How much is a Radeon 5870 worth these days?

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I need a graphics card for my PC and I've seen a used 5870 on eBay starting at £60 + £8 postage and packaging. The seller wants £115 for it if I buy it now. Is a 5870 worth £115 these days? What is the maximum I should pay? Thanks.
 
I'll see if I can get the 5870 for £60. I've decided I'm not spending more than £80 on the 5870. If the 5870 goes for more than £80 then I will just keep saving and get something like a 6950 or 560 Ti. Sound all right?

£83 for the 6850 does look good though...
 
I'll see if I can get the 5870 for £60. I've decided I'm not spending more than £80 on the 5870. If the 5870 goes for more than £80 then I will just keep saving and get something like a 6950 or 560 Ti. Sound all right?

£83 for the 6850 does look good though...

yeah, special might end today though, says this week only. And if you meant a new 6950, the cheapest on that wight was like 160 and for 10 more they have the 7850 which is a bit better
 
Just seen a used 6870 on eBay for £85 buy it now, I'm gonna go for that I think.

good, their about the same performance, really the 5870 seems slightly faster most of the time, but the 6870 does better at tesselation in benches and will serve you well. I tried one and it maxed almost everything at 1440x900 so should do well at 1080, only thing it had a problem with really was crysis and taking AA off fixed that
 
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