Hello, I am looking for a possible upgrade in the future (not right now since i am taking a break from work due to sports)
my current setup:
gpu: XFX radeon 7870 2gb (the cheaper 1ghz one not the overclocked one)
cpu: intel i5-3570k @ 4.4 ghz
power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower XT 675 watt (this power supply puts out a max of 672 watts on the 12 volt rail FYI)
motherboard: ASRock z77 extreme 4
my main options that i am looking at are:
buy another 7870 and crossfire
sell my 7870 and buy a gtx 770 or radeon 7970 (gtx 770 most likely) i cant remember off the top of my head but im pretty sure the 770 is priced remarkably higher than the 7970 so keep in mind cost is a big factor for me.)
what do you guys recommend? I definitely know the crossfire will yield much more performance than the 7970 but is it worth the possible headache (on top of that i find the idea of it and putting that in my case pretty cool
)
also, what about the 770 i realize its an overclocked 770 but some of these factory overclocks are insane (around 1200 mhz with a pretty easy overclock to 1250 mhz which is just crazy)
another thing to point out is if i order another 7870 i can still apply for the mail in rebate. why? because my silly self forgot to send out the original mail in rebate (there's a limit to 1 per household) so i can get one for around 150 which is nothing compared to the original price i paid of 250 maybe a little upwards because of tax but even if you consider tax on the 150 its still a 7 dollar difference for where i live.
If i were to buy a 770 or a 7970 i would not be looking to crossfire that or sli it considering i would need a new power supply, and im waiting until i upgrade to the new haswell 1150 platform to get a new power supply (sleep state requirements)
lastly, this is off topic but does anybody know where i can get raw uncompressed video of crysis 3 on max settings? i have not purchased crysis 3 yet and i last tried it on my 7870 during beta phase, a combination of a not powerful enough card with new drivers so it was pretty much unplayable. Since youtube compression is pretty bad you cant really see the correct quality and such, just a random question if anyone knows.
my current setup:
gpu: XFX radeon 7870 2gb (the cheaper 1ghz one not the overclocked one)
cpu: intel i5-3570k @ 4.4 ghz
power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower XT 675 watt (this power supply puts out a max of 672 watts on the 12 volt rail FYI)
motherboard: ASRock z77 extreme 4
my main options that i am looking at are:
buy another 7870 and crossfire
sell my 7870 and buy a gtx 770 or radeon 7970 (gtx 770 most likely) i cant remember off the top of my head but im pretty sure the 770 is priced remarkably higher than the 7970 so keep in mind cost is a big factor for me.)
what do you guys recommend? I definitely know the crossfire will yield much more performance than the 7970 but is it worth the possible headache (on top of that i find the idea of it and putting that in my case pretty cool
)also, what about the 770 i realize its an overclocked 770 but some of these factory overclocks are insane (around 1200 mhz with a pretty easy overclock to 1250 mhz which is just crazy)
another thing to point out is if i order another 7870 i can still apply for the mail in rebate. why? because my silly self forgot to send out the original mail in rebate (there's a limit to 1 per household) so i can get one for around 150 which is nothing compared to the original price i paid of 250 maybe a little upwards because of tax but even if you consider tax on the 150 its still a 7 dollar difference for where i live.
If i were to buy a 770 or a 7970 i would not be looking to crossfire that or sli it considering i would need a new power supply, and im waiting until i upgrade to the new haswell 1150 platform to get a new power supply (sleep state requirements)
lastly, this is off topic but does anybody know where i can get raw uncompressed video of crysis 3 on max settings? i have not purchased crysis 3 yet and i last tried it on my 7870 during beta phase, a combination of a not powerful enough card with new drivers so it was pretty much unplayable. Since youtube compression is pretty bad you cant really see the correct quality and such, just a random question if anyone knows.
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