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[crazymilk]

I have a both a Sapphire 6950 (flashed to 6970 saders only) and a Sapphire 7950 - which I am currently using.

I upgraded from the 6950.

Is it worth me selling both cards and get something like 7970 or GTX670?

I am basing me getting £300 in total for both cards. I am mainly looking at running BF3.
I run the game on a Samsung SA750D monitor - 1920x1080 @ 120Hz so looking for best frame rates.

Other specs
i7 @ 4.2
Sabertooth Mobo
1200w Corsair PSU
Muskin Ram @ 2000Mhz

Is it worth the hassle of selling and upgrading or shall I just OC the nuts of the 7950 and pocket the cash for the 6950?

Thanks

 

[StonerDude]

Overclock the 7950 and pocket the cash.

 

[arc@css]

As above.

 

[crazymilk]

how much slower is an oc'd 7950 against an oc'd GTX670?
Is there much in it for BF3?

I am only bothered about BF3 and want to get the most out of my 120Hz monitior.

 

[arc@css]

10% ish.

 

[tommybhoy]

Don't be silly.

There is no difference between them(that you will notice without a fps counter) when the 7950 is clocked, I sent a His IceQ 7950 back because the cooler was too noticeable@stock for me, I can't tell the difference between it and my 7970 in game at all.

Looking back, if I new for sure an AC Extreme fitted the His, I would have kept it, it was a decent clocker but my 7970 isn't.

 

[Gregster]

Overclock the 7950 and pocket the cash.

As above.

Don't be silly.

There is no difference between them(that you will notice without a fps counter) when the 7950 is clocked, I sent a His IceQ 7950 back because the cooler was too noticeable@stock for me, I can't tell the difference between it and my 7970 in game at all.

Looking back, if I new for sure an AC Extreme fitted the His, I would have kept it, it was a decent clocker but my 7970 isn't.

All spot on

 

[crazymilk]

Great thanks for the guidance

I am assuming that ATI drivers have improved things with BF3 recently then as the benchies I have seem from some time ago showed the NV GTX670 to be high frame by quiet a bit?

 

[Gregster]

The 12.9 beta drivers have improved performance on BF3 heavily. I am not sure about caps but I have read that the latest version will also improve performance, even if you only use a single card.

 

[crazymilk]

Thanks again guys
The 7950 I have is this:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1157&pid=1713&psn=&lid=1&leg=0

Which has the boost from 850 to 925 Mhz core clocks.
What is the best way/program to get max OC out of it?

 

[Gregster]

I am a big fan of MSI Afterburner but Trixx works well for AMD