should i send spare card back, or go crossfire, please help!

[karlnewbold]

Hi
Wonder if you can help, last week i ordered one of the new 7870 LE cards, and it got delayed in transit, so i ordered a 7950 boost...

The boost arrived, and im fairly happy with it, I can play farcry3, with most of the settings fairly high, and i can play need for speed most wanted - with stuff on very high (there is a ultra setting)

now the question i have is, since the 7870 turned up, should i return it or try cross fire (its the new core remember)- if i return it i can get a refund!

i was slightly disapointed with the performance, that i couldnt max everything in most wanted.

ideally i want to send it back monday at the latest - so opinions please


my processor is a 1050T with the unlocked 6 cores, 8gb of ram,asus sabretooth 990fx mobo,850 watt antec psu and 64bit win7

 

['Wes]

Send it back if you can.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Return the 7870LE. You ain't gonna get much more performance (if any at all) crossfiring it with the 7950 on that CPU.

 

[d_brennen]

Can 78xx cards even crossfire with 79xx cards? It always used to be a same series thing

 

[Marine-RX179]

Can 78xx cards even crossfire with 79xx cards? It always used to be a same series thing

The 7870 LE uses is the cut down version of the same chip as the 79xx, and not the same as the 78xx. But then again it got a lower memory bus and less vram as well...so either way, sending it back would be the sensible thing to do.

 

[karlnewbold]

whats wrong with the CPU??
keep the answers coming though about if i should return it

 

[d_brennen]

You need a better CPU for driving two cards to their fullest. The X6 is imo fine for now on a single GPU setup

 

[karlnewbold]

maybe i will return the card and get a FX-8350 so everything is top level, looks like no one thinks i should keep it!

 

[d_brennen]

I wouldn't bother with the 8350 either, unless you just want something new to tinker with, in which case go ahead it is a better chip all round, just not by enough imo

 

[Marine-RX179]

maybe i will return the card and get a FX-8350 so everything is top level, looks like no one thinks i should keep it!

Problem with 8350 is that it's gaming performance would only be better than what you currently got if you would overclock it to high clock speed. At the same clock speed, it is barely faster than your current Phenom II X6, and the two extra "cores" (modules to be exacty) don't really benefit in gaming performance.

 

[ZardoZ]

try the cards out and then send it back