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if you're gonna spend that amount of money, why not a 6950 or a 570.

You're gonna get:
- up to date gear
- better power management
- driver support
- did i mention that it was new 🙂
 
fffblackmage said:
Especially if you can find the 5870 for cheap.
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Seriously, are these guys on crack or something?

just because its new doesnt automatically mean its better, every single benchmark out there shows the 5870 outperforming its successors by a good amount. cant believe theyre trying to convince me to not spend 240$ on a 5870..
 
Wow... do what you want, but the 6950 is obviously 10 fps (or around 25% faster) on most games... so the question is... "Did you read my link"?
 
what do you guys think

AMD Athlon II X4 640 + 6950 with a CPU upgrade in a year (most likely an enthusiast sandy bridge)

OR

2500k + GTX 460/560 with a GPU upgrade in a year (whatever high end card I can get)

the AMD + 6950 would be cheaper and honestly perform better (for gaming) wouldnt it?
 
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endlessmike133 said:
what do you guys think

AMD Athlon II X4 640 + 6950 with a CPU upgrade in a year (most likely an enthusiast sandy bridge)

OR

2500k + GTX 460/560 with a GPU upgrade in a year (whatever high end card I can get)

the AMD + 6950 would be cheaper and honestly perform better (for gaming) wouldnt it?
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Depends on the resolution. The Athlon II will be a bottleneck at anything lower than 1080P and will sometimes be one even at 1080P.
 
mfenn said:
Depends on the resolution. The Athlon II will be a bottleneck at anything lower than 1080P and will sometimes be one even at 1080P.
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it doesn't matter too much what the resolution is because the Athlon X4 would be a stupid choice for building a gaming pc. the 2500k option makes much more sense since that will easily be viable for 3 years of high end gaming wheres the Athlon X4 is already well behind i5 even in current cpu intensive games. the gpu is a simple and easy upgrade to make when the time comes. so bottom line IMO is the 2500k/gtx560 option makes MUCH more sense.
 
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toyota said:
it doesn't matter too much what the resolution is because the Athlon X4 would be a stupid choice for building a gaming pc. the 2500k option makes much more sense since that will easily be viable for 3 years of high end gaming wheres the Athlon X4 is already well behind i5 even in current cpu intensive games. the gpu is a simple and easy upgrade to make when the times comes. so bottom line IMO is the 2500k/gtx560 option makes MUCH more sense.
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I am in agreement with you that Sandy Bridge would be better in the long run. The OP was wondering how they would perform today; though I probably should have mentioned the longevity issue.
 
toyota said:
it doesn't matter too much what the resolution is because the Athlon X4 would be a stupid choice for building a gaming pc. the 2500k option makes much more sense since that will easily be viable for 3 years of high end gaming wheres the Athlon X4 is already well behind i5 even in current cpu intensive games. the gpu is a simple and easy upgrade to make when the time comes. so bottom line IMO is the 2500k/gtx560 option makes MUCH more sense.
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Agreed. Get SB + 560 (releases the 25th apparently!)
 
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