hd7950 ok for 2560?

[ianhopwood]

Hi everyone

with the amazing prices on amd range at present, I just wondred whether anyone had experience of running a hd 7950 / 7970 at 2560 * 1440 (especially if overclocked) - will be running probably alongside an overclocked fx8320

cheers

Ian

 

[LtMatt]

Hi everyone

with the amazing prices on amd range at present, I just wondred whether anyone had experience of running a hd 7950 / 7970 at 2560 * 1440 (especially if overclocked) - will be running probably alongside an overclocked fx8320

cheers

Ian

Overclock that CPU as much as you can.


Specs

i7 2700k@ 4.8ghz
8Gb DDR3 2133Mhz
2x7950 @925/1250
Windows 8
13.10 Drivers
Frame pacing enabled

Benchmarking Procedure & Settings

FOV (where applicable) 82
Ultra/Extreme Preset used from in game options.

Battlefield 3 -

Bioshock - Used in game benchmark
Crysis 3 -

Dirt Showdown - Used in game benchmark
Farcry 3 -

Hitman Absolution - Used in game benchmark
Metro 2033 - Used in game benchmark
Metro Last Light - Used in game benchmark
Tomb Raider - Used in game benchmark
Sleeping Dogs - Used in game benchmark
3DMark 11 - Firestrike
Unigine Valley - Extreme HD


7950 Crossfire - Stock

Spoiler

10860 with AMD Radeon HD 7950(2x) and Intel Core i7-2700K Processor
Graphics Score 13597
Physics Score 12256
Combined Score 4052

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1180973?

Specs

i7 2700k@ 4.8ghz
8Gb DDR3 2133Mhz
2x7950 @1125/1500
Windows 8
13.10 Drivers
Frame pacing enabled

Benchmarking Procedure & Settings

FOV (where applicable) 82
Ultra/Extreme Preset used from in game options.

Battlefield 3 -

Bioshock - Used in game benchmark
Crysis 3 -

Dirt Showdown - Used in game benchmark
Farcry 3 -

Hitman Absolution - Used in game benchmark
Metro 2033 - Used in game benchmark
Metro Last Light - Used in game benchmark
Tomb Raider - Used in game benchmark
Sleeping Dogs - Used in game benchmark
3DMark 11 - Firestrike
Unigine Valley - Extreme HD


7950 Crossfire - Overclocked

Spoiler

12660 with AMD Radeon HD 7950(2x) and Intel Core i7-2700K Processor
Graphics Score 16376
Physics Score 12213
Combined Score 4784

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1181662?

 

[krooton]

I run mine at 1050/1350 and it handles 1440p fine. I don't bother with AA (don't feel 1440p needs it enough for the performance hit).

 

[ianhopwood]

thanks for the replies

 

[AgedIdiot]

I run the Asus 7950 Top @ stock (900 core) with i2700K @ 4.5 and no problems to date with 1440p

Did consider crossfire but decided against it simply because I would not see much , if any , benefit for large cost (I would need not only to buy a new card but also upgrade both psu and watercooling loop).

I grant you that one would not be enough if you wanted to run every game with ultra settings with every bell and whistle but for me one is enough AND , assuming that your board/psu/cooling is good enough, should you find that one is not enough you could always add a second