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FuZiioN

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Alright so im getting new cards. I'm just curious to what the best bang for the buck is going to be, now i'm stumped and kind of need some help deciding hense why i'm asking for help. I don't know what to get though. I've been doing some research since its been quite a while since i've done my last build, and I haven't been keeping up
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. Basically im looking for Dual cards nVidia or ATI/AMD. I"m right now in the boat of going towards AMD because of the simple fact that I have such a high resolution with triple moniters. I'm looking at the 6950's 2GB in CFX + now the GTX 570's/580's . Now is this going to be a drastic change because I'm looking for these cards to hold me over till middle next year. ( always do a yearly upgrade ) Upsides of the 6950's is that there in my price range which by the way is $650, and you can flash them to 6970's, + the eyefinity. Downfall for me is they don't have Waterblocks yet which I wish to have + the power wattage with my system = 930, Upsides to the GTX 570's there powerful cards and will make my 5870's look bad. Downfall(s) Power Watt Consumption, I have a 750W in right now I need a bigger in order to get 2, with my resolution 1 will not do me any good untill I have another to get 2. Will 1 570/580 hold me over with 3 moniters untill I can afford a PSU and another card? I'm just curious to what cards are high performing, and whats good out there. I do miss nVidia ALOT, but I'm not sure if thats the best way to go because of the high resolution. Anyone able to give me some help and suggestions? And if chance you do have a suggestion could you show me a chart or some sort with the 5870's to a new card today, how drastically it'll be if possible. Sorry for asking a lot but its better to see for me visually than just text.
 
Well if you have HD5870 CF right now, I honestly don't see a reason to upgrade that portion. The 6950-2GB CF barely beats it while the 6970 CF posts modest gains. These relatively small gains are not worth $650 to me, though. Going to GTX580 SLI gives you about 50% in BC2 but I don't think that's worth $650 either.

What's the specs of the rest of your rig? I honestly think you'd be better off with either new CPU (i7-2600K) + mobo (P67 or Z68), more RAM, or a pair of high-speed SSD's (Crucial C300's or M4's).

AnandTech - Bench - GPU11
 
I'm with Bobsama on this one; little to no gains to be had with buying new GPUs right now over what you have. Get the new PSU and an SSD if you don't already have one. BTW what MB, CPU, etc are you running now?
 
Right now I'm running, evga classified. I7 950, corsair dominator 6th ramm. 2 7200 rpm wd hds. 1 veloci raptor. All WC.. With a 750 psu
 
Well something forgot to be mentioned which I shoulda made clearer. I may be getting rid of my cards reasoning im coming up with 650, for new ones. I cant beat it. I paid I think 700 for them. $50 short, not that bad.


*EDIT* But I do have the money to get a SSD right now. I've been looking at the Vertex 3's. Just so god damn expensive
 
Fuck the video cards! You will see little if any performance gains and be wasting your money on what 5 maybe 7% increase? Big fucking deal. You've got two 5870s now which is more than enough for any game out there and DX11.

Yes SSDs are expensive, but well worth the money. Once you try one you'll never go back to a regular HD. I'd rather spend my money on something that will give me appreciable gains like the SSD than waste it on a marginal upgrade in video cards.
 
Buy some ssd instead put those on raid 0 and then you will see a difference :B

oh and everytimes someone is saying I need help, it makes me think about his song:


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