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GTX260 > 5850 or?

craptakular

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oh hai.

Found a 5850 fro sale in MM, just wondering if it's worth it overmy current GTX260?

I game at 1920 x 1200, AMD 965 @ 3.8ghz, 4GB RAM, Samsung F3.

I assume I could sell my GTX 260 for around £80, it's the Gainward dual fan model 216 vairant.

If the 5850 isn't 40% quicker I don't think I'll upgrade. I play BC2 and Arma 2 and they lag a little at this resolution.

I'm also reluctant to go AMD because I like using linux, but I have a CF board, go figure :p

Power supply is 520 Corsair, I guess this rules me out of 5850 CF in the future? But is ok for 5770 crossfire?

How well does 5750 CF do in Arma2 and BC2?
 
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Before crossfire, I would get around 65-75fps in BFBC2 1900x1200 with all setting maxed except AA on x4 only, and HBAO off with one 5850 (rig in sig). So it depends on what your current FPS I guess.
 
In my opinion i think you should go for 5850, even though the GTX 260, 216 core is a very good Card, the 5850 kills it and supports DX11 which is always a plus...

Seens as you have a CF Mobo it leaves you to add another 1 in the future, but like you say i do think you might have to upgrade your PSU in order to run CF 5850's.

In response to the 5750 CF i do not know, but i do know that a 5750 by itself will average 30-50 frames on BC2...

Hope this helps...
 
I getting around 25fps-70fps on medium, 2 x AA. 45-70fps is average but lags under extreme fire when 32 players are all bunched up and smoke and granades go off.
 
I looked into upgrading my GTX 260 to a 5850 but decided it wasn't a big enough performance jump for the money but then I was looking at new ones that were about £240. For £240 I'd want a big upgrade. I'd only be tempted by that kind of performance jump if it was a £150 card.
 
mame said:
I looked into upgrading my GTX 260 to a 5850 but decided it wasn't a big enough performance jump for the money but then I was looking at new ones that were about £240. For £240 I'd want a big upgrade. I'd only be tempted by that kind of performance jump if it was a £150 card.
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Thats my fear, plus my GTX260 clocks well.

May buy a SSD for arma instead.
 
Put it this way - GTX260 in SLI is faster overall than a stock 5850... but not by much and the 5850 has the extra VRAM which gives it a bit of an edge in high res/high AA situations. Given that average SLI gains are around 60-70% over a single card that should give you some idea.

A well clocked GTX260 will be around GTX285 performance but thats still 30-40% slower than the 5850.
 
Well a 5850 can clock to match if not beat a stock 5870. Given that a 5870 is roughly on par with a GTX 295 therefore GTX 260 SLI then as Rroff said would have thought gains would be around 60-70% when overclocked and with the benefit that its a single card.

The overclocking performance is why the 5850 is great though you would have to look for one that still allows voltage tweaking.
 
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