Looking at the benchmarks for Crossfire 5850's vs SLI GTX 285's, I noticed barely any difference in power. In some games, there was no difference. In others, only 5fps difference, rarely more than that.
I know a place to get some really good deals at, and if I try really hard I *might* be able to get a GTX 285 for $250, maybe even $200.
Right now, not only can I not get my hands on any $310 5850's, but the only ones ever being sold cost $380 and only IF I can find them. That would be $620 - $760 for two 5850's.
I definitely could never get a 5850 for lower than $300, but I have a chance to get some cheap GTX 285's since they're alot older.
That would be just about the same performance but for $400-500 instead of $620-760.
But with the 300 series just around the corner, I just don't know.
I also really want to go with Nvidia, but the 5000 series is suppose to be amazing and perhaps the benchmarks I read were not as accurate as I'd like.
This is just frustrating, because everywhere both the SOC GTX 275's and the 5850's are sold out, unless you pay $320 for the former (instead of $250) and $380 for the latter.
I honestly just wanted to spend $600 to get TWO (have to be TWO) of the best graphics cards I could get.
I know a place to get some really good deals at, and if I try really hard I *might* be able to get a GTX 285 for $250, maybe even $200.
Right now, not only can I not get my hands on any $310 5850's, but the only ones ever being sold cost $380 and only IF I can find them. That would be $620 - $760 for two 5850's.
I definitely could never get a 5850 for lower than $300, but I have a chance to get some cheap GTX 285's since they're alot older.
That would be just about the same performance but for $400-500 instead of $620-760.
But with the 300 series just around the corner, I just don't know.
I also really want to go with Nvidia, but the 5000 series is suppose to be amazing and perhaps the benchmarks I read were not as accurate as I'd like.
This is just frustrating, because everywhere both the SOC GTX 275's and the 5850's are sold out, unless you pay $320 for the former (instead of $250) and $380 for the latter.
I honestly just wanted to spend $600 to get TWO (have to be TWO) of the best graphics cards I could get.
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