Should I upgrade my XFX 6850 Black Edition?

[Gangren]

Hey there folks, first timer here

Right now, I'm thinking of a total upgrade from:

Intel E8400 3.0GHz
Gigabyte EP35-DS3R
OCZ 2x2, 800MHz Platinum
OCZ Gaming XStream 600W PSU
Midnight Recom ATX
Seagate 500GB 7200.11 NCQ 32MB Cache HDD, Sata2
XFX HD6850, Black Edition 1GB DX11
Scythe Ninja CPU Cooler

To:

- COOLER MASTER C690 II Seasonic (CM-RC-692-KWN3-650SE) 650W
- INTEL Core i5-2500K 3.30 GHz LGA1155
- G.SKILL RipjawsX (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL) 8GB Dual KIT (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz CL9
- GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3 Z68 LGA1155 DDR3-2133 (could try SSD caching in future)
- CORSAIR Force3 Serisi (CSSD-F60GB3-BK) 2.5" 60GB SATA SSD (This one for Windows 7 and some basic apps, no games)
- SAMSUNG Spinpoint (HD103SJ) 3.5" 1TB SATA (This one for games and storage)
- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus LGA775/1156/1366-AMD CPU Cooler

BUT, I couldn't make up my mind about the gfx card.

I'll use this config only for games and my monitor supports upto 1680x1050. In addition I usually turn off shadows and play with 2xAA, 4xAF'ish settings. I like the eye-candy but I also want my games to be fluent!

As for games, mainly MMOs. Thinking of SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, new WoW-expac.
Lots of Diablo 3, some Starcraft 2, Skyrim and other RPG games. Maybe a bit of MW3 and new CS.

Don't have the time or the will to try a SLI/CF, please don't mention it.

What would you do? Keep my O/C'ed XFX 6850 Black Edition (maybe push it to 900ish values?) until new series arrive (HD7xxx / GTX 6xx) or get a 560 Ti/570/6970 for fairly high prices?

Thanks in advance fellas!

 

[Rifter]

The logical choice if looking for more performance would be to get another 6850 and go CF. But since you do not wish to do that you could always sell it and get a 6950 or 570, but that will cost alot more than getting another 6850 even with the sale of your current card and you will end up with a slower setup than CF 6850's.

You could always just try it out and see if it cuts it at the setting you want to play at.

 

[Gangren]

Well tbh, never tried a SLI/CF config before and I kinda feel awkward about it

 

[TecHNooB]

your system is too nice to upgrade. wait 5 years and come back.

 

[mosox]

Your card is very good for 1680x1050. Anything higher is overkill.

 

[notty22]

I would try your 6850 on the new quad core/ddr3 rig. It may be the magic you are looking for. Might help the minimums at the very least, alot of dx11 games/ ports or not. Because of dx11, the game engines use more cores.