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| Author: | wadec22 [ 24 Dec 2010, 16:25 ] |
| Post subject: | 5870, 6950 or 6970? |
So I'm really torn! I game at 4080x768. I went from a 5870 to a dual 5850 setup and I do not care for it. A lot of personal preference but slight input lag in multiplayer gaming, fan noise, etc... Anyway I mostly just play Battlefield Bad Company 2 right now. I will probably play the new Witcher and Crysis games when they come out. Should I grab another 5870 (i can get a used one for 190.00), a 6950 or a 6970? |
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| Author: | Gilly [ 24 Dec 2010, 16:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 5870, 6950 or 6970? |
I would say having crossfire would cause POTENTIALLY more problems than having 1 card *more power, more noise, more heat* although I would guess at your resolution you wouldn't get the full benefit anyway. I would say it is a safer bet to go with a 6950, I don't really think the extra FPS the 70 card or crossfire would bring to the table would amount to much of a increase in performance. If you get the microstutter problem with Xfire 5870 believe me, you will not want to use Xfire again. |
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| Author: | tfannon [ 25 Dec 2010, 21:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 5870, 6950 or 6970? |
i have both a 5870 and 6970 and have used them both in eyefinity. honestly, i am scratching my head abit at the lack of performance increase. i think the one thing you can do successfully is enable 2xAA with the 2gb 6970. Battlefield BC2 looks PHENOMENAL in portrait eyefinity with 2AA running. On my other card, I had to drop AA to get it smooth. I would NOT go the crossfire route with the older cards though for eyefinity. They don't seem to scale and have other issues. |
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