a little help with a upgrade

[RenaruX]

sup guys well actually i have a 5870 crossfire in my pc right now and i wanna upgrade it so im thinking about buying another 5870 to do a tri fire configuration but does it worth? maybe its better to buy idk 2 gtx 580 to put them in sli? i wanna upgrade my gpu cuz i love to play all my games at max settings and when i play a really intense game like crysis 2 sometimes it lags, not too much but it really annoys me .

 

system specs:

cpu: core i7 920 d0 oc @ 4.2ghz 1.3v stable

gpu: 2 his hd 5870 in crossfire x oc @ 910mhz/1250mhz

mobo: asus rampage III extreme (upgraded from a asus p6t deluxe v2)

ram: supertalent 12gb ddr3 6x2gb @ 1603mhz 1.64v

hdd: 2 western digital velociraptors 300gb in raid 0

 

so what do you think guys another 5870 or maybe 2 gtx 580 or 2 6970?

[Chaoz`]

Well if you compare the 6950 with the GTX580, at some point they're almost the same, kinda, although the stream-processors and shader-speeds are better on the GTX580, but you can overclock the 6950 up to a 6970 if you have a good cooler on it.

 

But if you want 1 of the best available it still is the 5970, it costs a lot, but it's worth it and it's even better then the GTX580.

 

Seeing as you want to get 2 cards, if you go for the 5970, you don't need 2 of those then, but the 5970 costs as much as 2 GTX580, tho, since it a dual-GPU card.

 

 

but seeing as it costs over $900, you should buy a 6990 or a GTX590 or 2 GTX580.

[RenaruX]

well ive seen a lot of videos of the 6990 outpreforming the gtx590 so i think the gtx590 isnt a good option imo also a 5970 is basically 2 5870 in on one pcb so i think i can buy a 5970 and do a quad fire with my 2 5870's but im not sure if its possible

[Zealot]

sup guys well actually i have a 5870 crossfire in my pc right now and i wanna upgrade it so im thinking about buying another 5870 to do a tri fire configuration but does it worth? maybe its better to buy idk 2 gtx 580 to put them in sli? i wanna upgrade my gpu cuz i love to play all my games at max settings and when i play a really intense game like crysis 2 sometimes it lags, not too much but it really annoys me .

 

system specs:

cpu: core i7 920 d0 oc @ 4.2ghz 1.3v stable

gpu: 2 his hd 5870 in crossfire x oc @ 910mhz/1250mhz

mobo: asus rampage III extreme (upgraded from a asus p6t deluxe v2)

ram: supertalent 12gb ddr3 6x2gb @ 1603mhz 1.64v

hdd: 2 western digital velociraptors 300gb in raid 0

 

so what do you think guys another 5870 or maybe 2 gtx 580 or 2 6970?

 

Xfire 5870's is killer overboard for any new generation games and it will still be beast in the next few years. Absoulutely no clue why you want to upgrade, give me those spare cards then? 2 580's is over 1k if you got cash and no brains go for it. Its not worth it all.

 

If youy must upgrade get 2 6950's which is about the same price as a 580, the 6900 series scales extremely well and its cheap. Crysis 2 is not as graphically intensive as you think, theres a major problem (especially on AMD/ati) with multiple gpu's that they are still working on.

 

Also you guys talking bout these huge ass expensive cards, you won't get your moneys worth unless your running multi-display.

[Chaoz`]

Crysis 2 isn't that intensive at all, i can play it on high with my 4870 at max resolution of 1920x1080, no lagg whatsoever.

 

if i were you i'd just stick with the 5870, or if you really want to upgrade go for a 6990 or 2 6950, they're just about the same thing.

[RaDiuM]

Crysis 2 isn't that intensive at all, i can play it on high with my 4870 at max resolution of 1920x1080, no lagg whatsoever.

 

if i were you i'd just stick with the 5870, or if you really want to upgrade go for a 6990 or 2 6950, they're just about the same thing.

 

two 6970's are better than one 6990

 

two 6950's get about 80-100 fps more from a 580 in every bench ive seen.

 

and you can OC the 6950 so then if you get two you will have two 6970's in xfire.

[Team Norway]

u make me and my at mobility radeon x1300 look like nothing.

[Tweezy]

u make me and my at mobility radeon x1300 look like nothing.

 

I had that card! Two years ago...

[RenaruX]

u make me and my at mobility radeon x1300 look like nothing.

 

 

roflmfao

 

well i think im gonna stick with my 5870's till the next generation of graphic cards (hd 7970 / gtx 680) lol

 

crytek! plz release the patch to solve the problem with the preformance in crysis 2 soon im tired of getting 25fps or less

[Chaoz`]

roflmfao

 

well i think im gonna stick with my 5870's till the next generation of graphic cards (hd 7970 / gtx 680) lol

 

crytek! plz release the patch to solve the problem with the preformance in crysis 2 soon im tired of getting 25fps or less

 

just download something thats called 'Advanced Graphics Option', this will allow you to manually edit options and allow multi-gpu.