Second 6950 or 7950

[Moothead2]

I've been really tempted to upgrade my GPU lately but I'm not sure if I should get another 6950 1GB ( but I only have a 1680x1050 monitor so it shouldn't be a huge issue) which should only cost me around £80 or so or sell my 6950 and get a 7950 for around £240.

I've been playing Far Cry 3 lately and it drops to around 40-45 FPS is highly vegetated areas which bugs the hell out of me because it's really noticeable. Would a second card give me ~60FPS or is it the 1GB of memory slowing me down?

Thanks .

 

[~Dockie]

Go with the 7950. You'll run out of Vram along time before the 6950s run out of steam.

my BF3 fps were dropping by 2/3 in big maps with a 6870XF because of the 1GB vram, even at 1050

 

[ArchAndroid]

1GB vRam is too limiting for the game. You would be much better off with a single 7950 than XFired 6950s.

 

[Moothead2]

Thought it would be my lack of vRam to be honest. Long gone are the days where 1GB cuts it .

 

[tommybhoy]

Spend the money on a 120Hz monitor/mechanical keyboard/SSD instead.

 

[imginy]

The 6950's have been selling for over £100 each second hand so I would definetely sell while they making good money and buy the newer card.

 

[chaotic_uk]

6950 with 1gb of ram ? , when did that happen ?

 

[Moothead2]

Spend the money on a 120Hz monitor/mechanical keyboard/SSD instead.

Already have 2/3 and I couldn't care less about mechanical keyboards .

The 6950's have been selling for over £100 each second hand so I would definetely sell while they making good money and buy the newer card.

I've seen a couple go lately in the MM for around £80. Are those going for >£100 on eBay?

6950 with 1gb of ram ? , when did that happen ?

There were quite a few back when I got it in May 2011. Wish I paid up for the 2GB version now though .

 

[ArchAndroid]

6950 with 1gb of ram ? , when did that happen ?

It's the equivalent of the 7850 1GB which pops up later in the day to knock £20-£30 off the price and battle an equivalent nVidia card.