Good or bad time to x-fire 5870's

[elivance]

There is a pretty darn good deal on the 5870 I already have (vapor-x model)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102872

I love this card, and I'm pretty interested in getting another one. My question is, what do we know about the 6970's? When are they coming out and how much better will they be? What is their estimated cost going to be?

Thanks!

 

[jimbo123]

You mean 6970? I think in mid-December. The 5970 is out and its around $700.

 

[elivance]

You mean 6970? I think in mid-December. The 5970 is out and its around $700.

Yes that was a silly typo. I edited it.

 

[FLanighan]

I wouldn't. You pay $300 more to get what, 40-60% more fps? 6000 series has much better scaling. What I would do is sell your current card for ~$200, put that towards the $300 you would have spent anyway on the second 5870. That would give you $500 for a new gpu and you could get a GTX 580 which would probably equal 2 radeon 5870's or wait until the 6970 comes out. I have no idea the performance of 6900's though.

A single GTX 580 would be about as fast as the crossfired 5870's but you can always add another later if it's still not enough (and when it's cheaper).

 

[nforce4max]

I would wait a little longer for prices to drop.

 

[notty22]

For this price , I would consider it:
http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/sapphire-radeon-hd-5870-100281-3sr-videocard/24725.aspx

 

[jimbo123]

oh notty22 you may have just sealed the deal man! I've been looking to pick one up and I get it with tax for like $232

 

[notty22]

Good luck, its a great card.

 

[nforce4max]

Up the ram, a friend of mine has 12GB in his i7 build and most of it gets used up while doing encoding. Beyond that I wish that I could afford such a rig. Still would wait a little longer for the second card unless you want to hurry up and land it now.

 

[elivance]

Best answer selected by elivance.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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