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Originally Posted by Wires
Any opinions on these 3 cards?
$170 - SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$209 - SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$254 - GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card
well if you're gonna choose between 6850 and 6870, you can take the 6850. It actually is identical to the 6870 in its architecture, and can be flashed with a new bios (i believe, i'm not that savvy when it comes to this) and it will be a 6870 card. The instructions seem pretty noob-proof when i google it. Also, whatever card you get, get the TOXIC-edition from sapphire. When it comes to overclocking, the sapphire really gives a lot of value for money for their TOXIC-brand according to the reviews.
ps. i have the sapphire radeon 6850 TOXIC, and i'm running it in stock and have not flashed it yet. I'm running everything perfectly maxed out as is, and will start to experiment in a year or maybe 2 when it starts to fall behind. But according to my research, that should not be a problem when the time comes.