance difference justify the price difference? I really just want a solid 60fps at 1920x1080. Thanks.
Links:
Sapphire Vapor-X 100281VX-2SR Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCIe DDR5
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6046431&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
EVGA 012-P3-1475-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked+ 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130554
P.S. Those are the specific models that I am looking at because of their improved design features (ie. backplate + highflow bracket of 470 & Vapor-X cooling of 5870).