Want to upgrade Graphics card

Glorykid · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:21

Currently run twin nvidia GTX285 in SLI, looking to upgrade but to what, thinking ATI, mainly run triple screen racing sims, but enjoy FPS games as well.
Some suggestions would be much appreciated as there are so many to choose from.

My PC specs are as follows

PC Case: Coolermaster HAF 932 -
Case Fan: 3 x Quiet Zalman 120mm Fans
Power Supply: Quiet Xilence Modular 1000W SLI / XFire 6 PCI-E -
Processor: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz -
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan -
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 -
Memory: 16GB Geil Black Dragon
PCI-E Graphics: 2 x nVidia GTX 285 1GB PCI Express Graphics Cards in SLi Mode -
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 7.1
1st Hard Drive: 1500GB 7200rpm SATA II
Hard Drive Noise Dampener: Noise Dampener For Primary HDD
Main Optical Drive: Pioneer Blu Ray Reader & DVD +/- Rewriter -
Secondary Optical Drive: 20x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter
Network Adapter: Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps -
Front USB Ports: 2 Front USB Ports -
Back USB Ports: 4 Back USB Ports -

mickyflinn · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:28

Budget please ?

Glorykid · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:33

Sorry up to £400

HeX · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:37

2 x 7950, sell the vouchers that come with them for £35 each. CF 7950's for a gnats over £400.

whyscotty · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:40

HeX said:
2 x 7950, sell the vouchers that come with them for £35 each. CF 7950's for a gnats over £400.

^^^
This

Space Monkey · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:49

How would CF'd 7950s be with his CPU?

Glorykid · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:50

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-275-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

These. Decent?

Glorykid · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:50

CPU is overclocked to 3.8

Space Monkey · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:52

Glorykid said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-275-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

These. Decent?

Good cards but they are 3 slots wide, thus for 2 you'd need 6 free slots?

Glorykid · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:52

Space Monkey · 13 Feb 2013 at 12:56

Have a look at the Gigabyte Windforce 7950s, nice and quiet, cool as a cucumber and decent RMA service should they go wrong!

Glorykid · 13 Feb 2013 at 13:06

Ok will take a look.

Glorykid · 14 Feb 2013 at 10:19

Having a look would two nvidia 660's give me similar performance?

HeX · 14 Feb 2013 at 11:42

No where near. 7950's or even 7870XT's would blow 'em out of the water.

Glorykid · 14 Feb 2013 at 11:46

Ok cool thx

Glorykid · 15 Feb 2013 at 11:47

Firstly thank you to everyone that offered advice, I'm still torn as what to do, I can run a single card with active display port thingy right. ( little box ) as I racing does not seem to support crossfire properly yet, if this is the case is a 7970 a better shout?

Nuclear Fusion · 15 Feb 2013 at 11:56

Glorykid said:
Firstly thank you to everyone that offered advice, I'm still torn as what to do, I can run a single card with active display port thingy right. ( little box ) as I racing does not seem to support crossfire properly yet, if this is the case is a 7970 a better shout?

The 7970 is only 5% faster than the 7950 clock for clock, so it isn't really worth the extra money.

Glorykid · 15 Feb 2013 at 12:57

So which 7950.... Not keen on MSI stuff.

HeX · 15 Feb 2013 at 15:52

Gigabyte

Glorykid · 22 Feb 2013 at 16:18

so i got the Vapor x 7970.....

Amazing, easy to setup and wicked sick!