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#3499901 - 01/20/12 06:27 PM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	Originally Posted By: - Ice Originally Posted By: SkateZilla Which nVidia Cannot do without SLi. 6950 w/ 2GB overclocked can match 6970 2gb in eyefinity. Not without TH2Go. While I may Xfire a couple of 6950s, I don't want to be "forced" to buy 2 cards just to run more than 1 screen. AMD Cards can run it one one card w/ a Active Display Port screen + 2 others. nVidia has "Surround Gaming" which requires a SLi Setup. or you can TH2Go it. I've played on AMD Eyefinity setups at 5760x1080 (3 wide) and it is Insane. but well above my budget. and Two 6850s in XFire Beat the AMD 6970 by ~23% (so at 33 frames/sec your looking at maybe 8 more frames/sec.) in Xfire Supported Titles. _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3500092 - 01/21/12 03:25 AM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 5472 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	If 2 6850s beat a 6970, does it stand to reason that 2 6950s will do even better? _________________________ - Ice
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#3500101 - 01/21/12 03:59 AM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: - Ice If 2 6850s beat a 6970, does it stand to reason that 2 6950s will do even better? Yes, but only in games that work with SLI/CF. If they don't, you have single card performance. If they do, you get a healthy 90-99% boost in framerates, but might introduce microstutter. The 6950 is closely matched with the 6970. With the 2GB 6950 cards that have the dual firmware switch, you can even try to flash one BIOS to 6970. If you are lucky, you have a 6950 running as a 6970.
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#3500111 - 01/21/12 04:19 AM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 5472 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	While I understand what all are saying with the 6850, it is just a step up from my 5770 that I see no sense in spending the money. A 6950 however is a bigger step up, although it is also about £100 more than the 6850 -- I can buy two 6850s for a little over the cost of one 6950. Quote: Yes, but only in games that work with SLI/CF. If they don't, you have single card performance. If they do, you get a healthy 90-99% boost in framerates, but might introduce microstutter. The 6950 is closely matched with the 6970. With the 2GB 6950 cards that have the dual firmware switch, you can even try to flash one BIOS to 6970. If you are lucky, you have a 6950 running as a 6970. I get your point, but if the game DOES NOT work with SLI/CF, a single-card performance of a 2GB 6950 would still out-perform a single-card performance of a 1GB 6850, yes? While I may be lucky and get a 6950 that can be unlocked, I do not want to buy a 6950 mostly based on that reason. _________________________ - Ice
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#3500142 - 01/21/12 06:00 AM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: - Ice I get your point, but if the game DOES NOT work with SLI/CF, a single-card performance of a 2GB 6950 would still out-perform a single-card performance of a 1GB 6850, yes? Of course. I was mainly replying to the question of "two 6950 performing better against a 6970 (than a pair of 6850)". A single card 6950 does around 20-30% better than a single 6850 (FullHD). A CF setup of 6850 does around 40-50% better than a single 6950 (FullHD), if the game supports CF. Look at the games you want to play, then check reviews if the games run well, at the resolution you play.
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#3500242 - 01/21/12 08:08 AM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 5472 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	Roger, just making sure I'm on the same page, lol I wonder if DCS A10C supports CF? What about Skyrim? How do you confirm this short of asking in the forums? _________________________ - Ice
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#3500280 - 01/21/12 08:34 AM Re: ATI HD 6950? 6970? Or nVidia equivalent? [Re: - Ice]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	Quick google search DCS A10C doesn't work. Ball in AMD's court? Skyrim does work.
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