i own a single 6850 the oc.uk one qutie happy with card good value for cash,but im ready to upgrade gfx,to somit like a 6950 or 6970 wish i had cash for 7950 but mrs would leave if i spent that much cash on gfx card again lol,but buyin etheir of theese cards is going to cost me from 210-280 depending on what card i pick would i be better off just buying same card as what ive got now another 6850 and run crossfire? they on this week only at about 96 quid which is bargin for card or would i be better spending the extra cash and getting the upgrade? can run most games i play on now at full setting fine but im sure there will be somit new that comes out and this card will strugal with.
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6850 crossfire?
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What are the rest of your system specs? Also, what res do you game at?
1080p in me hd tv use it as monitor,16 gig mem@1600,8 core bulldozzer @4.5 asus evo bord,and run games off 2 ssds running raid,watercooling,corseair 850w psu,would 2 6850s in crossfire be much diference 2 a single card i could afford 6950 or 6970?
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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/302?vs=292
While the two 6850s may be slightly faster, I'd get a 6970 if you can afford one. Then you can always add another later. Also then you'll have no crossfire problems.
While the two 6850s may be slightly faster, I'd get a 6970 if you can afford one. Then you can always add another later. Also then you'll have no crossfire problems.
The Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 is not the best motherboard for CrossFire as it runs the PCI-E slots at x16/x4.
You'll still get a decent boost from CrossFire but with the higher end cards on average you'll lose about 10% performance compared to a board which runs the slots at x8/x8
You'll still get a decent boost from CrossFire but with the higher end cards on average you'll lose about 10% performance compared to a board which runs the slots at x8/x8
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