Help me decide...HD5850 Xfire or HD5970

[Jason4eveR]

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@VampyR: Sapphire bro medyo mahal2x lang btw, ayaw na paabuta October kay basin mugawas napud mga 6xxx series ana mausab nasad imo plano hehehehe

[devilsburger]

^^ kaayo brad nindot jud kayog mag crossfire ka..mao pod lagi makabuslot sa bulsa..hahahaha...

i think 5850 is more power efficient brad kay it uses less power than 5970's...5850 uses two 6-pin power connector while 5970 uses a 6-pin power connector and an 8 pin power connector..

[P0w3rM0v3]

mas kick ass tan-wan ang rig if naka Xfire ka so go for it and ang mahabilin sa imo 33k add a little and get a sound blaster x-fi ^____^

btw, regarding power consumption, asa man mas efficient 2xHD5850s or 1xHD5970?

shameless plug but i do have x-fi xtremegamer for sale. It's virtually band new as i've only used it less than a month since i've had my pc heavily modded.

[VampyR]

@VampyR: Sapphire bro medyo mahal2x lang btw, ayaw na paabuta October kay basin mugawas napud mga 6xxx series ana mausab nasad imo plano hehehehe

ahak na! hahaha mid or last week of october na jud ko ani bro kay anha pa ma available ang kwarta...hopefully mag price drop cla anang panahona hehehe

[Jason4eveR]

usually December man jud mag drop og price ang mga stores

[P0w3rM0v3]

as for the brand I'd go with the XFX cuz of teh Double Lifetime Warranty... *wo0t*wOo0t*

[VampyR]

yes i've heard of that...any idea of the prices? both from sapphire and xfx?

[VampyR]

i've been reading a few articles...why don't we add another entry...NVIDIA GTX 460 SLI...what do you think? it's been kicking the a%$ of of hd5850 crossfire recently at an even lower price..

[CARLOtech]

GTX460 1 gig ddr5

Graphics Engine

GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi)
Bus Standard

PCI Express 2.0 x16
MFG Process

40 nm
Stream Processors

336 Processor Cores
Video Memory

1GB GDDR5
Core Clock

800MHz
Shader Clock
1600MHz
Memory Clock

4000MHz
Memory Interface

256-bit
Max Resolution

2560 x 1600
Ports

1 x HDMI 1.4a connector
1 x D-SUB
2 x DVI
SLI Supported

SLI Ready
Direct-X

DirectX 11
Open GL

OpenGL 4.0
Adapter/Cable Bundled

1 x Power Cable
Software Bundled

Palit Utilities & Driver
System Requirements

Minimum 450W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 24A)
Warranty

Lifetime Warranty

@PHP 10999.00

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[VampyR]

That's roughly 22k compared to the hd5970 which is 32k...hmmm...what do you guys think?

@carlo do you have prices for the hd5850 and hd5970?