5870 or 5970
 

What to get, the 5870 or 5970? This is the question that plagues me. I wouldn't mind getting the 5870 for now and then pick up one or two more on down the line. But then again I am very found of my 295 and can only imagine I would be of the 5970. Not to mention I would be crossfiring right out of the box for cheaper than two 5870's.

I would like to get your guys input on this.

I don't think you will do much with the 5870 compared to those 295 scores you have.

The 5970 is a different story but what will the rev3 have in store for them if your concerned with Bots...

I am of the same delima...The 5870 is a great card but it only counts if i can beat the 4870x2 top...I have beat it in 3 test and scored small...On the otherside of the coin I like to run fast so would run the 5970 even if Bots doesn't favor them...

I really want to try the 5890's..But When????
Then again, a guy with your talent would have alot of fun with a couple of 5870's..I did!!!

CF scaling will take some time to get straightened out, so from a usability stand point, go single GPU.

However the bencher in me says 5970!!!! Basically 2 5870s for the price of 1.5 :)

Well, maybe not 2x 5870s, dunno if anyone is hitting 1300 core speed on the 5970s

Yah, I dunno brudder, from a boint perspective I think its up in the air what they'll do with the dual gpu, single slot cards. But from a newness perspective, the 5970's seem to be doing some damage so far.

You could prolly bench um right quick and sell um off before you lose any money.

Heres a rev 3 teaster :rroulette:
http://hwbot.org/forum/showpost.php?...&postcount=353

That is forsure..I just wanted to break even and the vapor-x, sold for 150.00 more than I paid after the ebay and paypal fee...I am guessing the UK is having troble getting there hands on any of these...If I would have used a 3 day auction no telling how high it would have went...:shock:

Don't really want to jack with flipping cards. Looking for some quick boints as well as gaming card/s for Crysis 2 coming up.

The more I think about it the more I am sure..I will get a 5970 soon ..I would prefer Asus. I have run with the dual GPU cards for awile and miss it..Also as far as gaming goes I have read great things about the 5970....I will need to do a little mod work on the drive bay brackets but I am committed now..... :happy1:

You could always get a 5870 now and wait for prices to drop a little on the 5970 then set up 3 way CFX on the 5970 and 5870.

Very interesting concept,....how does that work for bot entries?