Quote Originally Posted by akula2 View Post
one more thing is i dunno how 6950 fares on linux distros such as FC14
AMD Linux drivers still leave a lot to desire. Not the best by any stretch.

As far as declaring the 5850 as being obsolete of course I mean in lieu of newer cards such as the 6950/70s. Given in some cases a 5850 can be tamed on a single 1920x1080/1200 display, 3 monitors is more than pushing it in some cases. My point is if you want better single gpu performance with higher image quality, the 6 series cards are going to go that much farther with Eyefinity setups. No disrespect to the 5850 or anything, I had a 5870 for about a year and quite liked it, I just feel Eyefinity setups are multi card territory. Still if you want the best current single card Eyefinity experiance, a 6970 would be the card to go with.