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Upgrade? Nvidia vs AMD

casual123

casual123

casual123

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been a bit dissapointed in my 6850 CF lately(perfomance/temps) and i'm also upgrading to a 24" 120hz 3d monitor for christmas. So i was thinking as i'd be low on VRAM on bf3 etc what would the best upgrade path be? preferably NVIDIA as i could use the 3 but am willing to lose the 3d and go AMD.

Suggestions?
 
new numa hey said:
I can't decide between the 2 myself. There is no clear winner.

Also how much do you plan on selling your 6850s for? I've been trying to sell them for a few days now...

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £199.99
1 x Asus HD 7870 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £199.99
Total : £411.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).

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I'm not sure actually, ill have to go check out how much theyre worth i guess! and them cards look pretty good, does anyone know the equivalent nvidia to 6850 cf?
 
casual123 said:
Would this be better perfomance then? :) especially at 1080p? I'm willing to lose the 3d (doubt i'd use it much anyways)
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Yeah that's fine. Both the MSI cards are the same apart from the cooling. The Frozr wins it but not by a lot.

Also you might be able to clock it a bit more. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
casual123 said:
Would this be better perfomance then? :) especially at 1080p? I'm willing to lose the 3d (doubt i'd use it much anyways)
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About even before overclocking, but once the 7870 is pushed further it will leave the 6850's quite a way behind. It'll be much smoother too.

Actually, after selling your 6850's, you might be able to step up to a 7950? You could sell the game codes to make things a bit easier. If not, the 7870 I linked would still be a good purchase.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673


The film I linked btw is very funny. ;)
 
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new numa hey said:
It's hard to sell the 6850s for even £60 on ebay atm :(
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Not surprising really when deals pop up like the recent ones on 460/70/80's. I'd still try and sell them though as i'm not sure how well a 7870 will hold up on a 120hz monitor over the next couple of years, a 7950 would be a safer bet and a bigger upgrade.
 
casual123 said:
am willing to lose the 3d and go AMD.

Suggestions?
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Get a 120Hz 'native 3D' monitor-(I'm using a Samsung SA700) and you don't have to lose anything, and AMD 3D/Tridef is actually a lot better than you think.

Tridef can be used on both Nvidia/AMD, so you are not tied to any vendor for 3D.:)
 
Just had a think and is it REALLY worthit spending so much on a 120hz screen when i can save nearly 100 and get a normal monitor with a 2msn response? which will also save me money to get a better gpu?

EDIT: Decided to put off buying a monitor for a while and getting a better gpu instead, so £230 to spend on a new card! give me suggestions! :D
 
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If 200 is your budget which mine was, then try and find 60 extra quid somewhere, iv just got a saphire 7950 vapour-x, coming from a 4970x2 (it ran every game i wanted, mainly on high i thought it was the dogs nutts, best card iv had so i thought), this card absolutely blows it outta the water and runs everything on ultra and iv got everything overclocked everything maximum in ati CCC, and it idles 28-30c and load 50-60c 100% silent, i couldn't of asked for a better card, this is the best card iv ever bought, best investment ever. will defo last me as long as my 4870x2 which i used for 4 years 2 months, if not last longer than that. :)
 
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yeh 120hz screens are nice i love my samsung sa700.

Would never go back to a 60hz. TBH there probably isn't much point upgrading a 6850 CF setup if not getting a 120hz monitor.

I should think that 6850's in CF would get more than 60fps in most games out there.
 
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