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Sell 5850 to get a 6870?

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I currently have a ASUS DirectCU 5850 in my system. It's amazing. Then I found out that the new 6870 came out, and has amazing Crossfire scaling. Should I sell my 5850 and get a 6870, then upgrade to 2 6870's down the line? Also, how does the 6870 compare to my 5850 in single-gpu setups?

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the 5850 has plenty of room for OC. the 6870 is already near its capacity. so OC the 5850 to about 930~960 mhz. it should be around the 6870.

i think he wantz to X-fire the cards the 5850 doesnt scale good on X-fire against 6870

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If I were you, I would wait until other cards come out, because either prices will drop or a better card will be available at a good price.

If not, I would try to get a 5870. That cards is a better performer than all the cards you mentioned.

Remember, the prices should be coming down soon.

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Yeah definitely not worth getting the 6870 over a 5850. And if you can find a good deal, CF 5850s works great at 1080p. You can max any game out. Here's some benchmarks on CF vs a single 5850 I ran, with them OCed from 700/1000 to 875/1200
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/289809-33-single-5850...

Anywhere from 60-90% improvement in performance over a single card, and that was with 10.5 drivers, which 10.10 purportedly has made gains in CF on many games (I should say cumulatively from 10.6 to 10.10)
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