5870 or 6790?

theiceman · 06-01-2012, 03:29 PM

for gaming only which will over all give me better performance for gaming?

whatshisname55 · 06-01-2012, 03:58 PM

The 5870 will give you better performance.
Here's an article about it with some good benchmark comparisons: AnandTech - AMD's Radeon HD 6790: Coming Up Short At $150

[R-COM]MaSSive · 06-01-2012, 08:15 PM

Agreed, 5870 is better...even numbers agree.

[R-COM]rushn · 06-04-2012, 06:01 PM

if you can get the 6950 its a around $10-$30 more

but just as everyone said the 5870 blows 6950 out of the water on pixel rate

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[R-COM]rushn Support Technician Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,363 United States of America	Re: 5870 or 6790? if you can get the 6950 its a around $10-$30 more but just as everyone said the 5870 blows 6950 out of the water on pixel rate

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