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Second 5970, or 5870
- Thread starter snedie
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remove the 280 and sell it.
done.
done.
This video pretty much sums up why I choose ATI over Nvidia (No, not some political reason. Just sheer proof).
Dual 480's will set you back £728.48 from Ocuk, Single 5970 is only £464.95.....
I will admit however that when I was running my 9800's drivers where a lot more stable and frequent than that of ATI.
Dual 480's will set you back £728.48 from Ocuk, Single 5970 is only £464.95.....
I will admit however that when I was running my 9800's drivers where a lot more stable and frequent than that of ATI.
Buying graphics cards at the moment is a silly plan IMO. The ATI 6*** series are on the way.
I'd stick with your current setup personally and wait for the 6*** series, or add a 5870, with plans of waiting for the 7*** series. (Or whatever comes after 6***).
I'd stick with your current setup personally and wait for the 6*** series, or add a 5870, with plans of waiting for the 7*** series. (Or whatever comes after 6***).
Well it's always been like that, with the "Next best thing" right around the corner.
Also, should I get the OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD or the Intel X-25 Mainstream 80GB:
- OCZ has 250MB/s write vs 70MB/s write on Intel
- OCZ Performance apparently gets worse by each passing day
- OCZ is £20 cheaper, but at the cost of less space
The build quality on the Intel drives is supposed to be immaculate....Ideas?
Also, should I get the OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD or the Intel X-25 Mainstream 80GB:
- OCZ has 250MB/s write vs 70MB/s write on Intel
- OCZ Performance apparently gets worse by each passing day
- OCZ is £20 cheaper, but at the cost of less space
The build quality on the Intel drives is supposed to be immaculate....Ideas?
get triple 470's or 480's + water cooling since money isn't a problem
both perform better than dual 5970's iirc and the 470's cost less
and on the SSD, get a Vertex 2E or Crucial C300, both beat the Intel and have trim which helps stop the performance degrading
both perform better than dual 5970's iirc and the 470's cost less
and on the SSD, get a Vertex 2E or Crucial C300, both beat the Intel and have trim which helps stop the performance degrading
Dual 480's cost more than a single 5970 and fps is 30% lower.
As for Tri-Fire 470's.....Because they Nvidia decided to place a nice dual pci cooler on a single gpu card (Efficiency worries any one?) I can't place all three in my pc (Poor PCI-E Layout on the P55-GD80)....And again it costs more and would only gain me ~15% in Nvidia optimised games such as mirrors Edge.
A note about such games. I could easily add a 9800GTX into the bottom PCI-E and take advantage of all the sexy Nvidia Eye Candy goodness.....Now where did I put that old rust bucket of a GPU?
As for Tri-Fire 470's.....Because they Nvidia decided to place a nice dual pci cooler on a single gpu card (Efficiency worries any one?) I can't place all three in my pc (Poor PCI-E Layout on the P55-GD80)....And again it costs more and would only gain me ~15% in Nvidia optimised games such as mirrors Edge.
A note about such games. I could easily add a 9800GTX into the bottom PCI-E and take advantage of all the sexy Nvidia Eye Candy goodness.....Now where did I put that old rust bucket of a GPU?
Water cooling voids warranty.....I've never built a w/c circuit before and should it leak I would be saying goodbye to £2k of hard earned cash.
Besides....I could w/c my 5970's and get even more performance than the dual 480's. I could even use the money saved to buy one of those fancy Triple Rad's everyone seems to love XD
Besides....I could w/c my 5970's and get even more performance than the dual 480's. I could even use the money saved to buy one of those fancy Triple Rad's everyone seems to love XD
SLI 480 is much faster than a 5970.
Please refer to my earlier post for the Maxishine video, clearly showing that at large resolutions dual 480's are Approx 30% (10fps solid) worse off than the 5970.
Price is a lot cheaper too.
Dont think so, they are a little more expensive in a bang for buck capacity, but they handle AA much better (not sure about drivers these days but ATI gives me enough problems) and the OP obviously has money to spend.
Thought we were looking at Q1 2011 for high end 6*** series...
You'll not get 16x speed if they're all populated
1 video card = 16x
2 video cards = 8x 8x
3 video cards = 8x 8x 4x
You'll not get 16x speed if they're all populated
1 video card = 16x
2 video cards = 8x 8x
3 video cards = 8x 8x 4x
When I had my 4870x2's in, the PCI-E bus was still running 16x on both lanes. At any rate, its still ample speed. Almost every review I have seen that tests 8x and 16x have shown around 3fps difference in game. The way around it is to ensure your machine is over-clocked to the max, even that makes little difference.
I tested Crysis and Metro on my i5 at both stock 2.66Ghz and 4.1Ghz and there was no difference in game play whatsoever.....well maybe 1 or 2 fps here and there in more intense scenes.