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2x6850 or 1 7850?

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July 7, 2013 1:20:44 PM

Should i crossfire 6850's or just buy 1 7850? I will be playing at a 1920x1080 resolution and want to get the best fps.

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July 7, 2013 1:31:26 PM

up your budget a little bit and get a 7870 or 7870 XT
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July 7, 2013 1:33:01 PM

Do you have a 6850 already? I'm leaning towards recommending you go with the 7850 regardless, but it depends on a couple things.

Everyone has been talking about microstutter being an issue on AMD CF setups recently; I haven't seen anything in any of the games I play (with 2x 7970 at 1080p) but there is indisputable evidence that it is an issue on some systems and in some games.

There's also the issue of VRAM. I had SLI GTX 460s a couple years back, and even then, 1GB VRAM was unacceptable at 1080p. So the theory is that the 6850s together will push a lot harder than a single 7850, but not having enough VRAM can make a game unplayable regardless of what the GPU can do. So part of making a good recommendation would be knowing what games you want to play and on what settings.
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