Looking at picking up 2 of these as they look to beat the 5870 in most benches, anyone else running a pair of these?

Not me, but I've seen some pretty impressive results from them. Makes me wonder why I bought a 5850.

well i am considering wither buying 2 5770's or a 5850 tomorrow. 5770's are looking pretty good.

CF can be a pain in the ass sometimes

yeah i was running 4890's, but most modern game scaled really really well.

think i am gonna go with the 5850 after all, and do 5850 xfire in march.

Nice choice.

If the HELLA 5970 come down I would say giver that beast. May need to dremel a case to get it in tho but as I always say....if it don't fit...force it !

5850 in xfire is faster then the 5970 by a decent margin and is about $120 cheaper. and both use xfire technology so scaling becomes a shared issue. i personally don't understand the point of the 5970 in its current price range.

case wiukd def need to be modded if i ever did buy a 5970 though thats for damn sure, 2nd largest card i have ever seen besides that 4 GPU vodoo.

You may have seen this, but this guy has his 5970 in his shuttle. lol

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=3408499#post3408499

That's Insane! what a surprising rig to take to a lan party lol

Definately!