Performance boost with ATI 5870?

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Performance boost with ATI 5870?

Hello Everyone,

I was at the apple store today and with several problems occurring with my machine, they offered as compensation to upgrade my existing 5770 to an ATI 5870 for no extra cost.

For my video editing needs (adobe premiere pro, Final cut x) and my 3d/visual effects needs (adobe after effects, cinema 4d) will i see a noticeable performance boost with the upgraded card?

I was looking at purchasing the GTX 680 in a couple months but since I received this upgrade for free I should just hold off for a bit in hopes that I will see a performance boost in my above applications? (I know it doesn't support Cuda cores, so idk how it will greatly benefit my workflow..

The machine is at apple getting work done, so I thought I would see everyone's thoughts prior to receiving my machine back

Machine:

12-core 2.4ghz (2.67 turbo boost)

40gb ram

120ssd boot/applications drive

1tb scratch drive

ATI radeon 5870

Thanks in advance!

Posted on Apr 21, 2013 12:48 PM

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The hatter

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Apr 21, 2013 1:01 PM in response to SonyGuy11

5870 looks to hold up well really. And for that price too!!

April 18th, 2013 -- PART TWO: eVGA GeForce GTX 680 "Mac Edition"Versus Past and Present Mac GPUs

I would skip on the GTX 680 though it does well and wait to see if they "bring back" CUDA performance back to what the GTX 580's - and then some - in their next generation of cards instead of this - nice to see a Mac Edition again from EVGA though.

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SonyGuy11 Author

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Apr 21, 2013 1:09 PM in response to The hatter

That's good to hear that it holds up well. Specifically will I see an improvement in after effects? I never really looked into this card just because I was always planning on switching to nvidia, but I figured I couldn't go wrong for free..

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