What's your current card and when do you plan your next upgrade?

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mingsoup

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5770 1gB crossfire.

packs some punch, but still never enough. i'm never happy. way better than the 7800GTX they replaced.
probably look again after the new cards come out/sandy bridge is reviewed.
 

mingsoup

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Jese! Such high end cards people! I think people should list crossfire as 2x (GPU).
Crossfire so negates that fact that you have TWO gpu's. Drool.

I was thinking the other day...that I would buy another card when for 200$ (the price I paid for my current set of cards) will buy me another setup with 2x the performance. I wonder when that will be.
 
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Rhezuss

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Just upgraded to a HD 6850 less than a month ago and it's quite the little beast for under $200!!

Before buying the 6850 I had a 5770 and wanted to make a return to nVidia but didn't found anything appealing...the GTX 460 wasn't in my mind a "new gen" card...weird I know.

Next one gonna depends on what the market as to offer but i'm open to either AMD or nVIDIA for next upgrade which should be around Christmas 2011...or if there's an awesome deal that can't be missed or maybe try Crossfire with another 6850...
 

Chumster

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I've been using my 8800 GTS 640 for a while now and it's showing it's age when trying to leverage both of my monitors (24" + 20", soon to be 2x 24"). I'm looking to upgrade over the holiday with a budget of around $350 - so a 560/570/6950/6970 will likely be in my future depending on price and performance.
 

Jhatfie

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Running 2x HD5850's atm. Suppose it depends on the price/performance of the 6950's when they come out. If favorable I may upgrade, if not...I may wait until the next generation. I paid $220/ea for my 5850's many months ago so the deficit selling them should not make me cry that bad.

I might consider 570's in SLI, but if they are anything like the 470/480/580's, the power draw is not something I will tolerate and they will have to be priced right.