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[breathe3asy]

Whats happening guys?

Currently running two 6850's in Crossfire but performance is starting to tap off for me now. Am I bottlenecked?

i7 920 @ 3.3Ghz
6GB DDR3 1600Mhz
(gaming @ 1920x1080)

If the cards could do with a refresh could any of you tech guru's advise on whats good bang for your buck these days? Or possibly even to hold off for something up & coming.

Having a Crossfire setup atm I would personally like to move to a single GPU setup for simplicity reasons (Crossfire scaling, heat, noise). Any thoughts on these would be taken on board.

EDIT: I've been playing a bit of Titanfall lately which is not the greatest on Crossfire so thats the reason why I am here

Have a great weekend
Chris

 

[breathe3asy]

You have a budget?

Oops knew I missed something, I'm all about longevity with PC tech so would like to believe I could get something for around £200? (ouch)

 

[breathe3asy]

Your cpu should be ok for your crossfire setup. However you should try to overclock it to 4ghz or so. That will see a nice gain for you. Your gpu's are rather dated now so a move to a faster single gpu should be a nice gain in performance and smoothness. A 290 or a 780 would be a good choice i think.

Completely agree, I need to purchase a decent cooler for my CPU and get as close to 4Ghz as I can thanks for confirming that. Are AMD & nVidia still considered to be pretty much the same or has one started to pull away?

 

[breathe3asy]

These cards look tasty!! Is that 290 a dual GPU solution? (I'm seeing two coolers)

On dual chip cards the VRAM is split no? I'm suffering from VRAM that is not combined with my current Crossfire setup which kind of sucks, actually it does suck

 

[breathe3asy]

Thanks for the advice bud. Is there any word on a new range of cards coming out soon that I should think about holding off for?

 

[breathe3asy]

Don't forget the *B-Grade* section
There's a 290 on there for £229.99, and a 280X for £169.99. Only 90 days warranty mind

Just seen, that seems very cheap for a 290X!? Whats the general opinion of B-Grade cards from the forum members?

 

[breathe3asy]

Its a 290P non X

"VTX3D Radeon R9 290 X-Edition"

Is this a typo or am I just being a noob? I've only just started looking into latest cards & all the different versions are throwing me.

Appreciate your thoughts though guys, I need to work my priorities out. Its only because of Titanfall & hopefully GTA V coming to PC that I am behind the gaming comp as of late.

 

[breathe3asy]

Okay so after some more research it appears the 290X is designed for gaming higher than that of 1080p. Considering thats the res I am playing at, am I wasting my money?

I'm quite happy with my 1080p monitor & can't see myself getting sucked in to 4K gaming or split monitors etc + its better for performance at lower res.

Maybe something like the GTX 780 with less VRAM is more suited? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated