Need Advice For Hardware Budget.

[LewiesMan]

I Need Advice On what the best (and fastest) gpu I can get To Replace My current MSI 6570 Please. 2nd Hand cards are Welcome
My Budget is a bit Tight Though ($300) - and I'm afraid as far as 2nd hand cards concerned - Paypal is My only Option. NO Nvidia's however...
ATI's only...

[LewiesMan]

Thank's Anyway - I just found a ATI 5870 (first hand) at Local online Shop! For Under $300! So Maybe my whoes are at an end?

[crazyates]

You bought a 5870 for $300?

[ralree]

Tiger direct had (and probably still has) 7970 reference cards for $359 no rebate.  Over twice as fast as your 5870.

[crazyates]

Tiger direct had (and probably still has) 7970 reference cards for $359 no rebate.  Over twice as fast as your 5870.

Not quite twice as fast... My 5870 was ~460Mh/s, and my 7970 is ~650Mh/s. Both OC'd.

[racerguy]

you'd be better of getting a 7870, much faster at gaming and similar hashing speed.

[AndrewBUD]

I expected more from the 7900 series..... went back to 5800 series..

[crazyates]

I expected more from the 7900 series..... went back to 5800 series..

The advantage of the lower models are the 28nm power savings, but the 7970 is a beast. I'm getting 650Mh/s, and ppl get 700MH/s quite easily. Plus, it will actually have resale value in a year. compared to a 5970.

[Shadow383]

I expected more from the 7900 series..... went back to 5800 series..

The advantage of the lower models are the 28nm power savings, but the 7970 is a beast. I'm getting 650Mh/s, and ppl get 700MH/s quite easily. Plus, it will actually have resale value in a year. compared to a 5970.

I'd have bought 5970s exclusively if they didn't seem to be so damn fragile.
That said, loving the 7970s, I currently pay quite a lot for power, so being able to do 1.65Ghash whilst drawing less than 500W from the wall is just awesome.
Also it makes a crazy gaming PC 

[J.harris]

I would have bought 3 5830's at $100 a piece and have 900Mhash/s....

[AndrewBUD]

Well... the way I have things set up and having free power, having 5870's worked out better for me... two 5870's for the cost of one 7950 and almost twice the hashing power.

[crazyates]

Well... the way I have things set up and having free power, having 5870's worked out better for me... two 5870's for the cost of one 7950 and almost twice the hashing power.

Two words: resale value.

[AndrewBUD]

doesn't seem like it would be a huge difference... 7950 is around $300 new..... give  it a year it will sell for $200ish... could probably still get $80 per 5800 series card....

I much prefer to make more bitcoins now than get a little more resale value in the future...




Could say the same thing for BFL's gear.... what are they going to be worth if our fun hobby goes down the crapper....?

[GernMiester]

5800 for $300 hope its not USD or your getting raped and not just robbed.

[crazyates]

5800 for $300 hope its not USD or your getting raped and not just robbed.

First, this thread is several weeks old.
Second, I think the OP stated elsewhere that he was from South Africa. Getting a 5870 in stock was probably a pretty rare find.