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Someone please convince me that i'm absolutely crazy to even be considering a 5870 for 220 dollars right now. Whats going to be better in games like BF3?
Stock v stock, they're actually fairly close in BF3. I've heard that the 7850 oc's really well, but of course there's no guarantees with that.
If you could get the right amount of coin for your used 5870, I'd do it, as GPUs and GPU fans don't last forever. The 2GB ram should be handy.
The 7870 would be a nice leap, but man, $$$.
You guys are all right... Ugh... I had to find a matrix 5870 didn't i. Alright so its settled on a 7850. Now whats the best one to get? Asus?
Thats unfortunate this Classified Ultra is the best deal in mid-high range graphics cards right now by far
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130758
This card beats anything under $300 all for $239 and is built like a tank with high end electronics on high end PCB
It actually may beat GTX 580 and will beat 7870 too which are in $350-$400 range. Let alone 7850.
Here is a slower version of it reviewed. One above is faster "ultra" version being clocked even higher!
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/36565-evga-geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-classified/?page=6
Lifetime warranty and if you don't like it EVGA has an upgrade program.
You guys are all right... Ugh... I had to find a matrix 5870 didn't i. Alright so its settled on a 7850. Now whats the best one to get? Asus?
I'd get that XFX 7850 "ghost" and put a block on it, if people are hitting 1300MHz on air with 1 6pin I'd go for 1400 on water with dual 6 pins
If BF3 is your main metric, then I'd advise waiting for a 660Ti/670. Nvidia just seems to do better in that game. But overall, the 7850 is just amazing for the price, if you're willing to oc it.
5870 is a DX9/10 card, I'd shy away from it for sure, and 28nm is ugly when the $250 7850 is considered "amazing" price/perf.
DX11 was introduced with the 5 Series cards my friend