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kls85 · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:09 pm Post subject:

You can save up on it and then do a major upgrade when Sandy Bridge-E arrives. HD5850 still has plenty of life in it and upgrading IMO won't show too much benefits besides a slight increase in FPS.
If you can save further wait for Ivy Bridge where Intel is going to begin using its 3D Tri-Gate transistors, this according to Intel may boost performance by up to 37% even at low voltages.

Ivy Bridge is the CPU after Sandy Bridge, runs on 22nm process, and we may see it late this year or early next year.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:24 pm Post subject:

Performance is referring to power efficiency as far as I can tell, there shouldn't be a performance increase outside of clock speed going up.

The Professor · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:41 pm Post subject:

Eh, lucky. The graphics card I have sucks.

FeedMeRice · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:43 pm Post subject:

An hd 6950 is much cheaper than the hd 6970, + you can flash it to an hd 6970

ArcaneKnite · Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 9:05 am Post subject:

Buy the HD 5850 Xtreme from Sapphire ($130) if you can still find any. Crossfire it with your current HD 5850 and that will outperform any single card solution on the market right now. I think it will even be a competitor for the GTX 580.

Save the rest of the money.

Icklorfin · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:33 pm Post subject:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565

It is $249, but it has superb cooling, and if you ever decide to sli, will still stay pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spExsvmJ-RE&feature=player_embedded

Newegg benchmark