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hi,
I have decided to upgrade my pc to
core i7 2600k,6g ram,1TB sata 3 h.d.d,motherbored asus
so should I keep my HD5870 or upgrade to either HD6970 or Nvidia gthx 570???
thanx
 
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Keep it, who knows what the next thing gonna performe like.

You would get a bunch of extra gpu power, but worth it? when you already got last-gen card (mid-higher)
 
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ok thanks for the advice
 
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What do you play? Depending on how you answer this, keeping is a possibility.
 
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all games but mostly BF:BC2
 
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Keep it the new hardware will breath new life into that dusty GPU
 
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yes it's real dusty right now because there is a sand storm right now :D
 
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Keep the GPU, but 6GB on a SB Platform doesn't make sense. You're better off going for 4GB (2x2GB) or 8GB (4x2GB or 2x4GB) since it only supports dual-channel. Also, do you actually work for IBM? I only ask because I do as well (albeit in a crappy Manufacturing job >.>;;)
 
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xenocide said:
Keep the GPU, but 6GB on a SB Platform doesn't make sense. You're better off going for 4GB (2x2GB) or 8GB (4x2GB or 2x4GB) since it only supports dual-channel. Also, do you actually work for IBM? I only ask because I do as well (albeit in a crappy Manufacturing job >.>;;)
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I thought it's triple channel.
and no I dont work for IBM,the (IB) are the first two letters of my first name.
the(M)is the first letter of my father's name.
thanx for your advice.
 
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The old socket 1366 i7's were triple channel. Sandybridge is all dual channel.
 
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thanx everybody,sorry that I tired you with silly questions .
 
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I kept my 5870 when I built my SB rig in June. There is no big advantages in the 6xxx series to justify any kind of upgrade.

I went from a Q6600 at 3.2 to this i7 now at 4.6 the former pulled 19k in 3DMark 06 to 29k with the same card.
I plan to wait until the next series to upgrade GFX. I haven't found many games it doesn't run perfectly fine cranked.
 
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