5850 or 6850?

[Davegod]

Well this looks like a no-brainer but can't help thinking I must be missing something.

Anand's benchmarks seem to show the 5850 around 10% faster than the 6850, with not much change of interest in the noise or other features, yet right now I can jump on a Gigabyte 5850 offer at £115 while 6850's are around £150 (same as a GTX460 1gb).

Rig due for a major upgrade in about a year, would hope to hold onto the card for about a year after that (i.e. 2 years from now). Not totally desperate to upgrade this 4850 but is a little long in the tooth and I'm due a reward

Gaming at 1680x1040, on a Core2Duo E8400 with 4gb memory.


P.S. I take it I'll be OK with a Corsair 650W TX?

 

[Qbah]

Grab the HD5850, no questions about it! Crazy price compared to the two slower cards. Your PSU will be fine. I'm running mine OCed on a HX520 with an OCed Q9450 and it's been running beautifully!

 

[Davegod]

Yeah turns out it's the OC version to boot. May be a misprice, hope it's honoured!

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I got my TP 650 to go Xfire, so you have more than enough for a single card.

 

[Concillian]

There are a lot of cheap 58xx cards right now, they're clearing out inventory, as I don't expect 58xx cards to be made anymore. The 68xx cards are smaller dies and cheaper for AMD, and they want these to be "the" cards in the $200-ish price range.

58xx cards that are being sold now are whatever is left in inventory. Get them while they last.

 

[Gikaseixas]

get the 5850 and don't worry about the PSU. The Corsair 650W TX will handle your system easily

 

[Hero121]

Well this looks like a no-brainer but can't help thinking I must be missing something.

Anand's benchmarks seem to show the 5850 around 10% faster than the 6850, with not much change of interest in the noise or other features, yet right now I can jump on a Gigabyte 5850 offer at £115 while 6850's are around £150 (same as a GTX460 1gb).

Rig due for a major upgrade in about a year, would hope to hold onto the card for about a year after that (i.e. 2 years from now). Not totally desperate to upgrade this 4850 but is a little long in the tooth and I'm due a reward

Gaming at 1680x1040, on a Core2Duo E8400 with 4gb memory.


P.S. I take it I'll be OK with a Corsair 650W TX?

Hey yo where are you getting at for that price? its a good deal imo get 5850.