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I have a 5770. It's not good enough for me. So I'm thinking, should I buy one and crossfire, or just get a 5870?

What are the rest of your system specs? What games do you want to play? What's your monitor's resolution?

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I bought a pair of 5770s at once for the soul purpose of running in crossfire. Never looked back. With my watercooling setup I had a slight space issue, and 350 for a pair of 5770s or 400+ for one 5870, no contest Plus it just looks so much better with 2 cards in ther than just the one all lonely and stuff

If you already have a 5770 2 will beat a 5870. The other option would be to wait and see if the 5870 prices drop so you can get one for their real price of $350. Also xfire will cause higher temps than having a single card, and driver support for new games can be delayed a week or two.

Two 5770's is my vote is on pair and beats the 5870 in most benches,they dont put out much heat and pull very little power plus they look cool with two of them

kind of off topic, but would 2 4870's beat 2 5770s?

i'm pretty sure the 4870s are hotter, but would they win preformance wise?

ya performance wise they are a fair bit better

The tipping point to me is dx11 goodies