Best performance/$ overclocking card ATM?

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The Sauce

The Sauce

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I currently have a 5850 heavily overclocked. I was looking to upgrade to possibly a 560ti or 570. Looking to be in the performance-gaming range. I have no aversion whatsoever to overclocking the shit out of it. Which card makes more sense and is the better value for overclocking?
 
happy medium

happy medium

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overclocked 5850 to overclocked gtx 580 is your only choice.unless you can do sli/xfire.

You 4x slot will be ok for a second 5850, I'd go that route.
 
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Arkadrel

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@The Sauce

your 5850 *if* heavly overclock is already running faster than a stock 5870 ~ 480.
Basically your already above a stock 570, sure you could buy a 570 and overclock that, and probably gain like 15% or so faster performance, but is it worth $$$ to do that?

Why not give it a month, wait out christmas and buy a 7xxx series card, that could be ALOT faster, instead of giveing in now for virtually no gain, for a steep price tag.


The sauce:
Silly: to spend 200-300$ on a 570, only to get like ~15-20% more performance.
Smart: to spend 150-200$ on a used 5850, to crossfire for ~85% more performance.
Smartest: to wait for next gen cards, so you can buy 1 card, not have CF issues, and get real upg.
 
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SolMiester

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Just got one of those Gigabyte GTX580 windforce cards for $799 NZD....very quiet...I dont know what the normal cards are like, this is clocked at 795mhz and didnt get over 48c underload....and I could here it period....very impressed
 
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