5850 to 7870

[Loosecannon]

Well I have made my upgrade choice... but is it really worth it?

How much difference is there really? One report I saw basically said there wasn't that much!

Is it worth £200?

 

[pgi947]

Seems a good enough jump to me: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/512?vs=548

 

[Spenty]

Looking at anandtech results it seems 50-100% which is a worthy jump.

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

From those benchmarks, it looks to be a significant improvement. I'm pretty sure the Anandtech benches were done on old (not very good) drivers, so with 12.8 or 12.9 beta, you should get an even better improvement than that indicated by Anandtech.