Quote Originally Posted by Heinz68 View Post
Here is what was my point.
The HD 5870 is described on most sites as the high-end single GPU card. The HD 5850 is usually described as the mid-range or performance level card.



I doubt the top prices are HD 5850 cards, when PowerColor published this:


PS
For example, would you describe the GTX 260 as nVidia high end card.
Only problem is that 5850 is supposed to be a Cypress card. So if Cypress = high end then 5850 = high end. I believe AMD sees it like this:

Hemlock: ultra high end (4870X2/4890)
Cypress: high end (4870/4850)
Juniper: performance (4600-series)
Cedar + Redwood: mainstream and entry (4500 and 4300-series)