hd 5850 x2 or hd 7870

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jaslion

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well i have an hd 7870 in my pc right now and someoene offerd me to buy 2 hd 5850s for +-100€. now i'm wondering what will be better before i buy them because my little brother also wants a pc now so what would be best for me swap the hd 7870 for the hd 5850s or just stick with what i got.
the games i play are : bf2,3,4 crysis, tombraider 2013, farcry1,2 , ... and more to come.

my psu is an cooler master b600
and my cpu is an fx 8320 that is atm at 4 ghz because i need a better cooler for it to be running cool at 5ghz
 
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Quaddro

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100euro+your 7870 for 2x5850..? leave it
100euro for 2x5850..take it.

5850 is a solid card, but not good enough for today games..
At CF configuration yes, it's will faster at dx9 games, but noticeably slower at dx11 compared with your card.
 
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Tough choice.
I'd usually recommend the HD 7870, but the games you play are all well optimised for Crossfire.
Two HD 5850's often outperforme the HD 5970 which in turn outperforms the GTX 580 which is on par with the HD 7950.

Oh, wait.
Your PSU is not good enough for two HD 5850's and an overclocked FX 8 core.
Grab the HD 7870.
 
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i was giong to get an b700 psu anyways so no problem for me i think and the fx 8320 will be at max 4.5ghz till i build myself my true awesome gaming pc

 
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Get the 7870 so that you will have room for future upgrades. As Quaddro said, it suffers at DX11 games as it was made for DX9. Also, crossfire is not very advisable because of the microstuttering issues. More so with an old card on crossfire. Extra 100 bucks is just not worth it.
 
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well then i will just put one of the two in my old rig and use the other one as spare because its such an great deal that i just can't let go
 
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