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Which directx 11 card!?!?!?

BenDoro said:
thanks a lot for all the replys guys didnt realise u woudl all get so passionate and defend ur gfx cards honour :P

i game at 1920x1080 :)

so with the black edition the software for voltage tweaks etc will this improve the performance only very minimally? and is it easy to config and not blow the damm thing up :P


and regards to crossfiring and sli this was more for a future thing not to do straight away.... so what i gather sli runs smoother and with less hiccups than cf?
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Right, little bit of reasoning here from a non fan boy. Dual GPU always sounds fantastic but you nead a good reason to go through the hassle and expense. I game at 1920x1080 too, and a single 470/5850 are "good enough" at this res, with the 5870 and GTX480 being perfect at this point in time. Games aren't pushing the bounderies as fast as they once did...

If you make a choice with SLI/Crossfire in mind for the future for potential upgrades you are basically saying "in the future (whenever the future is of course), there won't be a single GPU that is as fast as my dual set up would be". Of course, new top end single GPUs will come and will likely be as fast (without the problems) of a dual setup from the previous gen.

This is of course my outlook on it. Buy a decent single GPU. Enjoy it until it is no longer fast enough then buy the latest decent single GPU.

If your budget is enough to get a 5970, I'd personally go for a 5870 or GTX480 and put the change aside for next upgrade. ATI's new 6xxx series are out this year I believe, which may change the game somewhat price wise... But there is always something better coming soon!

EDIT: What is the rest of your system Ben?
 
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rest of my system was built my oc about 1 year ago im useless with my memory but here goes :P .. erm i have an i7 overclocked to 4ghz ... 6gb ddr3 .... 1tb hdrive ... atm using a radeon hd4870x2 motherboard is a fancy looking gigabyte and ye all i can think of :P

and like u mentioned about crossfiring dbrennen and just buying a single new gpu when its time to replace rather than crossfiring just thought that it might be more of a cheaper option after spending around £500 only to replace in hopefully no less than 2 years :P

and btw any idea what end of the year the new cards will be out ? month wise ?
 
HW91 said:
1) if he's looking at dual 5970's he'll have at least a 1000w PSU which will take 3x 470's fine, and if he's looking at dual 5970's he most likely has an Intel build which almost all have SLI support
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so a amd board such as a fx board can't run them???

;)
 
My opinion of course. I've been very sceptical of Crossfire/SLI as a viable future proofing idea.

Say you spend £500 on a top banana graphics card now then spend say £300 on another one in a year or two, thats £800.

More than likely a decent sub £400 GPU now and another sub £400 in two years will offer near as good performance (1920x1080 isn't a massive res these days) without the problems of dual GPU.

No idea when the 6xxx ATIs are out, sorry. Just read somewhere it was the end of this year.
 
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get a 480 best option tbh no ****ty drivers and a 970 at that res is abit over kill :) and later down the line if you really need to up sli is great.
and fanboys before you says heat and power i run a i7 930 at 4 ghz 6gb or ram etc and a 480 oced on a 650 watt psu and its fine ^^ and the temps when under load oced to 822 core with 1138 mv only hits about 80 on the gpu tempt and pcb on 62ish :)
 
@nikolii processors don't make much difference to res you can run at, actually they make no difference

plus the 970 is the most future proof CPU you can buy at the moment

edit: so annoying when people post before me and I put the ^ sign
 
HW91 said:
ok,

1) if he's looking at dual 5970's he'll have at least a 1000w PSU which will take 3x 470's fine, and if he's looking at dual 5970's he most likely has an Intel build which almost all have SLI support

2) how does using 3x GPU's from a company known to have less driver issues have more driver issues than 4x GPU's from a company known to have driver issues especially with crossfire,

3) £245x3 = £735, £423x2 = £846

4) GTX 400's scale considerably better than 5xxx's(as in 60% vs 90-95%), dual 470's are equal to dual 5870's

that's why we're looking at 3x 470's

edit: nvm, thought he was talking about dual 5970's, argument still somewhat sticks for dual 470's though as they only cost a bit more than those two and perform better
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Depending on the default Vcore the 470 could actually draw similar power to EACH 5970.

So even 2x 470 is going to need a beefier power supply than 1x5970. Its going to need a board with at least a decent spacing between the cards and very careful thought to case airflow.

3x470s are going to have to be next to each other. That would make me uncomfortable thats for sure.
 
Meaker said:
Depending on the default Vcore the 470 could actually draw similar power to EACH 5970.

So even 2x 470 is going to need a beefier power supply than 1x5970. Its going to need a board with at least a decent spacing between the cards and very careful thought to case airflow.

3x470s are going to have to be next to each other. That would make me uncomfortable thats for sure.
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Your weeing into the wind mate.
 
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