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BF3 ULTRA EYEFINITY/NVIDIA SURROUND
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Lol there's no source, it's derp bull, and the only rumour is of a 7950 beater at best soon.
OP, buy a pair of the cheapest reference 7970's, @ £375 each on t'internet somewhere, and they will run BF3 on ultra.
OP, buy a pair of the cheapest reference 7970's, @ £375 each on t'internet somewhere, and they will run BF3 on ultra.
7970's aren't needed to play BF3 on three screens.
My 570 2.5gbs can handle the game on ultras settings just fine, something like a 6990/590 will be adequate (not saying you should get them)
If you have the money then there's no reason why you shouldn't get 7970 SLI, but at the same time, it's not a necessity to play the game.
My 570 2.5gbs can handle the game on ultras settings just fine, something like a 6990/590 will be adequate (not saying you should get them)
If you have the money then there's no reason why you shouldn't get 7970 SLI, but at the same time, it's not a necessity to play the game.
come off it, nvidia have bettered every card they bring out by 10% and usualy 60%+ with an architecture change, the 7970 barley beats a gtx 580 in bf3 with aa
I was being concervative with 10% if im honest
No matter how likely, you simply can not state it as a fact until it actually is because **** happens, even i think that NV may scrape through to top spot.
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Nvidia are on the ropes, they're done for, don't expect miracles, expect a poor card for muchos $$$$. 1st Kepler will only just beat a 7950, nothing to beat a 7970 until at least Q3. And lol, you clearly know FA about 7970's on BF3.
2700k will be perfectly ok to max out games for the next 2 years at a minimum, probably closer to 5.
thats why i was saying 10% not the ususal 60%
ive looked a lot at whats happening with gpu's over the past few years i know what happens with a 7970 in bf3
the 7970 is a failure, look at it, its 1 year old tech at new tech money. its 4fps in bf3 better than a 580 @ my res. Great stuff
It seems its you that knows exatly fa about these things dave.
Unless of course you mean with aa off but then why would i want a 7970 to play with aa off?
For the 7970 to be a good card it needed to be £350@ launch and £300 now but it isnt
"its 1 year old tech at new tech money" Dont you mean its new tech for 1 year old money? think you got it the wrong way round....
The 7970 is more powerful than a 580 using ALLOT less power and producing less heat/noise, BUT AMD have priced it to match the current cards... which is ovcourse wrong as it should be priced more what it costs to make and not based on the performance of 'last' gen cards.
But both overclocked the 7970 how ever much you love your 580 smokes it... not by a great margin in a few situations (it is in a number of situations though) But for how much power it uses and efficient it is its definitely 'new tech' and does smoke the 580 when overclocked.
AMD dont seem to like to use tonnes of silicon a power hungry cards to get more performance, thats Nvidia's job.
Its the same every 'gen' AMD come out with more power efficient cards and their trademark card is just a step better than Nvidias 'last gen' trademark card.
Then Nvidia come out later with a beast that smokes it BUT costs loads and uses allot of power.. and costs loads.
I wouldnt call the 7970 a failure, Its a very good efficient 'new' card, I would call its pricing a failure.
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The 7970 is about 50% faster overall than your card. The latest drivers help the *new* 7970 to deliver a much better BF3 experience.
I'm getting 110fps with 4xMSAA.
PS, there's more than just BF3 out there, it also runs Crysis 2 better than the 580.
You sound butthurt at having a pants GPU
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I hope Kepler comes out soon then all this Nvidia vs AMD will hopfully die down as we will know what specs are as all i see in the graphics forum is arguing whos best and a lot of nonsense being said on a thread where the op wanted to know
"what cards would run BF3 on multiple displays at ultra and also have 2 years of life of maxing games?"
Im sure there are plenty of other threads you can argue on
"what cards would run BF3 on multiple displays at ultra and also have 2 years of life of maxing games?"
Im sure there are plenty of other threads you can argue on
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Shut up. If that is really your budget then why do you need to come here. Common sense would dictate that at that budget you'd just buy the most expensive card available times 2 knowing that would do all you ask. After all your asking for multiple monitor support on one of the most demadnig games aailable and wanting two years future proof. Everyone knows a 560Ti isnt going to come close or a 570 or even a 580 so you didnt need to come showing off
I wasn't showing off.. I got asked what am I willing to spend so I answered. I'd rather not buy the most expensive card because it isn't always the best for my requirements(bf3) and if you're not going to respond appropriately then don't post in my thread.
With the RC11 drivers (dated 25th Jan) and the BF3 patch I can hit over 60fps average @ 3560x1920 "high" settings (HD7970 @ 1125/6600)
Increase the settings to Ultra and the average drops to around 50fps.
Add 2xMSAA and the average drops to 38.6fps.
Finally increase it to "max" in game - 4xMSAA - and the average drops to 32.8fps.
If you don't mind dropping a couple of settings a single HD7970 can easily play BF3 at Eyefinity resolutions.
During my own testing I couldn't tell the difference between 2xMSAA and 4xMSAA, hence there us a 6fps gain right there. If I was pushed I would say that there wasn't much visual difference dropping to "high" settings with no MSAA. If you stood still then there were some minor reductions in quality but actually playing the game the difference is so minor that I doubt you could tell the difference.
To give some perspective at the same "high" settings my old HD6970 used to manage around 35fps average.
The RC11 drivers and the latest patch have added around 10fps on their own.
I don't play at 1080p so can't comment on the performance improvements there.
Increase the settings to Ultra and the average drops to around 50fps.
Add 2xMSAA and the average drops to 38.6fps.
Finally increase it to "max" in game - 4xMSAA - and the average drops to 32.8fps.
If you don't mind dropping a couple of settings a single HD7970 can easily play BF3 at Eyefinity resolutions.
During my own testing I couldn't tell the difference between 2xMSAA and 4xMSAA, hence there us a 6fps gain right there. If I was pushed I would say that there wasn't much visual difference dropping to "high" settings with no MSAA. If you stood still then there were some minor reductions in quality but actually playing the game the difference is so minor that I doubt you could tell the difference.
To give some perspective at the same "high" settings my old HD6970 used to manage around 35fps average.
The RC11 drivers and the latest patch have added around 10fps on their own.
I don't play at 1080p so can't comment on the performance improvements there.