5850 Replacement?

[KraniX]

Hi guys,

I was lucky enough to pick up a Sapphire 1GB 5850 which was re-released last year, was only cheap and has been a cracking card which seems to outperform the 6850's in most reviews I've seen.

I'm wondering if there are any good, affordable (i.e. cheap) alternatives for an upgrade? The only possible option I can see is the 560Ti which could potentially give me a boost but seems a bit overpriced at £170+

Doesn't seem to be much in the AMD range that really gives much improvement, don't really want to spend more than £140-£150 as just doesn't seem worth it right now.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

 

[KraniX]

Yeah think I'll just keep waiting until something substantial comes along.

Did look for another 5850 but were too expensive, even second hand.

The 560 won't really give me enough extra to warrant £150 quid, Skyrim and TOR all running in high so best upgrade is probably an SSD instead.

 

[KraniX]

Not sold on Xfire or SLI personally, I used to SLI back in the days of Voodoo 2 and was great but all I hear these days is people moaning about poor drivers, games not being supported and micro stutter issues.

I'd rather just have a single card and as has been said it seems like a matter of waiting for the newer cards to drop in price as the competition heats up with new releases over the next few months.