Video card Dilemma

[gingerbee]

I have to agree with dan on that one at that res and refresh rate he wont notice any improvements i would think over one good card i would go with the best single card in case he wants to upgrade later then he can crossfire ( mind you i have never done a crossfire at such a low res so i really wouldn't know for sure ) me 2 cents

[JD]

Originally Posted by ern88

I did a some research as i was going to sell my 5850 to get a 6950. But after some thought and everything. I decided to keep my 5850. I only saw about 10-12% difference in performance when benches were performed. Not really a big leap forward. considering the 6950 has 2 gigs ram vs the 5850's 1 gig. and the 5850's are cheaper these days. So, when I get a better monitor. I will probably xfire another 5850. Just my thoughts though.

Yup. That's about the same conclusion I came to with my HD5870 as well. The 69xx series isn't really that large of an upgrade and current games seems to play fine anyhow, even at 2560x1440.

So in this scenario, I'd say a single HD5850 would be more than sufficient. Or even the cheaper 6850/6870 would be fine too.