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5970 Eyefinity Dilemma..

mcrustk2

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I currently have a ASUS 5970 with 3 x 24" displays (HP - 1920x1200). - for Eyefinity.

Most games are playable with eyefinity but its obvious it struggles at that mammoth res (5760x1200). Now in terms of xfire Im aware of the argument for poor performance with scaling of the 5970 however I think drivers have sorted most problems for specific games.

So my dilemma is: do I look to purchase a second 5970 to crossfire up or do I sell my existing 5970 and look towards the new 6970 range?

Cheers.
 
I have been considering a number of permutations of selling my 5970 and buying (2x6950 for £340 is very tempting as I expect the upgrade cost to be < £100) but quite frankly I would prefer to clock the nuts off of 6970 Xfire/Trifire (I bought 5970 + 5870 vaporX on their release and subsequently ditched the 5870 as not being worth it yet).

I am hoping that 6990 + 6970 is the way to go and this time I am planning to watercool!
 
I think 'quadfire' is pretty useless in terms of scaling (look it up though, but I'm sure scaling goes to pot once you add the 4th GPU).

I've seen some 5870's go for £130 ish in MM - grab yourself one of those for a quick tri-fire solution and wait and see what happens with the 6990?
 
Ste said:
I think 'quadfire' is pretty useless in terms of scaling (look it up though, but I'm sure scaling goes to pot once you add the 4th GPU).

I've seen some 5870's go for £130 ish in MM - grab yourself one of those for a quick tri-fire solution and wait and see what happens with the 6990?
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TriFire 6xxx scales very well & like always the 4th adds very little most of the time.
 
ive just bought 2 6950's to run 5700x1200 eyefinity. check out someones experience below, he also owned a 5970. i was thinking of 6970's but then came up 2 6950's for 4ton and that did it for me. will be a bonus if they clock well too.





have owned 5850 crossfire, 5970 2GB, and now these 6950s.

The biggest adjustment is being able to max out AA. It makes for a far better gaming experience.

Dirt2 ran with a much noticable improvement over what I was used to on the 5970. I recall getting around 44-45 fps then (6048x1200), and I get around 55-56 now, but it seems far better than just that incremental of an improvement. I was able to max AA as well, before I was running 2X.

JC2 is night and day. I used to have to run shadows off, SSAO off, and no AA at 5040x1050. Now I can completely max out the game at 6048x1200. No hard numbers here.

Crysis Warhead is now playable at Eyefinity resolutions. Enough said. From Hell's Heart used to be a slideshow, no matter the Eyefinity res.

I don't own AVP, but the benchmark was reporting about 5 to 6 additional FPS. It was much smoother with no hitches.

Seems as if Crossfire has been improved.

Heat/power/noise? Runs just about as hot and about as loud as an overclocked 5970 (I put fans on 60% to be safe). Don't see any real issues with the distance between cards thus far.
 
Thanks for the input guys. I think I might sell my 5970 as its going for roughly £300 on the auction site and buy a cheap (2d card) until the 6990 comes out and I will have £300 towards it already. My x360 and Fallout Vegas will keep me company until thats ready :0)
 
Wouldn't have thought a 5970 would struggle that much in eyefinity, ive a 5870 on the way with 3 1080p monitors for eyefinity. Should be interesting. :eek:
 
Sadly i dont think that the 6990 will be that good. Especially if you look at the 6970 and its expectations. See what it has to offer but i suspect that a second 5970 will be the best for you
 
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