5770 crossfure vs 6970

[slim01]

ok so im gettin a new pc and trying to decide if i can be bothered with the seemingly large amount of hasstle and technicalities with crossfire...

in a nutshull... what would you rather have, to game at 1080p on?
WERE THINKING BANG FOR BUCK HERE OK?

£210 2x 5770 XFX crossfire, 2gb total (+extra £30m mobo costs)
Or
£175 Sappire 6870 1gb


Is the crossfire worth the extra £65> considering the extra 1gb of ram as well?
Also please factor in overclocking, apparently the 6870 likes to run at 950, just above stock




thanks guys, had a lot of confusion about going for a x8 x8 set up to save cash, but apparently it dosent make that much of a reduction.

 

[Martini1991]

Can't really say much for 6870 overclocking till we've got decent app's and voltage boost.

 

[slim01]

OR go on flea bay and get 2 x 4870's for £180

which wud perform btter do you think?

Gmes like crysis, call of duty, dragon age, ettc

 

[slim01]

Can't really say much for 6870 overclocking till we've got decent app's and voltage boost.

MSI afterburner not around then?

 

[MoodyB]

£210 2x 5770 XFX crossfire, 2gb total (+extra £30m mobo costs)
Or
£175 Sappire 6870 1gb

Is the crossfire worth the extra £65> considering the extra 1gb of ram as well?

No it's not worth it.

Plus even though the 2x5770's have 1gb each, it doesn't mean you have a total 2gb of vram for rendering a frame as each card uses it's own 1gb & can't 'see' the 1gb of the other card afaik.

 

[C64]

OR go on flea bay and get 2 x 4870's for £180

which wud perform btter do you think?

Gmes like crysis, call of duty, dragon age, ettc

2x 4870's are not worth £180 nowhere near it

 

[egnshane]

You would be better off with the single card, performance should be similar but the 6870 is cheaper. x8/x8 crossfire makes little difference. Also even with crossfire you only get 1gb of vram as each card mirrors the other.

 

[Gantoris]

Defiantly get the single 6870 for less hassle and then maybe in the future you can crossfire another one instead of being stuck with the 2x5770s.

 

[Skyrocket]

6870 all the way matey.
Its currently the king under < £200
Check out some free AA with this baby and 10.10A drivers

 

[krooton]

Defiantly get the single 6870 for less hassle and then maybe in the future you can crossfire another one instead of being stuck with the 2x5770s.

This, I sold my 5770s and got a 5850 so that I could Xfire another later, rather than being stuck with the 5770s (as awesome as they were!)

 

[slim01]

cool thanks a lot guys, 6870 on the way then. Hard to belive it still works out better now that the 5770s hav come down from £140 to £100... simply amazing