Which set of video cards to sell?

[guskline]

As you can see from my sig, I have an XFX 6970 XXX in rig 1 below, 2 5850s in Crossfire in rig 2 and 2 MSI Cyclone 460 GTX 768s in SLI in rig 3. Well, I took the plunge and snagged an Nvidia 680 ( should arrive shortly) for rig 1. It has the HP and Vram to run 3 24 inch monitors in surround better than the 6970 could in Eyefinity.

I plan on moving the 6970 to rig 2 and either move the 5850s to rig 3 and sell both MSI Cyclone 460 GTX 768s OR sell the 5850s which were in crossfire. I suppose the 5850s will fetch more $$ than the 460s but how much more. Would it be wiser to sell the 460s and keep the 5850s or sell the 5850s and how much more would I likely get?

Your thoughts.

 

[Termie]

Does the 6970 actually perform better than the 5850 crossfire? If not, I'd sell the 6970, as you'll probably get more for it than two 5850s and it's less work too. And as for the 460s, they should definitely go before the 5850s. Prices are very compressed in the midrange used market. They'll net nearly the same.

 

[guskline]

Since the 6970 was just purchased at Christmas, is 2 G Vram and a series newer, I'll opt to keep it over the 5850s in CF.

 

[guskline]

If the 460s net the same as the 5850s I'll keep the 5850s.

 

[Plimogz]

If the 460s net the same as the 5850s, your buyer's a sucker.

 

[3DVagabond]

If the 460s net the same as the 5850s, your buyer's a sucker.

^This. There's more resale value in the 5850's. Bitcoin miners still want them and they are just a better card than the 460/768.

 

[blastingcap]

Sell the 460s for reasons stated above, plus they will go obsolete fastest due to their smallest VRAM among all your cards. So sell them now while there are still buyers for them. Wouldn't be a bad time to unload 5850s too but I would charge more for them than for 460 768's.

 

[Denithor]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/295?vs=315

5850 is stronger card and more energy efficient to boot. As others have suggested, lose the GTX 460 cards first.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/303?vs=292

This throws a monkey wrench in the gears... 5850CF is actually stronger than a single 6970. Of course, you have to deal with the dual card issues, but apparently that doesn't bother you since you currently have two dual setups.