panjang110 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) i'm going to upgrade my gpu and after a few research i found 2 option with my current budget and i need and opinion on this 1. 6850: use it for a while then crossfire later should i need more power (cheaper,low power, crossfire expandability) 2. 560ti: stick it in and use it till i buy a new card (pricey, uses more power , better performance, no hassle on dual gpu scaling ) i'll be buying a new psu too for this upgrade that is why i only have a few card in mind and the max i can go is 560ti, 6950 here cost 30 dollar more and 6870 is priced just 10 dollar cheaper than the cheapest 560ti so both is out of the question. *edit- i'll be playing at 1080p and i just saw a stock clearance sale for a MSI 5870 lightning which is cheaper than the 560ti, is it going to outperform the 560 if i oc the hell out of it? Edited December 21, 2011 by panjang110 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Current specs and links to where you can buy from as well as a budget. From this info we can make more informed suggestions, likely finding you a good deal or two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
panjang110 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) i'm still running the same spec from the siggy but i buy directly from retailer so i can't post a link for you there is no online shop like newegg here, fyi the cheapest 560ti here is rm750=236usd and the price for the cheapest 6850 is rm530=167usd. other card is priced in between. my budget is limited to usd240 cause i still need to buy a new psu Edited December 21, 2011 by panjang110 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Cant read sigs on my phone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) A 5870 will outperform a 560ti without overclocking my friend - it's still a good card. I think the 5850 is probably a bit better than/almost on par with the 560ti When you planning on getting this build done? The new 7XXX series has a paper launch tomorrow and an actual launch on the 9th of Jan 2012 - so it might cause prices to go down on the cards you are looking at. EDIT: Here you go Stonerboy: Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.6Ghz CM V8 Msi DKA790GX Platinum 4GB Corsair XMS2 4-5-4-10@2v XFX GTX260 Core Edition+Modded Battle Axe VGA cooler WD Caviar Black 1TB Corsair CX400 CM HAF922 LG W2253TQ Windows 7 Pro 64Bit/XP home SP2 32Bit Edited December 21, 2011 by Alexandre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 There we go definately would want to upgrade the PSU. And will second a rec on 5870. Should be cheaper and should also just outperform the 560ti. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cery25 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 my vote goes for the 560 ti who is a great card, or why not the 6870 , at that resolicion perform very good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 my vote goes for the 560 ti who is a great card, or why not the 6870 , at that resolicion perform very good The 5870 is better than the 6870 and the 560ti + cheaper....it's a no brainer to me lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 but it is AMD's 5xxx series card. Otherwise 560ti is better choice between the two options given by OP. 6950 is almost equal to 560ti if not greater. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 The 5870 is better than the 6870 and the 560ti + cheaper....it's a no brainer to me lol I concur. He should even be able to pull two of these together for 5870 cf which will utterly destroy the competition. Provided pricing ain't stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoDG Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 So the 6870 is beaten by it's previous generation brother? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 So the 6870 is beaten by it's previous generation brother? AMD Radeon HD 5870 Stream Processors - 1600 Texture Units - 80 ROPs - 32 Core Clock - 850MHz Memory Clock - 1.2GHz (4.8GHz effective) GDDR5 Memory Bus Width - 256-bit Frame Buffer - 1GB FP64 - 1/5 Transistor Count - 2.15B Manufacturing Process - TSMC 40nm AMD Radeon HD 6870 Stream Processors - 1120 Texture Units - 56 ROPs - 32 Core Clock - 900MHz Memory Clock - 1.05GHz (4.2GHz effective) GDDR5 Memory Bus Width - 256-bit Frame Buffer - 1GB FP64 - N/A Transistor Count - 1.7B Manufacturing Process - TSMC 40nm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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