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Kaltern
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Sin317
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Kaltern
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I thought exactly the same as you, but I did some checking, and it appears a single 78xx outperforms a single 69xx.
The 7850 2gb cards are silly cheap too, I can get a new one for like £130 or so. I just don't want to get it and be left behind too quickly - I'm wanting a full upgrade as soon as xmas is done, something like a nice i5 and such like. (i7 is just a pipedream for my meager income  )
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Sin317
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Werelds
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His card died Sin, he's not replacing it as an upgrade. And no, 6950 and 6970 are both single GPU cards, as are 7950/7970.
As for the question at hand, at worst the 7870 is between 5-10% faster than a 6950. However, throw in some tessellation and other relatively new high IQ features, and you'll see it jump ahead by anywhere from 50-80%. As for 7850 vs 7870: the latter gets much better minimum framerates due to higher clocks; it also tends to overclock better than its smaller brother to begin with.
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Dec 2012 13:25 Post subject: |
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Not worth it, especially not with that CPU. It would be a waste of money.
edit: nvm didn't see the card died. Shell out the extra cash and get a 7870. The CPU thing still stands though, my E8500 at 4Ghz was a serious bottleneck for the 7870 (Witcher 2 taken as an example).
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Sin317
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Dec 2012 13:30 Post subject: |
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haha, i just noticed, something sure fucked up. The quote above was from the steamgift thread, but somehow ended up here... wtf ?
even better, its a 2 parter. i quoted areius and it got here and i also quoted kaltern and they ended up in the same post oO. wtf ?
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Sin317
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Dec 2012 13:39 Post subject: |
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+1 for the 7870, you can use it in your next CPU upgrade rig no problem.
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Werelds
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Dec 2012 13:46 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | thanks for clearing that up. I thought the x9xx series meant it was double  (wasnt it the case at some point, like the 49xx ?) haven't had a ati for quite some time hehe. |
Only once was it that fixed. 3870X2, 4850X2, 4870X2, 5970, 6990 are all of AMD/ATI's dual GPU cards (official desktop anyway, there's mobile as well and custom cards like 6870X2's etc). Nvidia are just as random: 7900GX2, 7950GX2, 9800 GX2, GTX 295, GTX 590, GTX 690. |
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Kaltern
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Dec 2012 13:58 Post subject: |
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So um, I was doing some thinking
I'm not going to buy a card now. I'm just going to upgrade everything.
I was thinking of getting soemthing like this. Or even this. And then getting a 7850 after xmas is done when I might have a little more cash.
Makes sense, no?
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