6870 or 6850?

[-ZincaTe-]

I plan on playing most games on 1920x1080, I would like to know which is better between the two and what brand of company thaankks

 

[xtreme5]

i'd recommend 6870.. Pretty faster card.

 

[carlosb]

The 6870 is a tad better so I recommend going with that. As for manufacturers Gigabyte, XFX or SAPPHIRE are good.

 

[motorneuron]

Well I think you can tell by the number that the 6870 is obviously better. The question is whether you are willing to pay the extra few bucks for it. I'd say it's almost always worth it, though. The 6870 is about a 20% to performance increase, and potentially more (25%) at higher resolution: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=540 On Newegg, it seems right now that after rebate, the cheapest 6850 is about $130 and the cheapest 6870 is about $150. So, $20 for a 20% performance increase? No-brainer: go 6870.

The brand doesn't matter too much. If you plan on OCing the card, try to get something with a non-reference cooler.

 

[-ZincaTe-]

6870 it is. The thing is the card sells out so fast, it was out of stocked two days ago then restocked then now it is out of stock again. I won't be ordering in another month or so after my summer break so hopefully the price will decrease or at least some kind of deal will be offered.

By the way, Should I choose this

6870: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

or this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

They're both the same price and one seems to have better cooling

 

[motorneuron]

If you're not going to be ordering for a month, keep watching for deals. Are you ordering from within the US? Newegg has definitely had the occasional deal for less than $150 post-rebate on a 6870. What's a little weird is that the 6870 still occupies a competitive niche that AMD can't otherwise hit--the 7770 is much more power efficient, but at significantly worse performance, while the 7850 is significantly more expensive. So you may not see too much more downward price pressure in the near future. One other thing you can do is try to buy on ebay--a lot of people will be trying to sell 6870s in the near future as they replace them with Kepler and HD 7xxx cards.

 

[xtreme5]

HIS ICEQ is better in cooling.

 

[-ZincaTe-]

If you're not going to be ordering for a month, keep watching for deals. Are you ordering from within the US? Newegg has definitely had the occasional deal for less than $150 post-rebate on a 6870. What's a little weird is that the 6870 still occupies a competitive niche that AMD can't otherwise hit--the 7770 is much more power efficient, but at significantly worse performance, while the 7850 is significantly more expensive. So you may not see too much more downward price pressure in the near future. One other thing you can do is try to buy on ebay--a lot of people will be trying to sell 6870s in the near future as they replace them with Kepler and HD 7xxx cards.

Yes I live in the US and I'll check it out ebay, though I prefer newegg and amazon

 

[-ZincaTe-]

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