Hi guys,
Battlefield 4 will be released next week. I am currently thinking about upgrading my existing GPU, a reference 7970. I own a 27 1080p 120 hz monitor, an upgrade will not exactly be an overkill. I will be looking to play BF4 at ultra without ssao hbao settings. Additionally, SMAA at 4x minimum will be needed due to the 27 inch monitor. MSAA's image quality is not sufficient too low to compensate for the performance cost when compared to SMAA.
At this moment in time, I am think buying a non reference 7950 and overclocking it to crossfire along with my 7970. However, I am worried about the problems that come with crossfire. Prior to owning a 7970, I had GTX 570 TFII in SLI, I didn't experience any stuttering. I upgraded to 7970 for single GPU peace of mind and the 3GB ram.
Can current 7970, 7950 and 7990 crossfire users shed some light on me regarding current issues with frame rates? Latest frame pacing driver has helped fixed some of the issues. However, it seems that frame times (in ms) are still significantly higher when compared to Sli and single GPU solutions. The volatility of the frame times are still noticeably high for games.
Also, I am concerned about crossfire's minimum frame rate performance. If you look at this video. 7990 experiences frame rates which are as low as a 7970. If this is common, an overclocked GTX 780/R9 290X/ R9 290 would be a better option. There is no point in having higher maximum frame rates when my game will lag during graphical intensive moments. The drawback of this is that Nvidia cards are currently overpriced meanwhile the new AMD cards have subpar coolers which run very hot and lack overclocking headroom. Thus, waiting for non reference designs will be the ideal option or Nvidia price cuts.
I noticed a few AMD crossfire users using RadeonPro. Does this still noticeably improve the performance of AMD crossfire solutions after the latest frame pacing driver.
Battlefield 4 will be released next week. I am currently thinking about upgrading my existing GPU, a reference 7970. I own a 27 1080p 120 hz monitor, an upgrade will not exactly be an overkill. I will be looking to play BF4 at ultra without ssao hbao settings. Additionally, SMAA at 4x minimum will be needed due to the 27 inch monitor. MSAA's image quality is not sufficient too low to compensate for the performance cost when compared to SMAA.
At this moment in time, I am think buying a non reference 7950 and overclocking it to crossfire along with my 7970. However, I am worried about the problems that come with crossfire. Prior to owning a 7970, I had GTX 570 TFII in SLI, I didn't experience any stuttering. I upgraded to 7970 for single GPU peace of mind and the 3GB ram.
Can current 7970, 7950 and 7990 crossfire users shed some light on me regarding current issues with frame rates? Latest frame pacing driver has helped fixed some of the issues. However, it seems that frame times (in ms) are still significantly higher when compared to Sli and single GPU solutions. The volatility of the frame times are still noticeably high for games.
Also, I am concerned about crossfire's minimum frame rate performance. If you look at this video. 7990 experiences frame rates which are as low as a 7970. If this is common, an overclocked GTX 780/R9 290X/ R9 290 would be a better option. There is no point in having higher maximum frame rates when my game will lag during graphical intensive moments. The drawback of this is that Nvidia cards are currently overpriced meanwhile the new AMD cards have subpar coolers which run very hot and lack overclocking headroom. Thus, waiting for non reference designs will be the ideal option or Nvidia price cuts.
I noticed a few AMD crossfire users using RadeonPro. Does this still noticeably improve the performance of AMD crossfire solutions after the latest frame pacing driver.
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