Lost my old login of years as I haven't posted forever and don't have access to my old email, so here it goes on a new account:
I'm interested in anyone who has been able to test a these two video card setups with all other factors remaining equal. Current game/software/etc. performance numbers at 1920x1200 would be welcome (of course future DX 11 games will make it moot). I'm debating on whether upgrading from the 8800 GTX SLI (OC'd to 600/950 currently) to the 5850 would be meaningful or whether my old SLI build still keeps things close enough to wait for the next cycle. So far I'm still able to play all current games (Dragon Age, Batman, etc.) with basically max or at least HQ settings at 30 FPS or more so I haven't had a need to this point. But of course the FPS continues to drop over time. I'm eager to get rid of the power/heat that these two cards cost too, but only if the performance difference is significant enough.
Here's the basic specs of my box although it should be mostly irrelevant in a video card comparison:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2 GHz
EVGA 680i SLI
Corsair XMS Dominator 4GB
Intel X25-M 160GB
Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality
Will probably eventually upgrade the CPU/Mobo/RAM but only when it's severely limiting the video card (not often currently at my res with HQ/MQ settings).
Any thoughts/opinions/etc.? Thanks in advance.
I'm interested in anyone who has been able to test a these two video card setups with all other factors remaining equal. Current game/software/etc. performance numbers at 1920x1200 would be welcome (of course future DX 11 games will make it moot). I'm debating on whether upgrading from the 8800 GTX SLI (OC'd to 600/950 currently) to the 5850 would be meaningful or whether my old SLI build still keeps things close enough to wait for the next cycle. So far I'm still able to play all current games (Dragon Age, Batman, etc.) with basically max or at least HQ settings at 30 FPS or more so I haven't had a need to this point. But of course the FPS continues to drop over time. I'm eager to get rid of the power/heat that these two cards cost too, but only if the performance difference is significant enough.
Here's the basic specs of my box although it should be mostly irrelevant in a video card comparison:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2 GHz
EVGA 680i SLI
Corsair XMS Dominator 4GB
Intel X25-M 160GB
Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality
Will probably eventually upgrade the CPU/Mobo/RAM but only when it's severely limiting the video card (not often currently at my res with HQ/MQ settings).
Any thoughts/opinions/etc.? Thanks in advance.