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First things first, and I must ask, why does Palit have it's own damn sub-category while no other AIB does?! 
Now, on to the point of the thread.
One of my 8800 GTS 512mbs died recently and so I am looking for the funds for an upgrade.
I think I have settled on $350 as the absolute maximum I can spends, if I can even do that.
So I have been looking up these cards and deliberating for awhile. If you know me at all, you know I'm all about the details in comparing products and have been researching thoroughly.
So it seems that dual 5770s are pretty close to a 5870, they equal it a lot and beat it sometimes while being beaten by it too.
Logic would tell us that the 5850 is only 10% slower than a 5870 when clocked to the same levels because of a 10% reduction in shaders. Since both can clock to about 1 GHz on the core pretty easily (or with minor voltage change), I would be willing to bet that the 5850 is at most 10% behind the 5870, but only where the shaders scale perfectly which may not happen all of the time.
Now since the 5850 is only 10% slower than the dual 5770 set up and have more consistent performance and the ability to crossfire later for me, the 5850 would be the best bet.
Here are the cards I am comparing:
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490&cm_re=5770-_-14-127-490-_-Product or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102864&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-864-_-Product
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127500&cm_re=5850-_-14-127-500-_-Product
I am not sure which cards allow voltage changing, I know the MSI cards do natively and you can modify the software for other boards, but I'm not sure which, so if you could elaborate for me then that would be great.
Now, look here:
My old dual 8800 GTS 512mb cards in SLI are slightly faster or about the same as a GTX 280, so a 5850 should give me a 10% performance boost while dual 5770s should give me between a 10-14% performance boost over my old cards. Because of the nature of buying used, lack of DX11, the ability to crossfire another later, and the increased overclock-ability of the 5850 over SLI'd 8800 GTS 512mbs, I would say it is a decent upgrade.
Note that I likely won't upgrade much, and will only add another 5850 when they are <$200 (possibly not too far off considering their age).
Do you think it is worth the 3x higher price tag over another 8800 GTS 512mb? Which is better, dual 5770s or a 5850? Over all what do you guys think?
Now, on to the point of the thread.
One of my 8800 GTS 512mbs died recently and so I am looking for the funds for an upgrade.
I think I have settled on $350 as the absolute maximum I can spends, if I can even do that.
So I have been looking up these cards and deliberating for awhile. If you know me at all, you know I'm all about the details in comparing products and have been researching thoroughly.
So it seems that dual 5770s are pretty close to a 5870, they equal it a lot and beat it sometimes while being beaten by it too.
Logic would tell us that the 5850 is only 10% slower than a 5870 when clocked to the same levels because of a 10% reduction in shaders. Since both can clock to about 1 GHz on the core pretty easily (or with minor voltage change), I would be willing to bet that the 5850 is at most 10% behind the 5870, but only where the shaders scale perfectly which may not happen all of the time.
Now since the 5850 is only 10% slower than the dual 5770 set up and have more consistent performance and the ability to crossfire later for me, the 5850 would be the best bet.
Here are the cards I am comparing:
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490&cm_re=5770-_-14-127-490-_-Product or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102864&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-864-_-Product
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127500&cm_re=5850-_-14-127-500-_-Product
I am not sure which cards allow voltage changing, I know the MSI cards do natively and you can modify the software for other boards, but I'm not sure which, so if you could elaborate for me then that would be great.
Now, look here:
My old dual 8800 GTS 512mb cards in SLI are slightly faster or about the same as a GTX 280, so a 5850 should give me a 10% performance boost while dual 5770s should give me between a 10-14% performance boost over my old cards. Because of the nature of buying used, lack of DX11, the ability to crossfire another later, and the increased overclock-ability of the 5850 over SLI'd 8800 GTS 512mbs, I would say it is a decent upgrade.
Note that I likely won't upgrade much, and will only add another 5850 when they are <$200 (possibly not too far off considering their age).
Do you think it is worth the 3x higher price tag over another 8800 GTS 512mb? Which is better, dual 5770s or a 5850? Over all what do you guys think?
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