Best card to pair with AMD Phenom II Quad?

[sharingan_sasuk]

Hi, I have someone who has been looking at a AMD Radeon 5870 Eyefinity 6 or something to pair with his Phenom II Quad. He wants to play Battlefield because his current 43xx card can't handle it. I don't know which Battlefield he means but I assume it's the most recent one, and/or looking to also be able to handle Battlefield 3 later on in the year.

He was willing to spend up to £300, but I suggested instead a Radeon 6950 which can be had for £190 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-119-MS. Can this particular model be easily flashed to a 6970 like the sticky thread mentions? I'm thinking of getting this myself as I plan to build a Intel i5 2500 Sandybridge system for myself at the end of the month.

Is all this Eyefinity thing useful if he only plans to hook it up to a LG 22" LCD monitor? I assume he will be looking to run games at 1920x1080, or at least 1650x1050 with a good amount of graphics quality.

Would that be the best bet for him? And what minimum PSU requirements are we looking at here? I forgot to ask him how much PSU wattage he currently has.

Regards

 

[sharingan_sasuk]

Ok thanks for the advice guys. Chances are I'll order it tomorrow before delivery cut off time. I plan to get a Radeon 6950 myself anyways at the end of the month so should he decide it's not the card for him, I will buy it off him.

Any other suggestions are welcome of course.

 

[sharingan_sasuk]

Bugger, the MSI has gone up to £215!

Now the cheapest one is the Asus 6950 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-248-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752 for £210. How does that one compare to say the Gigabyte GTX 560Ti OC (does the OC do anything differently?) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341 for £205 or Asus GTX 480 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750 for £200?