HD5770 or HD5850

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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.
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.
 

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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-hd5770-hd5750-crossfirex_7.html#sect1

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.
 
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.
 
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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!