mate needs help with a new gpu

[Pohly]

he currently has a 5750 which dosnt cut it with his new 1080p monitor so he has £200 for a new gpu searching ocuk then suddenly these poped up http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866 the priced seemed amazing and will allow him to get 2 for cf. his motherboard supports cf x8x8 and he has a 650w xfx psu.

questions are will his psu cut it. and will his 955 @3.8ghz be a massive bottle neck?

 

[Orcvader]

Why not a single 6950?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Will blast anything away on 1080p and will avoid any possible crossfire problems he may come across. The PSU is more than enough for it too.

 

[Pohly]

did look at a 6950 but 2 6850 just seems much quicker http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/302?vs=293 (plus £20 cheaper) and i have ran cf for about 2 years and never had any problems

 

[Orcvader]

Fair enough. For 1080p 6850 crossfire will be fine then. However it could be noisy if the cards are stacked next to each other, so make sure his board's got good PCI-E spacing. His PSU should be able to power two of them fine.

 

[rolypolyman]

One 6850 = 129W Max. So psu is plenty.

 

[bhindi]

why not try http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-043-ZT&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341 cpu is fine . I must admit i love this buzz word " bottleneck" tripe .

 

[Pohly]

why not try http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-043-ZT&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341 cpu is fine . I must admit i love this buzz word " bottleneck" tripe .

i did link him that but he really doesn't want to go above £200. so im gonna take the plunge for him and order him 2 6850's he says he doesn't mind about noise. will let you know how he gets on thanks guys

 

[bhindi]

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-AS bit of a bargin if u can bag 2 of them .

 

[Orcvader]

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-AS bit of a bargin if u can bag 2 of them .

That's the one he linked in the first post

 

[Pohly]

That's the one he linked in the first post

was just about to say the same . just brought 2 of them (gotta love how ocuk are kind to its forum members and dont charge postage ) might give him my old 5850s and see if he notices these cards look neet and i bet they oc well to

 

[honosuseri]

Why not a single 6950?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Will blast anything away on 1080p and will avoid any possible crossfire problems he may come across. The PSU is more than enough for it too.

Note that is a 2GB card! You will be using Xfire ( x2 6850) but you don't get the memory from both cards....just the 1GB. Games like BF3 like the VRAM so a single 2GB card would make more sense......such as

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
Total : £210.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



It will also add cuda support should any of his software be able to take advantage of it too.