Crossfire 7950's or a GTX 770 OR a 7970ghz?

EchoOne · Jul 16, 2013

Hello everyone!
I am really debating...I can buy another 7950 for about $260 or i can sell my 7950, grab a gtx 770 or ad 7970ghz... (I have an EK Waterblock so i can sell it and afford either one) But I do happen to run 3 monitors and my 7950 has given me great performance on 3 monitors so I am just wondering if maybey I should just sell my card and buy a newer one or just buy another 7950? I currently have an I7 3820 @ 4.6ghz, 16GB ddr3 1600mhz ram and an EVGA X79 SLI motherboard.

-EchoOne

markwp · Jul 16, 2013

Buy the best SINGLE card solution you can afford. Be it AMD or NVIDIA, a single card, IMO, is the way to go. I prefer to avoid the inherent driver problems sli/xfire bring to the table, especially xfire.

JMO

Mark

fudoka711 · Jul 16, 2013

I would sell your 7950 and just go with a single gtx 770 or 7970ghz. I wouldn't recommend going xfire anything unless its xfire 7970's (and even then I'm hesitant). I believe a 7970ghz has more raw power/performance, but the 770 is much more power/heat/noise friendly.

rad666 · Jul 16, 2013

While the 7970ghz is a LITTLE faster, it costs quite a bit more than the 770, and, as markwp said, I would go for the best single card solution over a crossfire/sli setup (especially crossfire...at least until AMD get's their drivers sorted)

EchoOne · Jul 16, 2013

Thanks for all your answers! Im not looking to MAX out my games on multimonitors with 1 video card but i would enjoy a boost in performance...And being an AMD fan for quite some time, I think im ready to give Nvidia a chance

so i might be getting a 770...Now im assuming im going to definantly want a 770 4GB version though.

markwp · Jul 17, 2013

If you are going to run 3 monitors in surround, or if you are using higher resolutions, then yes - 4gb.

EchoOne · Jul 17, 2013

Actually I just did a few benchmarks and I have found my 7950 is at GTX 770 Superclocked specs...Im running a 1200mhz core clock,1560 memory on 1.3v but I do have a waterblock on! So it looks like im going to save for another 7950 or save my money,sell my 7950 and get a gtx 780

markwp · Jul 17, 2013

Again, I would go for the single card solution to avoid driver issues, especially with the radeons. The gtx780 is killer.

EchoOne · Jul 17, 2013

Yeah no doubt,I would rather get 1 powerful card than 2 lower end cards, Less power, Less heat and less issues

EchoOne · Jul 17, 2013

Yeah no doubt,I would rather get 1 powerful card than 2 lower end cards, Less power, Less heat and less issues

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