5870 or 6790?

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theiceman
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5870 or 6790?

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

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whatshisname55
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Re: 5870 or 6790?

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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
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Re: 5870 or 6790?

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Agreed, 5870 is better...even numbers agree.
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rushn
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Re: 5870 or 6790?

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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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