7950 upgrade?

[drs101]

Hi Guys

Is it worth upgrading to anything else yet?

I have a 7950 running at 1920x1080 / 1080p

Not been taking much notice of the card scene lately any major upgrade available or round the corner?

Cheers
Dan

 

[drs101]

Tony, What mobo are you currently using? this is the asked question i gave in another thread.. my mobo only supports 4x crossfire (ASUS P8P67) hoping on another mobo at the cost of around £150??

Yeh my mb only supports x4 in crossfire, would it still be worth it or need another mb also?

 

[drs101]

So would it be worth adding another at x4?

My mb supports this


1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (blue) *1
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1

 

[drs101]

You will bottleneck the bottom gpu. On other words you won't get the best out of the card.

Ok cheers

 

[drs101]

How is it the point of the discussion? The OP hasn't mentioned once anything in relation to cost of said upgrade, just wants to know what current cards are out there/around the corner.

If he's looking second hand for a 7950 at around £130, I picked up a 290 for under £200.

I'd probably recommend looking at game benches that the OP plays to use the difference to see how much is in it, either way it's about 10% at stock which is minimal.

Added to the fact it's not got great PCI-E lane speeds on his mobo which will take a hit also, with them being close together crossfire is also very hot when it comes to this unless they're reference design. Also what PSU do you have OP?

After coming from a 7990 previously my 290 is like butter in comparison there were times when the 7990 was very choppy/stuttery.

My two cents.

cheers mate I have a Silencer mk3 600w

 

[drs101]

600watt is pushing it to it's limit (And probably too far) if you had 7950CF.

I was thinking a single card really anyway, so a 290 may be a good option from what people are saying.

 

[drs101]

They're brilliant cards and clock really well, love mine.

Thanks for the input mate, ill start looking around, no mad rush so will wait till ocuk have a good offer, will add some ram and a closed cpu loop maybe also while im at it.

 

[drs101]

@drs101

Check your email/trust.

You will have to resend that mate trust was set to an old email account, never really used it.

And to everyone in the thread, thanks for the input, im open to all ideas,

As it stands a single card may be the best way forward as my mb isnt the best for crossfire, or would it still be worth it at x4?

Im assuming i would get better performance out of a newer single high end card.

 

[drs101]

Done.

Cheers got that