Whats my best option?

[Callicious]

Hi, im looking to sell both of my 7850 oc to buy one better card. Only thing is, I have no idea what card would be best for me.

Specs:

Corsair c70
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Amd phenom ii x4 965 @ 4.1 GHz
Corsair h100
2x Shapphire 7850 oc
16Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum
2x seagate 500gb hdd
samsung 830 128gb ssd

Also, is my cpu sloving me down?
Any advice would be good, Thanks

 

[Jony27]

Why are you selling your dual card setup?
Is it underperforming? This could be due to your board only supporting 16x,4x crossfire setup.

 

[Callicious]

Why are you selling your dual card setup?
Is it underperforming? This could be due to your board only supporting 16x,4x crossfire setup.

My bad, I put the wrong mobo in the specs, just edited it now. I have a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, both cards are at 16x. I am fed up of the problems and inconsistencies with crossfire.

 

[ashmanuk67]

i'm looking into a GTX770 and would be coming from a crossfire 6970 setup, I've actually had a great time with my cards but feel now i need a change, If i do go for the Nvidia card this will be the first time in over 20years in gaming I've gone to the green side LOL

 

[Callicious]

i'm looking into a GTX770 and would be coming from a crossfire 6970 setup, I've actually had a great time with my cards but feel now i need a change, If i do go for the Nvidia card this will be the first time in over 20years in gaming I've gone to the green side LOL

I've also never had an Nvidia card but i'm thinking about a 780. Came across the galaxy 780 with white pcb as well as their new Haswell mobo, no sign of a release date though

 

[BS Dave]

i'd wait for the 31st july crossfire drivers then see, and if it's still bad sell them buy a 7950 overclock it and see what the amd refresh in the autumn brings.

All nvidia cards are overpriced imo.

 

[arc@css]

I've also never had an Nvidia card but i'm thinking about a 780. Came across the galaxy 780 with white pcb as well as their new Haswell mobo, no sign of a release date though

I believe you're dual card set up is already held back by your cpu, and you still will be with a 780.

+1 to waiting for the crossfire driver.

 

[Callicious]

I believe you're dual card set up is already held back by your cpu, and you still will be with a 780.

+1 to waiting for the crossfire driver.

Don't think it is holding me back too much, I will be able to get a new cpu not too far down the road, so a 780 is possible for me right now

 

[Jony27]

Id swap out the CPU/motherboard before swapping GPUs if I were in your position.

 

[Callicious]

Id swap out the CPU/motherboard before swapping GPUs if I were in your position.

What would you suggest? not exactly wanting to swap out motherboards

 

[Jony27]

I havent really been up to date with AMD CPUs so I could only suggest a move to Ivybridge/Haswell, someone else with more knowledge regarding AMD CPUs will probably be along soon to give you a more in depth advice.

 

[Callicious]

I havent really been up to date with AMD CPUs so I could only suggest a move to Ivybridge/Haswell, someone else with more knowledge regarding AMD CPUs will probably be along soon to give you a more in depth advice.

Thanks for the input. Was thinking of getting a 780 now, then getting an AMD FX-8350 Black Edition in a month or two

 

[teppic]

The board and CPU are fine. In most games it'd perform equivalent to an i5 Ivy Bridge system. The FX-8320 would be an easy upgrade, and overclocked it would match any Intel processor in the majority of games.