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5770 vs 5850 Return 1 or both 5770's? ATI gfx
Ok, so the cards in question are the
5770 from SAPPHIRE. X 2 in crossfire
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
and
5850 from SAPPHIRE once again.
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE TOXIC 100282TXSR Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
The problem is, I have two 5770 but it is causing issues in cross fire due to running in x8 and effectively taking out my pci slot for creative sound card.
Heat is much greater in one of the 5770 that has two displays (regular work) or one display ( gaming) running. The other 5770 is pretty quiet. If i run with one 5770 it is quiet when working (dual monitors) even when gaming (1 display used) although it tends to warm up quiet more since only one of them is running doing all the work.
My question is should I stay with one 5770 and return the other to newegg and pay up 15% restocking fee or return and pay up 15% for both and buy the 5850?
Honestly, I am quite happy about the 5770 (except noise at times), it was quite an upgrade from a 9500GS desktop card that came with my HP PC. The only reason I pose to ask about trading both in (knowing i lost money) and buying the 5850 is....
....since its faster, it will be much quieter during regular work (nothing intensive), but will also perform way better under load while playing games. I also saw it is Toxic edition similar to ( I think ) vapor x so it runs more cooler. [Also compared to 125bit to 256bit the speeds would be faster. ( Not sure how 128bit and x8 pc e 2.0 lanes work out. ]
I have also looked at a nVidia cards with a after market cooler but the price and performance is just awful and my motherboard (not that I cant put in nVidia)
So unless you can show me proper facts dont go around telling me to switch and such. ATI has gotten much better since years ago
Any help would be nice.
*For 1 trade in 15% it would be around 25$ I estimated since its 170$ so double that would be 50$ of a loss. Trading in both would be roughly $290 forcing me to put in $60+ for the 5850. This was my first time ever buying and building my PC so I was quite a Noob or else I would have Known. First time using ATI in such a long time.
My system is as follows===So you know what i am working with====
Quad core q6700 @ 2.GHz (stock cooler,If someone knows of a good cooler tell me BTW)
6 GB of regular ram
4 x 500 GB Hard drives. // CD, DVD burner
HX650w Corsair
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard.