Amd 6950 crossfire OR one gtx 580?

[boss101]

I want to ask what is better going crossfire 6950 or just geting one gtx 580? One thing tho that got me worried is that my motherboard only support x16, x4 crossfire yea,not good i know.So b/c of that will the performance hit will be so much on my 6950 in crossfire that one gtx 580 will be better?

 

[dhicks19]

6950 xfire, wat mobo u got

 

[boss101]

pc spec
ASRock 890GX PRO3 AM3+
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1600
LITE-ON DVD Burner
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX
80 PLUS BRONZE
win7 64-bit

i play on 1600x900..i know at 1600x900 u dont need so much to game but i like to play all my games at max settings

 

[brandondiep]

You should be fine with 16x/4x but one of those cards os enough to max any game at your res.

 

[phishy714]

pc spec
ASRock 890GX PRO3 AM3+
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1600
LITE-ON DVD Burner
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX
80 PLUS BRONZE
win7 64-bit

i play on 1600x900..i know at 1600x900 u dont need so much to game but i like to play all my games at max settings

Lol.. buddy.. one 6950 on a 1600x900 resolution is overkill. You will be able to play anything at max settings with one. Not sure why the heck you would want a gtx580(which is overkill for a 1980x1020) much less, SLI two of them. Save yourself money and get an i5-2500k or put it towards Bulldozer when it comes out.

Or buy 2 more identical monitors and make real use of that 6950

 

[ionut19]

Buy one gtx580. Those 4x slots will slow down the second card.

When you have more money buy a new monitor that is 1080p and the GTX580 will last you a wile. Also overclock your CPU to more than 3.5Ghz.

 

[0ozee]

6950, the 580 is a waste of money.

and if you go crossfire later on, crossfire>sli at the moment

 

[boss101]

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[Mousemonkey]

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