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HD6950 upgrade
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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=510
The FPS seem a fair but higher.
The 7870XXT is simular to the 7950.
The FPS seem a fair but higher.
The 7870XXT is simular to the 7950.
Soldato
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What budget do you have?
The GTX660ti is a bit better than the 7950 for around the same price:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=647
The GTX660ti is a bit better than the 7950 for around the same price:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=647
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Outdated performance comparison,the 7950 performance is in a different place altogether now, add AA and the 7950 literally nails the 660ti.
As you mod Skyrim, check your vram usage that you get just now and see how much you have left in the tank before jumping on another 2Gb gpu...
Try for a 7950, it will give you the 50% that your looking for if you can get high clocks@~1150, the extra vram is useful for modding too.
Outdated performance comparison,the 7950 performance is in a different place altogether now, add AA and the 7950 literally nails the 660ti.
As you mod Skyrim, check your vram usage that you get just now and see how much you have left in the tank before jumping on another 2Gb gpu...
Been playing around with Skyrim mods and all was good until I installed the Texture Pack Combiner, some stuttering started.
Low and behold I fired up Afterburner and was shocked to see my Vram usage sitting @3995Mb@1080p which of course is 1997Mb each gpu.
The cards in question are 6950>70 CrossFire running 950MHz/1300MHz, these are plenty fast at anything I have thrown at them@1080p, including Skyrim until the texture pack combiner was installed.
I swapped in a 7970 Wind Force and fired up Skyrim again, no stuttering but the vram is now hitting ~2750Mb.
As imo, the 7970 I used is slower than my CrossFire setup@1080p, it's definitely not gpu grunt at fault, they ran out of Vram!
At this point I should add that this is all being done in 3D via Tridef.
Mods used along with the Texture Combiner(and required files) are:
In game settings:
Not advocating/advising anyone rips out gpu's to replace a 2Gb gpu at all for 1080p gaming, the aim of the post is to be informative and let anyone know that a modded Skyrim can breach 2Gb vram@1080p.
Texture Combiner available here:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20801/#content
Try for a 7950, it will give you the 50% that your looking for if you can get high clocks@~1150, the extra vram is useful for modding too.