GTX 460 sli or HD5850 Crossfire?

[gerardb]

Hello! and thank you for spending some time reading my thread
Well, i'm building a pc for a friend of mine and we already have pretty much everything we need for it...
Exept for the GPU's.
We DO know that we want 2GPUs that can make Crysis 2 kinda playable when it launches.
We can't decide wich ones.
I was thinking about the GTX 460's in SLI.
He was whinking about 2 5850's in Crossfire.

This two:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130575
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121375

so... um.... we can't make our mind on wich of these two would do the best combo.
The GTX 460's come pre overclocked to 850mhz on the core, and that i would say is the highest they would get.
The 5850's in the other hand are at 725mhz, with a custom cooler, and im sure they would overclock a little bit further.

Your opinions count! plz help!

Other specs:
Intel core i5 760
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ (gotta love this bad boys)
Kingstone HYPERX T1 Series 1600 mhz
Cooler Master Silent Pro M700 PSU.
ASROCK p55 Extreme Motherboard.

 

[fatedcloud]

GTX 460 SLI lol. There is a benchmark and GTX 460 SLI blows it out of the water.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/04/geforce_gtx_460_1gb_sli_vs_radeon_hd_5850_cfx

 

[killerchickens]

I would get two gtx 460 or wait for the 6000 series to come out if possible.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391

That link is outdated they did that article again with new drivers.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/09/13/nv_gtx_460_1gb_sli_vs_ati_hd_5850_cfx_redux

 

[spentshells]

I would get two gtx 460 or wait for the 6000 series to come out if possible.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391

That link is outdated they did that article again with new drivers.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/09/13/nv_gtx_460_1gb_sli_vs_ati_hd_5850_cfx_redux

nice find pretty awesome driver improvements 460 still better overall and a bit cheaper.

 

[wa1]

Agree, go with SLI GTX460...

 

[gerardb]

I would get two gtx 460 or wait for the 6000 series to come out if possible.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391

That link is outdated they did that article again with new drivers.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/09/13/nv_gtx_460_1gb_sli_vs_ati_hd_5850_cfx_redux

WOW! Thank you sir!
I've been looking forever for a review like that!
The asus looks very good too! thank you!

 

[gerardb]

Best answer selected by gerardb.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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