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ASUS MATRIX 5870 2GB GDDR5 VIDEO GRAPHICS CARD DVI , DP , HDMI P/N P/2DIS/2GD5

23 November 2021

Old Gold, Retro Gaming Powerhouse

Here we are, 2021, and the GPU market is absolutely garbage. Two to three times market value across the board... Garbage cards getting top tier prices. Yeah, I gave this card 5 stars and a bunch of 'no' answers to value, quiet, and performance - but those are weighted for nowadays. I, like many others who tinker in computers, have gone backwards to have fun with tech without going broke. I build retro systems for gaming and productivity - and here is where this card shines. I built a period correct 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 running Snow Leopard - and, honestly, the card limitations in 2010-2011 are underwhelming. This card, specifically, is beyond almost anything else in that particular time period - not only is it one of the first DirectX 11 cards - it is beefed up with 2 GB of memory and GDDR5 memory. This will comfortably hold it's own with games and productivity in the old school market! The card is really cool - lights that reflect the intensity of workload, external contacts for various technical outputs... Will run multiple monitors at high resolution... It's not a modern card, heck, it's not a Radeon HD7950 even, but it works and - honestly - can still output low settings in modern titles. This card was just below $500 new back in the day (2010) - which is like a modern $2k card in current pricing. I hope that those price bloated behemoths can claim what this card can someday... So, yeah, it's not a good value, it's kinda quiet (for a reference style anyways), and it does a job, and has been doing a job for 11 years. I paid $80 or so bucks - which was mostly related to rarity (this was the best of best for HD5870 cards, more or less). Do I recommend you do this? Want a late XP build or a Mac Snow Leopard that kicks posterior for a build? Sure. Trying to play Fortnite? Move along... There are better cards for that :)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 8GB GDDR5 Graphic Card (100-505940)

23 November 2021

A Quiet Fire, Perhaps Burns Too Bright

This card was less durable than I hoped - but I really, really pushed it. I bought this for a secondary hobby build before the 2021 GPU market went insane. It's like a sleepy RX480 or so - able to push 4 monitors, and run games (not as well as CAD, but... sacrifices were made). I foolishly paired this with a 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 (flashed 2,1) running Linux (Elementary OS 5) and it really held it's own for a card I paid around $325 for - trying to avoid even the early inflation on non-workstation cards. The Pro was upgraded, significantly, as a dual processor Xeon machine - despite it's limitations on early PCIe ports and general speed. The particular card (lightly used, allegedly) ran very hot - the metal casing was obviously over 100 degrees (F) to the touch. But it held up, and ran, until I switched it out to do some work in an older OS that wouldn't support it. When it went back in, it had given up on me. This particular card? The limited nature of a very old Mac Pro? I can't tell you, but I was very sad about it. I don't play a lot of AAA titles that aren't RPGs, so I'm not addicted to FPS over 60 - but this one could hit it in Pathfinder, Baldur's Gate 3, and Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire (not at highest, don't be ridiculous, LOL). And it ran three vintage monitors on adapters without complaint (until it quit, no notice). I believe in Radeon/AMD - especially considering my background with Macs. It was plug and play - even running in Big Sur (on my other Pro, a 2010 5,1) - and it handled itself. So, yeah I abused it a little - made it do things that GPUs maybe shouldn't do. Maybe 2006 Mac Pros shouldn't run modern Linux with workstation cards and game... Then again, maybe this card wasn't up to the challenge. It still compares favorably price wise to an RX480, and uses virtually no power (where the heck did that heat come from?). It's a good card, even if I burnt it out in a little over 6 months.

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