Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 TopCu.is it Dated?

Hey guys. I heard a lot of good things about the 5850 series and i decided to pic one up for a pretty decent price. But lately i have been hearing that it is very dated. This contradicts a lot of things i have read about it being a nice graphics card. The one i got is the Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 Top. What do you guys think? Still viable for a 2012 build?

I would say yes because the core clock is 725 MHz and only has 1 Gb DDR5 video memory. 

Its still a ok card if you can get it for $100 

 

OP here. Yeah i got it for 100 and i DO plan on overclocking it. Maybe even seeing if i can get a good deal on another one and crossfire them later on down the road