GTX 260 x2 vs HD 5850 vs GTX 275?
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FATALiiTYz
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5850.
It really depends on the prices you want to pay. I honestly don't think the 5850 is worth what you would pay. A gtx275 would only cost around $200 used right now, a 5850 is $300. The 5850 is NOT 1/3 again the performance of a 275, it's about 10-15% better performance.
There is no game the gtx275 can't play at anything up to 1920x1200 and you will have no lag at all.
There is no game the gtx275 can't play at anything up to 1920x1200 and you will have no lag at all.
spynoodle
Active Member
First of all, are you building an entirely new computer? I ask this because you seem to be deciding over cards that you would SLI and a card that you would crossfire, and if I'm right, there isn't a motherboard that supports SLI and Crossfire, so this will affect your motherboard decision too, right? Anyways, other than the motherboard thing, I would go with the 5850 if you really plan on using crossfire eventually.
Theblackoutow
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I'm glad everyone like my GPU 
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.well just to clear info up , to spynoodle, i understand why you would ask if he is building a new pc or not, only for the fact that if he already has a motherboard he probably doesnt have the option to choose both crossfire or sli. but if he is building a new pc then he could get a board based on the x55 chipset or similar which does support both crossfire and sli configurations. there are even some newer boards that have the lucid chip which allow one to use ati cards for rendering, and an nvidia card for physix. my personal opinion would be to go with the 5850, get a board that allows you to crossfire, or use both ati and nvidia cards in randum, and expand your systme in the future on the platform.
spynoodle
Active Member
Thanks for the info, guys. About that lucid chip thing: that would actually be very interesting, since then at that point he could get a 5850, and then if he wanted more performance he could just get something like a GTS 250 for PhysX rendering. In fact, I saw one cool card once that did just that. Here's the link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130527&Tpk=Geforce GTX 275 250
It may actually be an option for him, since he was choosing between the GTX 275 as one of his options. This card, in games that support it, might actually perform better than the Radeon HD 5850. Then he could SLI it in the furure and.... well, you can guess the rest.
lubo4444
Active Member
I would so trade my GTX 285 for a 5850. They are within the same price range but the 5850 is better. I almost wish I could have saved my money last year and waited.
Why dont you try selling it and then get the 5850? There are still people who are looking for GTX 285.
kyleswitch
New Member
5850 :good:
ASUS P6T, Core i7-920, 8600 GT, 6GB DDR3 G.Skill-Trident, Antec 900, Coolermaster Extreme Power 550, Seagate 320Gb 3.5, Pioneer 218, Acer 2ms S243HL, Win 7 64bit. thats my rig atm... my motherboard can run either Sli or Crossfire. i just got my set a 5850 asus.. gonnna install it now
spynoodle
Active Member
+1. Good choice with Asus btw. They're good. Also, if you have that lucid chip thing like kdfresh09 said, you could get a lower-end Nvidia card (like the Geforce GTS 250) and use it for PhysX rendering.