Should I upgrade?

[Charden08]

I have a HIS Turbo Edition 5850(Call of Duty one) but I was wondering what a decent upgrade would be? I mean i see the new 6800 series seem to have better clocks for a cheaper price but would i notice a difference? if I were to upgrade then what would you suggest? $350 Budget

 

[cusideabelincoln]

No, there's nothing worth upgrading at this point. The 6800 is the 5800's equal. You wouldn't notice a difference in performance.

Maybe the upcoming Radeon 6900 series or GTX 580 will be worth an upgrade for you, but they could very well be more than $350. Just save your money for the next generation.

 

[happy medium]

No, there's nothing worth upgrading at this point. The 6800 is the 5800's equal. You wouldn't notice a difference in performance.

Maybe the upcoming Radeon 6900 series or GTX 580 will be worth an upgrade for you, but they could very well be more than $350. Just save your money for the next generation.

He right. The 5850 is faster then the 6850 and just a notch slower then the 6870.

 

[notty22]

Since you invested in a premium m/b, tailored for multi-gpu, you could get a 2nd 5850. Prices might hit a 'low' at some point, but as they dry up ? Who knows what the pricing will look like.

 

[Powermoloch]

not really, you'll be fine atm

 

[tweakboy]

Why are your ram timings soo high ? hmmmm that is a minor bottleneck. Your video card is fine, wait for next gen nVidia then in January you can rethink upgrading.

A good suggestion was going SLI .. but its fast enough unless you want to play with 4x AA and 2304res that it wont handle other then that your card will handle COD black ops smooth fps and MASS 2 and Mafia and other games.....

Im waiting still until a EVGA superclocked 470 GTX price comes down from its current 269.99 at www.amazon.com Once the 580 GTX is out it should fall to 200 dollars which is great. Ill use the 8800GT as a phsyx card.

 

[betasub]

Upgrade for what purpose? More fps in what game, at what res?

Vagueness FTL

 

[nemesismk2]

He right. The 5850 is faster then the 6850 and just a notch slower then the 6870.

What he said is right

 

[-Slacker-]

A good suggestion was going SLI

His mb can't do sli...


There's no one card that would make for a decent upgrade now, I'd sell the 5850 and get 2 hd 6850 or 6870's and CF them. You could wait for the hd 6970 or gtx 580, but the 6850's would be at least as fast and probably much cheaper (and, apparently, about as power hungry).

 

[Arkadrel]

Charden08 No... 68xx would be a tiny upgrade at best over your current card. Wait and see what the 69xx series brings, their supposed to be the real "new" cards,... the 68xx was just something small/cheap pushed out so amd could competite on any price point nvidia would set 460/470 at.

 

[Skiprudder]

With your mobo my suggestion would be to keep watching 5850 pricing and wait for clearance sales. Pick up a second one and crossfire them. I think they're down to $230 atm on Newegg? The other option is wait for the 6900 series later in the month and sell your 5850.

 

[netxzero64]

wait for the next gen chips... stay with your 5850, it still has gas left