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another 5970 ?

+1 for the SSD.

I dont think there is any point adding any more gfx cards or replacing the 5970 until either antilles or the next gen (of which I guess nvidia will be first this time round).

If your not down for the SSD, it has to be either a 120hz monitor or eyefinity. I tried eyefinity the other day and it is actually something to behold. Provided you can find a higher enough quality monitor with a slim enough bezel. The ideal would be three slimline 1920x1200 120hz monitors, but they dont seem to exist yet :/
 
Don't bother, just clock your 5970 (950/1315 is good!) .... for a real difference that you will actually notice get a 3 x 1080p eyefinity setup and play a few games to see where the issues are and you'll find the biggest issue is VRAM ... I sold my 5870 on and my 5970 has done fine on its own since and is soon to be partnered with a 30" 2560x1600 monitor which is 2/3 the pixel count of eyefinity so will be quite good for a while to come from what I can see!

This could be worth a go if you can't resist buying another gpu http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-MS


I considered 2x6970 but this year the monitor won ..
 
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im getting 33000 on my 5970 in vantage with the i7 980x.....i am also very tempted to drop another 5970 in for quadfire.have been looking on ebay for a second card but havent made my mind up totally yet
 
Absolutely no reason to 'upgrade' from a 5970 - literally nothing needs it.
If anyone is desperate to sink a few hundred, put it into a great ips monitor that you'll use for 5-10 years.
 
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