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Should get this on Tuesday. What are good benchmarks to put it through its paces?
To add to this. Any must have games to put through it? Crysis 3 is certainly on my to-do list, as is Far Cry 3.
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Should get this on Tuesday. What are good benchmarks to put it through its paces?
To add to this. Any must have games to put through it? Crysis 3 is certainly on my to-do list, as is Far Cry 3.
Crysis 3 is crap to bench as it has no reliable in game benchmark. If i was you id stick to the following.
3dmark 11
Firestrike
Firestrike Extreme
Tomb Raider
Sleeping Dogs
Hitman Absolution
Bioshock Infinite
Dirt Showdown
As for other games like Crysis 3 and Farcry 3 just use fraps to record fps as you play then look back over it when you've finished.
Will probably get Hitman with the AMD voucher.
Does 23k graphics score sound about right for a 1150/1630 overclock matt? I was wondering what you get with the same clocks.
On 3dmark11? I will check for you. What cpu and what speed are you using?
Does 23k graphics score sound about right for a 1150/1630 overclock matt? I was wondering what you get with the same clocks.
yeah 3dmark 11...
its a 3570k @4.6 for that run.
Good graphics score but that cpu holds back my physics score as it only got 8.1k for physics.
Right then, decision time for me. I have two options.
1. Second 670 for SLI. Would prefer a identical card to eliminate any possible incompatibilities but can't find any Palit Jetstreams anywhere. This means buying new would be a MSI GTX670OC @£162.
2. XFX 7990 with free psu @£395. Has anybody gone for this deal and which XFX psu is the freebie.
Both options require a new psu. Mine is from 2008, when SLI/Crossfire only needed a max of a single 8 pin pci-e plug per card so it only has 2x 8 Pin connectors. It's also getting on a bit now so i wouldn't entirely trust it with the extra load. If i went down the SLI route the new psu would be the excellent Coolermaster V850. Jonnyguru has been raving about the new Vseries (Seasonic build) and the 850 and 1000w version have got 9.7+ in his reviews. The psu is £127 making the SLI option around £100 cheaper than the 7990 option. At the moment i simply cannot make my mind up and a big part of the decision is going to depend on what model that free psu is. Is the 7990 worth the extra £100?
Cheers for that Matt, didn't realise it was one of the top psu's. That's more or less made my mind up.
jimhaumman, you are missing something.
I used live support to check the offer was still valid and they had stock of both the 7990 and the psu. This was about two weeks ago now, but it was valid then.