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Which GPU or CF????

RSRAVI

RSRAVI

RSRAVI

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HI ,

At the moment I have a asus 6950 2GB its a triple slot card...

nice and quite only problem takes up three slots ...

I am thinking of going CF by finding another 6950 hopefully my sound card will still fit too :D

But if you had the choice to play games at 2560 x 1440 res

Would you go CF

or sell and get

7970 3GB
Or 680 GTX 2GB
or new 770GTX ...

whats the advice out there please and why ...

aiming to play games like BF3 at ultra or high settings thank you
 
Hi thanks for the reply's ...

How much better does AA on look ......I don't play at 1080p hence the GPU upgrade...

so CF 7950 will beat a 7790 and 680GTX is that correct......

What about the issues like micro stutter on CF has that been solved ...

I don't want to spend crazy amount on GPU cos they never hold value like my 295GTX I bought LOL .....but now running a 6950 2GB


also would a 3GB card be better then a 2GB card Vram
 
LtMatt said:
You need don't as much AA at 1440p to get a smooth image, generally x2 or x4 is more than enough at this res. Battlefield 3 runs great on x4 though.

Stock 7950 crossfire will comfortably beat any single card solution.

Microstutter does occur on some games, for the majority its smooth sailing though. However 99% of all microstutter can be removed permanently by using radeonpro and changing the flip queue size to 1. If it still remains which is unlikely except in a few extreme cases, then it can be solved by using vsync and or a frame limit cap. This is easily done and will take 30 seconds to set up for any game that suffers from it. If you don't want to do this then multi gpu might not be for you.

AMD have some new drivers coming soon which mean the above steps might not be necessary any more if microstutter occurs, they should be released any day now.

A 3gb card would be more future proof than a 2gb card. Although 2gb is enough at the moment that could change in the not too distant future with consoles having up to 8gb of memory to use. (shared system and video memory)
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thanks for the info was gonna go and get a 680GTX but you recommendation seems to be two 7950 CF any decent deals going .......at moment ...for them any where ....

there was a misprice on amazon but they did not honour the misprice:D
 
LtMatt said:
It comes with three free games, easily worth £25-£30. Get two cards, get six games.

Give the 7950's a small overclock and you will be in 7970 ghz crossfire territory. How does that compare to a gpu costing three times as much? Follow this link and all will be revealed. ;)
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year just saw on the site free games with any 79 gpu

but where you getting £375 price from ???

I get 217.99 each ???? plus del thanks
 
LtMatt said:
I will be putting up some proper benchmarks soon but snapped a quick screenshot from Metro, 1440p Ultra x4 AA 2x7950's @1093/1563. I can't imagine dropping below 120fps at 1080p tbh.


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Wow looks amazing thanks for the settings too very very tempted now

What are msi like as a brand as I normaly get Asus gpu never has msi

Thanks
 
C64 said:
I wouldn't get that msi card it has bad cooling go for an msi or gigabyte with a 3 fan cooler.

The 7950 and 7970 are still overpriced imo though as you can beat them for less than £200 albeit second hand 2x 6950 will be touching a 7970.
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which card is bad mate

what would you get then
 
C64 said:
That msi card with only one little fan on it in the middle means it will get hot and very loud.Get one of the cards from this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18524382

£150 worth of game codes you can keep or sell on after thus further lowering the cost, personally i'd get the twin fanned sapphire 7950 or the twin fanned msi 7950

You could always get the single fan msi one and change the cooler to something better though.

I just hate leaf blower style coolers and single fan coolers as I Cant stand the noise levels.
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wow even more games

what you say makes sense,.......thanks
 
Hi can some one give me a bench mark or real life difference on how much power

full will CF 7950 be against 6950 CF only reason I ask I have been offered a 6950 from my mate......for a cheap price ....so I could pair that up with my 6950

depending on difference between the two cf setups thanks in advance
 
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