CrossFired 5850 Or Sell It Off?

FreedomEclipse · Dec 27, 2010, 04:27 PM

as the title states - Im currently in a dilemma - I can either get another 5850 and crossfire with my 5850 to give me around 6950/6970 performance Or i can sell it and go with a single card instead. the 1 powerful card i was thinking about was a 6950 since they unlock into 6970s (thanks to Wizz)

What would be your best advice??

FreedomEclipse · Dec 27, 2010, 08:16 PM

53 views and not 1 reply?

erocker · Dec 27, 2010, 08:23 PM

Sell it, get a 6850. Get what you can for the 5850 before the prices drop more. Down the road you can then add another 6850 if you need it.

Munki · Dec 27, 2010, 08:23 PM

Personally. I'd get another 5850. Simply because it requires less work. Roughly same performance.

BTW nice clocks on the current GPU

DannibusX · Dec 27, 2010, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Sell it, get a 6850. Get what you can for the 5850 before the prices drop more. Down the road you can then add another 6850 if you need it.

Do you mean 6950?

Just checkin' since you might be telling him to downgrade!

Bundy · Dec 27, 2010, 08:51 PM

Although not future proof, 2 x 5850 makes easy work of everything out there besides 3d11. I think you should save your money right now and get a better upgrade in 12 months.

Nitro-Max · Dec 27, 2010, 09:58 PM

Bare in mind not all games support crossfire belive me i have 2 5870's and some games i have to dissable crossfire to avoid bugs, Black ops aint crossfire friendly yet, I get less frame rates in crossfire mode, But i get more frames with a single card.

So id say it depends what games you play really,
Its not as easy as linking 2 cards and enoying lots of fps in every game just dont work like that.

ShiBDiB · Dec 27, 2010, 10:29 PM

Id go for a faster single card. Crossfire and sli are just unnecessary headaches

jlewis02 · Dec 27, 2010, 10:32 PM

Go for the new card man.
Sell before they get lower.

Wrigleyvillain · Dec 27, 2010, 10:50 PM

IDK, even without the unlock potential the scaling is pretty unprecedented on 6000 series esp 69xx that's what won me over and made me decide to sell my 5850 and get two 6850s. Use less power too. Well that and the fact I got them $310 shipped AR. Here tomorrow.

5850 worth closer to $200 on eBay though I may just try to sell it here first for $150.

jlewis02 · Dec 27, 2010, 10:55 PM

Sell your cards on here.

crazyeyesreaper · Dec 27, 2010, 11:12 PM

lol lewis hoping for another steal price like the one i sold to you lol

jlewis02 · Dec 27, 2010, 11:12 PM

Maybe but it will take a little more thinking this time.

fusionblu · Dec 27, 2010, 11:25 PM

Either option at this point would be good or even a perfect choice although if you want a bit more power (from the options available) you should get another 5850, but if you want to keep up with the latest graphics technology and possibly buy second matching card a bit later on then you would be better off getting a 6950.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 27, 2010, 11:31 PM

but its 10vs5 in favour of grabbing another 5850 in my poll lol

I'l definitely have a look into selling my 5850 - Ive tried to offer it to a friend but he doesnt quite want to upgrade yet after buying my remaining 4870 not long ago - Might need to take a little sweet talkin

but what the hell I'l put it up for sale here n see how it goes. though I probably wont be shipping overseas.

Nitro-Max · Dec 27, 2010, 11:51 PM

Crossfire love, is more crossfire love and hate lol probably a bit more hate tbh cos getting games to run bug free is cirtainly easier with one card,

Bad company 2 supports xfire, I run it all on full and the fps is lovley but f i run and press jump it will lag out and this aint due to cards not handling this is a xfire bug / driver bug cos with one card its just fine.

I guess when things get more complex be it hardware or software theres just more to go wrong.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 28, 2010, 12:24 AM

yeah I hear you - CS:S dont like crossfire aswell lol sometimes the game bugs out.

ShiBDiB · Dec 28, 2010, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlewis02

Go for the new card man.
Sell before they get lower.

this.

The 58xx series is gonna go in the shitter as far as resale prices go.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 28, 2010, 01:49 AM

Just curious -

would this XFX have voltage control?? http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...695a-cnfc.html

MxPhenom 216 · Dec 28, 2010, 01:51 AM

sell it and get a 570 or 560 when it comes out

jlewis02 · Dec 28, 2010, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

Just curious -

would this XFX have voltage control?? http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...695a-cnfc.html

It should

MxPhenom 216 · Dec 28, 2010, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

Just curious -

would this XFX have voltage control?? http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...695a-cnfc.html

dont get an xfx

Look for a Sapphire or Asus or even MSI

FreedomEclipse · Dec 28, 2010, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nvidiaintelftw

dont get an xfx

Look for a Sapphire or Asus or even MSI

Bleh - they can cost £25 more!!! but we shall see theres not that much choice in the market at the moment, Just Some Asus, Sapphire, Powercolour & XFX cards floating around and XFX are the cheapest.

I could probably stretch to getting this Gigabyte one Gigabyte HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Dual DP O...

but the XFX is just the same as all the other cards so why pay more?

Bundy · Dec 28, 2010, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nitro-Max

Crossfire love, is more crossfire love and hate lol probably a bit more hate tbh cos getting games to run bug free is cirtainly easier with one card,

Bad company 2 supports xfire, I run it all on full and the fps is lovley but f i run and press jump it will lag out and this aint due to cards not handling this is a xfire bug / driver bug cos with one card its just fine.

I guess when things get more complex be it hardware or software theres just more to go wrong.

I don't have that problem of jump lag with crossfire in BC2. Maybe it's a crossfire bug, maybe it's NB volts? Sorry to add to your list of bugs

To be fair though, crossfire does have more things to go wrong.

Patjuh · Dec 28, 2010, 10:45 AM

@TopicStart's Question

I'd try sell 5850 for around 150 at minimum, and buy 6950 for around 250ish and see if you can unlock it. I just sold my 5870 for 200 and bought a 6950 expecting it to unlock to 6970

View Poll Results: What the hell do i do???
CHEAPER OPTION - grab another 5850 for some crossfire love!	23	57.50%
EXPENSIVE OPTION - sell the 5850 and get a single 6950 and unlock it	17	42.50%
Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll

Dec 27, 2010, 04:27 PM	#1
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Dec 27, 2010, 10:55 PM	#11
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crazyeyesreaper Chief Broken Rig Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 04578 Posts: 6,014 (3.96/day) Thanks: 761 Thanked 2,222 Times in 1,558 Posts System Specs	lol lewis hoping for another steal price like the one i sold to you lol

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FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,531 (3.38/day) Thanks: 825 Thanked 1,609 Times in 1,288 Posts System Specs	but its 10vs5 in favour of grabbing another 5850 in my poll lol I'l definitely have a look into selling my 5850 - Ive tried to offer it to a friend but he doesnt quite want to upgrade yet after buying my remaining 4870 not long ago - Might need to take a little sweet talkin but what the hell I'l put it up for sale here n see how it goes. though I probably wont be shipping overseas. __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

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FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,531 (3.38/day) Thanks: 825 Thanked 1,609 Times in 1,288 Posts System Specs	yeah I hear you - CS:S dont like crossfire aswell lol sometimes the game bugs out. __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

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FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,531 (3.38/day) Thanks: 825 Thanked 1,609 Times in 1,288 Posts System Specs	Just curious - would this XFX have voltage control?? http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...695a-cnfc.html __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

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Dec 28, 2010, 10:45 AM	#25
Patjuh Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Duiven, Netherlands Posts: 9 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts System Specs	@TopicStart's Question I'd try sell 5850 for around 150 at minimum, and buy 6950 for around 250ish and see if you can unlock it. I just sold my 5870 for 200 and bought a 6950 expecting it to unlock to 6970

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