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He's using newegg, which means $USD or $CAD. The HD5850 is $300, while the HD5830 has a supposed release price of $250 (or somewhere close). The extra $50 he saves could go to a CF motherboard, and an HD5830. Later down the road, a CF HD5830 will kill the HD5850.

If you want to play at the highest graphics quality possible then get the HD 5850. It should last you a couple of year longer than a HD 5770 @ 1680 x 1050 resolution before you need to upgrade.

Keep in mind that CF scaling (same with SLI too) isn't exactly worth the cost; I've seen very few CF solutions hold up generation to generation...I find it much more efficent cost/performance wise to just get the 1 better card.

gamerk316 said:
Keep in mind that CF scaling (same with SLI too) isn't exactly worth the cost; I've seen very few CF solutions hold up generation to generation...I find it much more efficent cost/performance wise to just get the 1 better card.



I'm confused :heink:  I can get two HD5770's that will outperform one HD5850 and in some cases the HD5870 for the same price? Referring to http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-h...

I will probably get one HD5770 now and crossfire another in a year or so....doesn't that seem pretty practical?

I guess that kinda contradicts my original post about not wanting to upgrade lol but I think I would be OK with getting another 5770 down the road when they drop in price.

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Of course you can find old cards for crossfire. I'm sure the HD5770 will still be available new in a year and past that you can always ebay. I'm sure it will be much cheaper as well.
An HD5770 and crossfiring when necessary is a perfect choice for a 1680x1050 monitor. Advising people to buy video cards more powerful(and twice as expensive) than what they need isn't always necessary guys.

jyjjy said:
Of course you can find old cards for crossfire. I'm sure the HD5770 will still be available new in a year and past that you can always ebay. I'm sure it will be much cheaper as well.
An HD5770 and crossfiring when necessary is a perfect choice for a 1680x1050 monitor. Advising people to buy video cards more powerful(and twice as expensive) than what they need isn't always necessary guys.



Thank you! This is what I was thinking exactly. It's so easy to just get the next step up but after a while your $1000 build turns into a $1500 build and it's overkill. But thanks everyone for your input - even if I didn't take your advice, it has helped me choose between the two cards!

No 16x 8x is fine.
Ideal 16x , 16x
Fine 16x, 8x
Fine 8x 8x ,in fact only the most powerful cards would near the bandwidth available at 8x 8x
Its the best a p55 1156 board can run at (not important to you).

notty22 said:
No 16x 8x is fine.
Ideal 16x , 16x
Fine 16x, 8x
Fine 8x 8x ,in fact only the most powerful cards would near the bandwidth available at 8x 8x
Its the best a p55 1156 board can run at (not important to you).



Got it - thank you very much
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