>For fun I busted out my old HD 5970 and hooked it up to my system to compare to my 1080 Ti.
>Fucking 48 fps in Witcher 3 high settings 1080p.
>53 fps in GTA V 1080p.
> The HD 5970 was released in November 2009.
>Google GTX 590 benchmarks and performance is laughable by comparison.
Why the fuck do amd cards age so well, Sup Forums?
>inb4 "hurr durr ayymdee fanboy"
hurr durr ayymdee fanboy
Because those games aren't very demanding. The moment you hit the 2gb vram wall your performance will plummet.
run it at 720p, easy 60fps
Yeah, that's true, but in terms of actual performance the HD 5970 beats the GTX 590 every time.
Both are dual gpu cards, both released close to each other, but the amd card plays better on modern titles like BF1 and Watch Dogs 2.
The question I'm asking is why?
AMD actually gives a shit about supporting legacy cards, unlike Nvidia.
Nvidia's focus is always their top end line of products and the last generation can fuck off, even the flagships.
fpbp
That's true.
Honestly I would buy amd gpus again if they could match Nvidia flagship cards, but until vega that just isn't a thing.
I seriously haven't purchased an amd gpu since the HD 5970, I hope vega changes that so Nvidia will finally get off their asses like Intel is in response to ryzen.
>Fucking 48 fps in Witcher 3 high settings 1080p.
yeah right
The 5970 is stronger than an RX 460 in performance by a very slim margin (but the 460 has better vram). Just google the 460 in action and you'll see that card handle the Witcher 3 at high settings with ease.
I don't recommend you buy a 5970 since it's old, hot, loud, and power hungry, but I just think it's fucking amazing that a card from 2009 is still able to run modern titles. I really can't think of any other gpu with that kind of longevity.
I'm still running my HD 7850 quite happily for most modern games @ 2k, albeit at 30fps
>2k
stop this fucking meme
HD7950 here. Literally everything runs above PS4 quality settings or equal with better performance at 1080p. Over 4 years and I still don't feel a need to upgrade.
And in new games it does better than GTX680. When HD7950 was somewhere between 660ti and 670.
>buying a 1080 TI
>not playing in 4k
retard.
I had 50-60 fps 1080p in GTA V on my old GTX570.
>Bought a 290x four years ago.
>People called me a cuck cuz its a 290 but $100+ more.
>Mine with it.
>Upgrade shit amd cpu and buy more 290x's.
>Sell each for $400 now.
Been upgrading my PC for free and getting extra cash.
Thanks AMD!
>tfw old 660ti is only just starting to give me issues due to lack of vram
>Been upgrading my PC for free and getting extra cash.
I hope your parents kick you out.
You're either lying or using FX6300 or something similar, so CPU bottlenecks your GPU in the ass
You can't read. There's nothing that could imply that.
>running your cards at 100
What CPU are you running alongside with it?
because AMD doesn't gimp their older cards with the driver update.
t.ex 480GTX owner
Random question here. Is there any diffrence between 16gb ram and 12gb gaming wise?
but he's still smarter and more clever than you are ;)
You wont be able to put Ultra high in textures in some games.
GTAV is a 6 year old game. Its release date is closer in time to Crysis 1's than it is to the current day.
Still using a 7870XT here. Runs everything I want to play at 1920x1080 60+FPS, med-high settings.
Does that include witcher 3 and/or bf1?
RAM != VRAM
That includes all games.
It really not a big deal,there was a time when people knew that a wall texture doesnt have to be 100Mb to look good.
It's not even 4 years old. You must've confused it with Skyrim.
The PC release was 4 years ago but that's not the game was first released, the game was made long before that. It's an old game.
I currently am using this card, however my CPU is another story. I'm literally using a AMD FX 4100.
Because Fermi was fucking awful, especially the GTX590 which was two housefires on one card and became infamous for becoming a literal flamethrower when you tried to overclock it. The Asus MARS was the only not-shit GTX590 implementation out there, and that was just plain ludicrous in every way including the triple 8-pin power connectors and five pounds of weight.