Help choosing gpu xfire

[TheRedScot]

i recenlty build my first rig

£166.66 x 1 - HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games
£149.99 x 1 - Samsung B2430H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
£136.66 x 1 - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game
£129.15 x 1 - Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
£112.49 x 1 - Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbs Solid State Hard Drive
£104.16 x 1 - Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black
£77.49 x 1 - OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
£96.99 x 1 - Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit
£44.00 x 1 - Samsung SH-B123LRSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail)
£39.99 x 1 - Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)
£31.66 x 1 - Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775LGA1155LGA1156LGA1366AM2AM3)


i have 800 pound was planning on buying another 6950 and xfiring, will 2 6950s play games at the higest setting, or would i be best using the full 800 and getting 2 580s and selling my 6950, am new too gaming on pc and dont really know what i can get out of the pc performance wise

 

[Howling]

I'd grab a second 6950, they scale very well in xfire and the performance difference between those and 580 SLi is about 15% - imho not worth the price difference.

 

[Cupra]

due to ati driver support once the card is second gen id go 580 route tbh and sell what you have now

 

[Surveyor]

At 1920x1080 (the resolution of your monitor) Crossfired HD 6950's would give you very good performance.

See this review for an idea of what they can do.

Personally I've never had any trouble with ATI/AMD drivers and I've used 3 different Crossfire setups.

I'm sure that a lot of the "problems" which are reported are down to user error.

 

[Howling]

I'm sure that a lot of the "problems" which are reported are down to user error.

^^^ This.

 

[TheRedScot]

At 1920x1080 (the resolution of your monitor) Crossfired HD 6950's would give you very good performance.

See this review for an idea of what they can do.

Personally I've never had any trouble with ATI/AMD drivers and I've used 3 different Crossfire setups.

I'm sure that a lot of the "problems" which are reported are down to user error.

hey thanks think im just gonna get another 6950 and buy a set of good 2.1 speakers. cheers guys