Hello everyone,

Which is better in terms of performance and power:

Single Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
or
Single ATI Radeon 5870

they are both great but the 5870 only beats the 295 in about 5 games but the 5870 does use less power and has dx 11 vs the gtx 295 only having dx 10

The HD 5870 is a single GPU compared to two for the GTX 295. It's not a fair fight, but the Radeon still manages to get ahead in a few games. So, in terms of price to performance, the HD 5870 gets my vote.

Thanks very much. If you take price out of the question, would you still choose the ATI?

i personally would pick the ati card over the gtx 295

one of the things that is lost in this is the fact that the 5870 is a DX 11 card far technologically advanced (DX 11 .compute-shade,tessellation, etc and ready for the next generation of games.

i already stated that

what are you implying? that I'm senile? ......did I mention that the 5870 is DX11? :haha::wave:

Definatly the 5870!

The 5870, purely for the fact that it is a single-GPU card and is as-such less dependent on driver support for good performance in games compared to the GTX 295, which is basically two GTX 260s SLI-ed on one PCB. SLI support is usually close to non-existent in titles when they release, and is only improved after a patch or two, or new drivers.

I personally hate playing the waiting game, so I'd go for a single-GPU solution that guarantees that I can use all the pixel-processing horsepower, rather than having some of it go to waste, as in the case of dual-GPU solutions like the GTX 295.

Power consumption and heat output are two other concerns; the 5870 wins out in that too.

the hd 5870 wins even though the gtx preforms better in more games