You could do that. Another option is to look at what the HD 6000 offers at below RM1k. I think in your case, the HD 6770's benchmarks should be considered, as it should have much greater performance than your HD 4850 while running cooler and quieter.

The HD 7000 is probably 12 months away from now. If you can't wait for that long or there are clear benefits to migrate to a HD 6000 now, better to buy as soon as possible to enjoy it longer and sell off the HD 4850 for more second-hand value.

Replacing the X7XX with the X8XX for no good reason? I am doubting TweakTown so hard. And if it does come to pass, I'm going to have so much hate for AMD.

If the screen resolution is the same, it will work the same. It doesn't matter if it is 24", 32", 42", 50", 108" or even 24 kilometers. Screen size is meaningless when it comes to performance.

It's the reason why I get a little annoyed with people saying 15" this, 19" that, 22" there. If there exists a 15" 1920x1200 monitor, a HD 5670 will not be adequate for maximum graphics quality gaming!

You're welcome.

It's not quite a little.

1920x1200 / 1920x1080 = 111%

If a GC can do 60fps on 1920x1080, it will need to be ~11% more powerful to maintain 60fps on a 1920x1200.

For idiots like me, who plays at 1920x1200 using a HD 5670, it can be an issue.

He already stated he has problems with his HD 3870. No need to predict.

Maxieos, maybe you should consider replacing your HD 3870. Particularly when the HD 6000 arrives. The HD 5670 already outperforms it.

His problem is not with the word 'why', so he cannot accept your apology with using the word 'why'.

His problem is with you complaining that "ATI WAS ALWAYS SO HOT" and similar stuff. That is a false statement for current generation of ATI cards. You should apologise for this slander.

This post has been edited by everling: Sep 30 2010, 11:18 PM

The problem is that Maxieos requires a GC with S-Video out because of his LCD TV. For him to use either the HD 5000 and HD 6000, he will also need to replace his monitor.

No, it can't. It's doing 54 at load at the moment.

Considering that it should be about HD 5870 and HD 5850 performance, that's a nice price.

Only a paper release!

Because AMD didn't need to do such a frivolous thing in response to Nvidia's marketing. Imho, they could have gone about normally by sticking with HD 6750 and HD 6770 as was expected and nobody will blink. Taking such a drastic action to break four generations of branding tradition makes AMD appear to be not confident of their own work and weak. The fact that the new "HD 6850" and "HD 6870" is indeed a mid-ranged card forced to wear high-end card boots makes it look even worse.

AMD should respect all of us as customers and just stick to their guns and show some serious integrity. While I'm still hoping otherwise, AMD will lose my respect as a fan if the HD 6700 comes out as the HD 6800.

Don't bother with getting the most powerful IGP. They're very expensive and with APUs (CPU+GPU) coming around next year, they will be obsoleted then. If you need to have a motherboard with an IGP, just take anything that strikes your fancy and meet your other requirements (eg: SATA 6.0Gbps and USB 3.0).

Not a desktop chip, but you might get a better idea with the Zacate APU 18W TDP chips meant for notebooks.

But will their software allow it?

Actually, they skipped the high-end GPU and forced the mid ranged one to take the high-end's place.

One way of dealing with this is accepting that AMD has produced a very crappy high-end GPU this time around.

Haha. If the rumour is right, the new HD 6800 performs worse on synthetic benchmarks than the HD 5800.

If the rumours are true, AMD did not need to downgrade the HD x800 series from high-end to mid-ranged and further compress and devalue the enthusiast class of the HD x900 series.

No. The HD 4800 series was a complete success and a game changer. The HD 6800 series is going to be the black sheep of the family. AMD can save the HD 6800 series by keeping with tradition.

As for pricing, it's probably going to be higher, since the rumours suggest AMD rebranding the HD 5750 and HD 5770 as HD 6750 and HD 6770 respectively.

If it is PCIe, I also would recommend the HD 5670 or the HD 4670. They will pwn any x1900 in every single respect but cost; performance, size, power consumption, heat generated, noise generated. They will be gloriously overkill for such an old machine.

To save cost, boycott the 1GB models and look for the 512MB ones instead. It will save you a lot of money and the performance will be about the same.