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9800GX2 or 5770?

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Hey!

(I do apologise that it's another versus thread)

I'm after a cheapish GPU upgrade from my ageing 8800GT.

I've seen a 9800GX2 for the £130 mark and that's of course 5770 money, but after trawling many a review it would appear that the GX2 is marginally the better card.

Simply, which is the card to go for?

If I was to purchase a 5770, I could always crossfire later I suppose but saying that I could quad SLI the GX2.

Is the 5770 fast enough to actually run DX11 games well or is it simply a show of good faith?

Anyways guys, all feedback etc is much appreciated!
 
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It depending on what res you gaming at.

5770 is 'ok' for gaming at 1920x1080 for dx11 games, but would sometimes need to keep the AA at not higher than x2 and effect setting might need to be set to mediun quality. 'Ideally' people should get at least a 5850 for gaming in dx11 mode at 1920x1080 or above. If it is for 1680x1050, then it probably can handle dx11 games at 4xAA. However, don't expect the 5770 be able deliver playable/smooth frame rate for games like Crysis.

If you don't need dx11, 4890 would be a better choice than a 9800GX2.
 
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It would depend on if the motherboard can xfire or not as well.

Most people that are on i5 750 and got a sub-£140 motherboard, the chances are it would be one of those 16x/4x board instead that can't xfire/SLI properly...not the 8x/8x one.
 
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I'd have to upgrade as I currently have an SLi board.

I'm also running an E6600 @ 3.4 would that bottleneck a 5850?
 
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If my choices were GX2 or 5770, I'd scrap the idea of GX2 and substitute it with a GTX260. I doubt the 5770 is fast enough to run DX11 games at any meaningful res / settings, and the 260 is probably faster in DX 9/10.

If you can stretch to 5850 then that makes the decision much easier, however, you have to decide whether DX11 is a must-have feature, or one for the future.

Regardless, all 3 mentioned cards will be a significant boost over your 8800GT.


edit: as you already have an SLI board, adding another 8800GT would be the cheapest bang for buck!
 
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