1 or two graphics cards

[Guest]

Im buying a new gaming computer and was wondering if i should get the ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 or get both the ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 and ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 graphic cards

 

[Emperus]

If you can afford, get yourself a single more powerful card (HD 5850) for now and later put another card for increasing your game performance.. What are your other system specs.?

 

[Guest]

motherboard ASUS M4A87TD EVO AMD 870 Chipset CrossFireX Support DDR3

cpu AMD Phenom™II X6 1090T Six-Core CPU

950 Watts - CyberPowerPC Gaming Power Supply

8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
640GB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

 

[Drakoes]

5770 x2 should easily outperform a single 5670/5830 for an awesome price. It is also sometimes on par or slightly behind with a single 5870 on some games. I'd go for 5770 on crossfire if you're able to get both for under $320-340.

Check out some of the reviews and benchmarks:

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/ati_radeon_hd_5770_crossfire_vs_geforce_gtx_470_and_radeon_hd_5850,7.html
http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/ati_radeon_hd_5770_crossfire_vs_geforce_gtx_470_and_radeon_hd_5850,5.html
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/18
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2983/his_radeon_hd_5770_1gb_video_card_in_crossfire/index8.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446-7.html

 

[Guest]

two 5770 would be cheaper than one 5850 ill look into it

 

[Helltech]

If you can afford, get yourself a single more powerful card (HD 5850) for now and later put another card for increasing your game performance.. What are your other system specs.?

This is what I'd do. If you get two 5770's thats it for you, no upgrading once you need something new.

 

[Guest]

Best answer selected by hugoismyname.