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Old April 23, 2010, 06:26 AM
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From what I have found online I can get 2 5770's for the price of 1 5850.

What do you gurus think. Which is a better setup

upgrading from a 3870x2
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Old April 23, 2010, 11:03 AM
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Two 5770's will outperform a 5850. Their performance level is around a 5870 I believe. If you get a 5850 though you'll use less power and could upgrade to crossfire in the future. I'm actually wondering myself if I should get 2 5770's but can't decide...
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Old April 23, 2010, 11:21 AM
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yup it seems a lot of us are in that boat.
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Old April 23, 2010, 11:23 AM
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I'd go with a single 5850, since the performance is quite acceptable for pretty much every game, even crysis (mix of high and very high settings, with 2x AA, ~35 fps).

And like headshot said: you can add another 5850 in the future and get incredible performance
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Old April 23, 2010, 11:27 AM
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um your setting mean nothing without knowing res( cause i get higher fps then that outta a 4870 )
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Old April 23, 2010, 11:35 AM
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went with a MSI 5850 OC'ed version. Wont have it up and running until monday but will do some benchmarking then.
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Old April 23, 2010, 10:26 PM
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um your setting mean nothing without knowing res( cause i get higher fps then that outta a 4870 )
Sorry, forgot that detail, 1920x1080.
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Old April 26, 2010, 04:53 PM
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I'd suggest 5850 for the sole reason that after you get those 2 5770, if you want more, you're stuck switching them both. However, if you had gotten the 5850, you can now go for double 5850 and get a nice boost :)
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