..... But not sure what to. I bought the 5970 for eyefinity with my 3 24" screens. I'm now noticing the card is being pushed a bit at this resolution when turning up the candy. Obviously I'm wanting to stick with 3 monitor gaming, but wondering which card I should buy next, ideas?
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Looking to upgrade my 5970.......
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Best bang for buck would be to drop in a 7950, and add another when possible (inquire in customer services about which ones are not voltage locked). Even one on its own with an overclock will probably compare quite well to your 5970.
*Is your cpu overclocked? That's one of the extreme versions, right?
*Is your cpu overclocked? That's one of the extreme versions, right?
I just had a look. I can do 500 for 2 7950's, the 6 gb should work wonders on the 3 screens over a single 6970 but I've ran quadfire in the past and had a pain with micro stuttering etc so I sold on the other 5970 and just kept the one... Does this quadfire problem still exist, and is the scaling now good?
I've been away from gaming for a good 2 years now so I'm playing catchup lol
I've been away from gaming for a good 2 years now so I'm playing catchup lol
If you have two 3gb 7950's, you still only have 3gb effective of vram. It doesn't double as the data is mirrored between the two gpu's.
Quadfire, and some say tri-fire, are still problematic. Crossfire, on the other hand, will on the whole be fine, as for example, your 5970 has suggested.
Quadfire, and some say tri-fire, are still problematic. Crossfire, on the other hand, will on the whole be fine, as for example, your 5970 has suggested.
So the 7970 single card is the way to go over 2x7950's then? If I got 2 7950's and ran them in quadfire I can almost feel how miffed I'd be with it not working as expected. I popped over a grand on 2 5970's to run in quadfire and wished I hadn't bothered. Pulling my hair out is quite an accurate description of my quadfire experience.
I suppose now I need to be looking at how good a 7970 will run at 6068x1200
I suppose now I need to be looking at how good a 7970 will run at 6068x1200
Hmmm I'm catching up - Yes I just noticed they are single GPU solutions.
Jesus these 7970's are 2 years old already? Have they hit a wall with GPU tech progression? Lol
I think the AMD 7000 series was released in January 2012, so a bit over a year.
I personally wouldn't go for a 7970 unless you can get one for a very good price. Several folk on here have done tests between the 7950 / 7970, and the 5% average performance difference wasn't noticeable. The only way you'll see a difference is if you constantly watch a frame rate counter or are heavily into benching. If a game is unplayable on the 7950, chances are it won't be playable on the 7970.
I personally wouldn't go for a 7970 unless you can get one for a very good price. Several folk on here have done tests between the 7950 / 7970, and the 5% average performance difference wasn't noticeable. The only way you'll see a difference is if you constantly watch a frame rate counter or are heavily into benching. If a game is unplayable on the 7950, chances are it won't be playable on the 7970.