Video Card Upgrade or Crossfire?? XFX 5850

[ockarpf]

I was wondering if it would be better for me to Upgrade my Video Card Radeon 5850 Overclocked to 775mhz GPu and 1125 Memory Clock. Or just get another 5850 to crossfire with?

What would be the cheaper option to do with best results.

trying to increase my BF4 FPS and overall gaming experiance

Thanks,

 

[Jaydip]

5850 was a great card for it's time but I believe it's time to retire it finally.Get a R9 280X or Gtx 770.

 

[ockarpf]

arent those pricey!!

 

[nurturedhate]

What is your budget and what are the specs on the rest of your system?

 

[ockarpf]

Would a 7850 Upgrade for $160-180 be worth it?

 

[Jaydip]

It will be a upgrade but not much unless you oc the hell out of it

 

[ockarpf]

CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz OCED to 4.0 GHZ
Mobo:ASUS P7P55D
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 1600mhz
Video Card:XFX HD-585A-ZNBC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB BE
PSU:CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
Case: Corsair CC600T Upgraded in 01/2013
HD Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
Soild State Drive: 125 GB OCZ Agility 3 - Windows 7 Pro Fresh Install 11/01/2013

 

[Jaydip]

Can you get a good deal on 7870 myst edition at your place?

 

[Silverforce11]

If the 5850 had 2gb vram, CF would be an option these days for a cheap upgrade.. but no, 1gb vram is NOT enough.

Get a 7950, it still is the best bang for buck card. Your CPU at 4ghz along with 1080p will cause the bottleneck to be on the GPU in most games.

 

[ockarpf]

Can you get a good deal on 7870 myst edition at your place?

These are like $140! right now on Newegg.

 

[ockarpf]

If the 5850 had 2gb vram, CF would be an option these days for a cheap upgrade.. but no, 1gb vram is NOT enough.

Get a 7950, it still is the best bang for buck card. Your CPU at 4ghz along with 1080p will cause the bottleneck to be on the GPU in most games.

7950 are at $250 was the cheapest I found on NewEgg.

So you are saying with my Ram and my CPU I am still good to go in those Areas?? The GPU is the hardware that gets OutDated Quickly?

 

[Jaydip]

These are like $140! right now on Newegg.

Grab them while they are hot

 

[ockarpf]

i Don't mind waiting until Black Friday or Cyber Monday to see what those Days have to offer :0

 

[ockarpf]

Oh I forgot to ask If I leave my 5850 In there and still put in a 7870 or 7950

Will that Do Anything? Or is the only time u can use two Video Cards is with Crossfire?

 

[Jaydip]

No it won't do anything at all.

 

[ockarpf]

So for Pricing and Performance and best band for the Buck wouldn't Running 2 7870 Videos Cards be Better then 1 7950. PLus it would be cheaper??

 

[Jaydip]

Xfire will allow you to play with more IQ and the flexibility to go surround if you wish.They work within the same family like 7870+7850,7970+7950 and so on.

 

[Silverforce11]

Actually if u can get a 7870+ (Tahiti LE) for $140, thats just untouchable bang for buck. Normally its not that cheap, we're talking $200 vs $250 for a good custom 7950. $140 is no brainer, go go go!

 

[Yuriman]

Your 5850 still has some value and you can probably raise your budget a bit if you would consider selling it.

 

[ockarpf]

Where is best place to Sell USed PC parts? Craiglist Or on here? Also better to selling Individual parts or as a package?

 

[KingFatty]

Do you have source for the 5850 for sale anywhere? It would matter how much you could buy one for, and also we should know how much you could sell yours for.

So, if you can find a 5850 for $40 used, then probably best to just buy that and crossfire with yours, because if you sell your 5850 for $40, you'd have to spend another $100 to get a 7870XT, but it probably won't give you $100 worth of additional performance compared to spending only $40 for crossfire 5850.

But really, I don't think you can find a 5850 for that cheap. So let's say you'd have to spend, ah, $70. Paying $70 more for 5850 crossfire is not worth it, because instead, you should sell your 5850 for $70, then spend another $70 to buy the 7870XT/Myst.

Note that you can also crossfire with a 5830 or 5870, so also consider whether those are available cheap in your area. I doubt it, almost all signs point toward selling your 5850 for the most you can get right now, before black Friday.