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Please help me upgrade my graphics

Catanonia

Catanonia

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I currently have a 4.8ghz 3930k with 2xGTX460 in SLI running 3 screens.

Screens are 1 x Asus 27 IPS Daul DVI and 2 x VGA 22 inch HP screens

So looking to replace the 460's with something under £700 that is capable of running these 3 screens with their connectors.

Do I need 2 cards, or is this possible with 1 card?

Not fussed if NVidia or AMD

Thanks
 
Only planning on gaming on the 27 central IPS monitor. Normal processing and day to day is on 3 monitors as extended desktop.
 
I'm not 100% certain, but I think you can get away with a 7950 as long as you're not gaming with eyefinity, let someone else confirmt his though.

You can always add another one if you feel a single is struggling, but it should be fine with a single 1080 monitor :)
 
dave_beast said:
7950 if only gaming on one monitor is plenty and will run all three monitors.
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Thanks, I assume it has the right connectors for me. I currently use 3 x DVI for the 3 monitors.

Looking at 7950 cards they have DP which I can run my IPS main monitor on and 2 x DVI which with adapters I have I can run my VGA screens.

I assume these cards are capable of using these connectors at the same time
 
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mmm, this looks right for me

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-287-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Plug in the 2 smaller displays with a DVI-VGA connectors and the IPS monitor with the DP connector.

It is 3 slots high card. but no intentions of adding in another card.

It is PCI 3 capable, which should be nice with my X79-UP4 board.

Or this if I go higher

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-276-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

or this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-303-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938
 
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Shame on you Cleec quoting those months old benches!! A 7970 at ~£300 is your best bet for ~60fps at 2560x1440 for full Ultra on BF3. Obviously you might not play this game but I'm just using it as a base for power needs. If you don't play games that are as demanding probably a 7870 or 7950. If you want to go green the 670 is your best bet.

EDIT: Also the 7950 seems to be using boost where the 7970 doesn't (in that review).
 
mickyflinn said:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32549-6.html


Now the 7970 is at £300
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I think you're arguing a different case. Nobody's saying the 7950 is better in terms of performance than the 7970, the 7950 is pretty damn close, but costs roughly £50 less, making it better value for money.

Sharplucas said:
Shouldn't you be comparing the GHZ edition since AMD released some kind of bios thing that sets your card at higher clock speeds for free? :)
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Seeing as not every 7970 is a ghz edition, i thought it best to just use the reference 7970, i'm trying to be as neutral as possible here:p

chipachap said:
Shame on you Cleec quoting those months old benches!! A 7970 at ~£300 is your best bet for ~60fps at 2560x1440 for full Ultra on BF3. Obviously you might not play this game but I'm just using it as a base for power needs. If you don't play games that are as demanding probably a 7870 or 7950. If you want to go green the 670 is your best bet.

EDIT: Also the 7950 seems to be using boost where the 7970 doesn't (in that review).
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As we're trying to compare AMD with AMD, the age of the benches won't matter as both cards had similar performance gains with the latest drivers:)

As for the boost, I was told that all 7950s now come at those speeds and the standard 7950 used in that comparison was a previous, obsolete revision. Please do correct me if I'm wrong :)
 
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