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    go crossfire or upgrade to newer card?

    that is a really good point, and i thought about it before, i have been thinking about crossing over to intel for quite some time, amd is just not delivering as far as i can see. so for now my best choice would just to wait and update the system as a whole? what would be the best you think...
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    go crossfire or upgrade to newer card?

    edited with the details, sorry :awe: and how about this benchmark this guy did: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2245778&page=2
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    go crossfire or upgrade to newer card?

    so i have a 5850 black edition and i am seeing these puppies on ebay all the time for under 90 bucks, and i was thinking, would that be better than just upgrading to a never video card? would it be worth it? or the gain would just be too small to even be considered some sort of upgrade? the...
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    anyone around here that was brave enough to buy far cry 3 with an older vid card?

    ah, i will just jump in the bandwagon, getting the game today:D thanks a lot for the answers :thumbsup:
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    anyone around here that was brave enough to buy far cry 3 with an older vid card?

    but my video card is like 2 generations old, would this optimization be for all amd card or only newer ones?
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    anyone around here that was brave enough to buy far cry 3 with an older vid card?

    so after some time off the pcgaming scene i wanna come back, and far cry 3 seems to be THE game to have as of now, but i have a 5850 black edition... would this video card even be able to run the game on medium settings? anyone playing far cry 3 with a 5850 or something similar? or should i...
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    msi 890gxm-g65, good buy?

    so i have a phenom 955 be and my old motherboard died so i went to my local frys and just bough this board, it has a 30 bucks rebate so it comes to like 75 or so. was this a good buy? i bought it on a hurry and i have i think 15 days to bring it back and get something else better for 110-120...
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    been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

    really appreciate it guys, i will do what you guys say and go fot the 7850 oc'ed seems like it competes with cards costing way more :D now to sell my 5850 be :D
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    been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

    Oh gotcha so other games should run at Max settings relatively well ?
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    been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

    I mean oc will happen for sure if this baby seems to love it why not give it to it ? Aha a And yes my processor ah I love it Sadly I don't have the money to upgrade it yet :/ but I can always oc it a little bit I know the difference wouldn't be much but its something. I hate steam all...
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    been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

    60% is a good increase from my 5850 I would think isn't?, would this card be able to run gta iv tor example not maxed out maybe but close to it at eithrr 1920x1080 or 1680x1050? Or skyrim elder scrolls Or is it a good idea to maybe save a little more ?
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    been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

    Phenom 2 955 black edition. 8 gigs DDR3 Win:7 ultimate 64 bit Anything else you guys need ? :) I can't remember my mobo at this point.
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    been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

    I. Processor/CPU: and am Phenom quad core black edition I think is the 955 Os: win 7 ultimate 64 bit Memory: ddr3 8 gigs II. Current Graphics Card: xfx 5850 black edition III. Display Resolution: 1920x1080 IV. Power Supply Unit : corsair 750tx V. Case Specifications: cooler master haf...