2 years ahead (i7-3770K, 2 x Sapphire HD 7870 GHz in CF, 16 GB RAM)

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jnjnilson6

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CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K
Monitor: Acer, 1920x1080, 24 inch, 1 : 100 000 000 contrast
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77M-PRO
GPUs: 2 x Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz in Crossfire
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1500W (Peak Output Capacity 1600W)
HDD: 3 TB, 7200 RPM, 64 MB Buffer Size
SSD: 256 GB, 560 MB/s Read, 530 MB/s Write
PC Box: Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Water Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H110
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz
DVD-ROM: ASUS

My question is if my current system is going to be able to play all of the games in the next 2 years
on High (not Max) settings without AA at 1920x1080 with an average of at least 30 FPS, or am I going to have to replace my 2 x 7870s which are currently running in Crossfire sooner?
 
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HugoStiglitz

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I would have reccomended when you got your rig to look at a single more powerfull GPU rather than 2x less powerfull

that goes the same for ATI or nvidia.

In saying that however there is no way to see into the future to see what games will need in 2 years time. and if there was i would not be using that crystal ball to see game specs, more like lotto numbers & share prices.

you have a quite good system and it will do well with current games (should do well for a while to come also)


+1 neo

Quarkz, its like saying "ditch AMD because they run hotter"
it may have been true 10 years ago but no longer holds water.
 
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jnjnilson6

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In 2011 I had a laptop with Intel Core i7-2630QM and Nvidia GT 555M 1 GB GDDR5 (Lenovo IdeaPad Y570). While using it for about 6 months, I could not even play the most simple games on the lowest graphics without horrible issues such as constant lagging, frame skipping, freezing, crashing, throttling and major frame dropping for no apparent reason. I couldn't play anything normally and the whole experience was basically a nightmare, even after 3 months in the repair service (the screen broke, the keyboard broke and one of the panels as well, though I was always extremely careful with the machine and never did anything to cause the damage above). While on the other hand, I've been having absolutely no problems with the AMD Crossfire system in any game. The games run smooth, there's always a very high frame rate, and I've not once experienced lag yet (no joke). I do appreciate Nvidia and their products, as well as your person opinion to a very, very big extend, so I just guess I didn't get lucky with the 555M and that there are much better Nvidia products. Cheers!
 
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Yeah, I agree to your point 110%, but the problem comes from the fact that I've been building this system for about 2 years and didn't have the money to buy something like HD 7970 straight ahead, that's why I bought 1 x HD 7870 and decided to wait until I get enough money to buy something really better.. When I got a bit of money I simply decided to buy another 7870, so my wait wouldn't be as painful as it was with the 6770.. I am targeting at R9 295X and since I successfully overclocked my CPU to 5 GHz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUoZDjGM9LM) and used it like that for 6 months without any issues what so ever, I do believe there won't be throttle, because i7-3770K at 5 GHz has a bit more points on Cinbench R11.5 (as you can see in the video, 10.20 to be exact) than i7-3930K at 3.8 GHz (its stock speed), and I think that i7-3930K is going to be fast enough for R9 295X, even at stock clocks. I hope I get enough money for R9 295X in the next 1 ~ 1.5 years.. + I also had to build another system with i3-3250 and HD 7790 which also took quite some money from my main one. Thanks for replying!
 
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