Crossfire my existing 5850 or go with a 6950?

[barker967]

As per the thread title really, having seen that 2x 5850`s in crossfire perform very well and seeing as i have one in my system already i`m wondering whether if it is worthwhile picking up a second one as the prices have dropped or ditching what i have and getting a 6950.

Your thoughts please.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The HD6950 is ATM around the same speed as and HD5870 but is much faster in games which use tessalation. However, improvements in drivers may yield addtional improvements in speed.

A pair of HD5850 1GB cards though would probably be faster in most current games IMHO.