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WhiteCobra

WhiteCobra

WhiteCobra

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I have a slight predicament...

Late November my 5970 died on me. I sent it back for RMA but sapphire never got back to OCUK so they are sending me 2x6950's as this is as close as a replacement they can offer.

The problem I have is that i run a mini ATX board which only has 1 PCI-e slot..

What should i do here? Should i get a new motherboard and run them in X-fire? will my 600watt psu survive this?

Or do i sell them both on ebay for about £325 and get my self something like a 6970.. is the 6970 as good as the 5970?

Also the setup needs to be able to run 3x24" in eyefinity...


I've been out of the loop technology wise since last year so someones thoughts on this would help me out loads :)
 
6990 is faster really I don't see them having to give him one as a replacement... a single 7970 is probably comparable.

Personally I'd say either:

Get them to replace with 7970 if they will (when its released)
Sell them if you can get a good price and put money towards 7970
Keep one and sell the other for some ready cash - an option if you play at 1920x but probably not so good for multi display with demanding games.
 
2x 6950's is a fantastic replacement offer from sapphire imho, it's most likely an upgrade to a faster setup especially using 3x24" monitors.

Whether it is a suitable replacement due to not being able to fit them in your current setup is another issue.

I would imagine 650w minimum psu to power them though, but preferably 750w plus if you were to agree to the replacement.

The 6970 is only slighty faster than the 6950's so you would be throwing monitory value away for accepting one of them, considering if you match the clocks there will only be anywhere between 3-9% of a difference(game dependant) due to the 6970's increased shaders.

You could chance your arm and ask them very, very politely for a 7970 and maybe pay the difference if you have to, it may not look the greatest of advances considering it's a next gen gpu on a new process, but it overclocks like nothing seen before!
 
I wouldn't mind xfiring the 6950's just to save the hassle of shifting them.. Would i be able to get a motherboard mini ATX that can do this? my current setup is Phenom II 1090T with 2X2GB DDR3...


Also a quick google seems to suggest that xfire 6950 consume less power than 5970
 
Tell them you need a single card solution. If they cannot supply a 5970, then a 6990 was the predecessor and some places do still have stock of this card although I believe it was discontinued.

Edited to say that the 6990 was of course the successor to the 5970 and not as I typed the predecessor
 
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It doesn't work that way steve1873.

Sapphire can argue that there has been use of the card, so they wouldn't need to offer back the cost price, they are probably offering an upgrade as it is with the 6950's, whereas they are probably well within their rights to offer 2x 6870's.

The 6990 is newer and Sapphire probably don't have any 6990's left in their inventory, the remaining 'new' 6990's are probably all out to retail partners.
 
SAPPHIRE are not the ones offering me the cards.. OCUK haven't had a reply from them since sending my old 5970 off and its OCUK policy to replace RMA's them selves after 28 days
 
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