Crossfire 5770's or single 5850

[eclipse07]

which way do you guys think i should go. Should i do two 5770's in crossfire or just buy a single 5850. I read that crossfiring two 5770's is almost like having one 5870 so it sounds like the better way to go but im not sure so im asking you guys.

 

[sandyduff]

I would go 5850... then another 5850 later on... it's a really good card and a great clocker!!

 

[updawg]

I say two 5770s, you can get both when a sale is going on for $300. A single 5850 is $300.

 

[wingman99]

well all games don't scale well, purchase the 5850 then your garneted the FPS in any game.

 

[jmdixon85]

I would say go with the 5850 aswell. Two 5770 may be faster (and most games do scale well nowadays) but whats up with getting a single 5850 now, that should handle most games fine. Then get crossfire that when you feel the need too,

 

[wingman99]

Not all games scale well here is review Compare Radeon HD 5770 CF Video Card, ATI Radeon HD 5850 link:http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...compare,1829.html?prod[3650]=on&prod[3649]=on

 

[jmdixon85]

I would say the mojority of modern games scale well. Unless Xfire is worse than sli?

I personally would take any bench from tomshardware with a pinch of salt. Guru3d is my place of choice for 3D benchies. And our members right here ofcourse

 

[wingman99]

Guru3d only use benchmarks that scale with the product there advertising and that is cheating the results for everyone. I would take Guru3d with a grain of salt. If they would do allot of advertizing like toms hardware I might not see the only support they have is the free video cards they get for advertizing.

Thing I like about toms hardware is he does not give a hoot on how the results turn out, he makes you decide. Some people don't like that site because the truth hurts when the product you own looks bad on a bench.

When you see a review you have to ask your self how dose the site support it's self, there is usually a slant for advertizing, it cant be helped.

Technology and programming actually moves slow through the years, with toms hardware I can see the actual scaling of that, who else would dare to show that kind of information. that defiantly does not sell products.

 

[jmdixon85]

I'm sorry but I've seen many games/benchmarks run at guru3d that don't scale well. And they always point out when a game does not scale very well. I very much dought that guru3d cherry pick their testing methods to stay away from scaling problems.

 

[wingman99]

I'm sorry but I've seen many games/benchmarks run at guru3d that don't scale well. And they always point out when a game does not scale very well. I very much dought that guru3d cherry pick their testing methods to stay away from scaling problems.

I though you just said above most games games scale well, I just cant help it LOL.

 

[jmdixon85]

Most games do, If you look around at most of the benchies then you will find there are more games that take advantage of a multi GPU setup than games that don't.

I would always recommend going single card rather than multi-GPU if the performance would be similar tho. As I have in this thread.

I maybe should of said many "tests" not many "games" lol. I see your point there. Just my bad wording

 

[eclipse07]

the thing is if i buy a 5850 i wont be able to crossfire it until next year because its a pretty expensive card and i wanted the best possible performance i get especially since i GTA IV which i have been reading need a good gpu. I also Call Of Duty and want to play Just Cause 2. I figured crossfiring would be alot better then a 5850 from what i read crossfiring 5770's is like having a 5870.

 

[ytpconquer]

you could just OC the 5850 and probably end up with performance equivalent to a stock 5870 as well.

 

[sandyduff]

you could just OC the 5850 and probably end up with performance equivalent to a stock 5870 as well.

+1

You can probably OC the 5850 to close to 1GHz core which gives a nice performance boost... which puts it on par with a 5870...

 

[decoste007xt]

I use two 5770's and at most they get up to 69c and use very little power to reach it. I get over 12k score in SM3.0 for 3DMark06. Also I guess they say it helps to have 2 videocards if you have 2 monitors instead of having 1 card and 2 monitors.. But I dont know if you run 2. I also ripped through Bad Company 2 on 1 5770 fairly well, with 2 I never even notice problem.

 

[eclipse07]

just wondering can a overclocked 5870 be on par with a 5970. I think im going to get the 5850 i guess if i ever need better performance ill jump to crossfire setup with another 5850

 

[wingman99]

just wondering can a overclocked 5870 be on par with a 5970. I think im going to get the 5850 i guess if i ever need better performance ill jump to crossfire setup with another 5850

The 5970 has two GPU's you can't mach it with one GPU on the 5870 overclocked.

 

[eclipse07]

ok i am going to buy a 5850 is there a certain one i should get for overclocking or do they all overclock well really dont want to go over $300 i found a couple on newegg that are under $300 just making sure if i need to get a certain one for overclocking.

 

[ytpconquer]

for the best overclocks you want the reference cards, or the ASUS one that has voltage tweak
eg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161302&cm_re=5850-_-14-161-302-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121375&cm_re=5850-_-14-121-375-_-Product

 

[eclipse07]

are those two the only choices for best overclockers or are there more