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AnotherHuman
02-09-10, 01:07 PM
I just have one question, what's better?

X2 5850
One 5870

My case is an Antec 1200 and the motherboard is going to be
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128409

So which is better as far as bang for your buck? Or do you guys and gals just recommend I get one 5850 (which would make my budget extremely happy).
bda1967
02-09-10, 01:51 PM
What is your screen size and resolution?
YarwoodUK
02-09-10, 02:05 PM
1x 5850 would be fine for anything really. I have a 4870 and I can pretty much max out any game.

With the money you'd save buying 1x 5850, you could upgrade to an i7 instead of 1156 :D
Niku-Sama
02-09-10, 04:34 PM
uhh if your trying to go the cheap rout and cross fire cards to get to 5870 performance you need to go with 2x 5770's.

2x 5850 would kick some serious ass though, probally MUCH beyond a single 5870
GT3mich
02-09-10, 07:37 PM
1x 5850 would be fine for anything really. I have a 4870 and I can pretty much max out any game.

With the money you'd save buying 1x 5850, you could upgrade to an i7 instead of 1156 :DAnd what are these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010340343%201051749233%201050744915&name=Core%20i7
There is nothing wrong with 1156 MBs.
MattNo5ss
02-09-10, 07:51 PM
X58 can use triple channel RAM and it's better in multi-GPU setups since it isn't limited to x8/x8. The difference isn't much between x8/x8 and x16/x16, but there is <10% increase in performance.
YarwoodUK
02-10-10, 10:24 AM
Hmm, I didn't know 1156's could go with i7's.. Sorry :D
GT3mich
02-10-10, 11:57 AM
The 1366 chipset isn't a big seller yet. The 1156 is.
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17560/1/
Austin3334
02-10-10, 05:24 PM
X58 can use triple channel RAM and it's better in multi-GPU setups since it isn't limited to x8/x8. The difference isn't much between x8/x8 and x16/x16, but there is <10% increase in performance.

they make 16 x 16 now btw, it'll cost you though:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130259
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130258

Msi is the only one i know of so far

and triple vs dual ram isnt that great of an increase