2 5970s or sell them and get something better?
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Icychill
December 6, 2011 11:34:24 AM
I have two brand new never used Radeon 5970s. I'm building a new gaming pc and I want it to be very good so here are my options
Keep both and crossfire them
Sell one and just use the other one
Sell both and get something better
What would be my best option? At this point I only have a graphics card and RAM, I still need to get everything else.
Keep both and crossfire them
Sell one and just use the other one
Sell both and get something better
What would be my best option? At this point I only have a graphics card and RAM, I still need to get everything else.
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Icychill said:
I have two brand new never used Radeon 5970s. I'm building a new gaming pc and I want it to be very good so here are my optionsKeep both and crossfire them
Sell one and just use the other one
Sell both and get something better
What would be my best option? At this point I only have a graphics card and RAM, I still need to get everything else.
The 5970 is still a really really powerful card, I would suggest keeping it if you have it. Crossfire has it's benefits and it's drawbacks though.
Here's a review I just google'd for your card if you're curious, the benchmarks are a little old though:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5970-review-tes...
I myself own a 5870 and it still kicks serious ass at 1920 x 1080
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Oh and crossfiring these cards should nearly eliminate microshuttering:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stut...
(read that if you want to know why)
the only issue is driver support
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stut...
(read that if you want to know why)
the only issue is driver support
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Icychill
December 6, 2011 12:24:07 PM
reaxion
December 6, 2011 3:52:15 PM
can you get something better? lol, in battlefield 3 benchmarks the 5970 beats the gtx 590. i would keep them unless you plan on getting a 6990 or a 7990 because the 5970 vs even the 7970 id say will win, you heard it hear first, 5970 is a monster and still king of the hill other then 6990 but you have them in xfire and will wreck a 6990 with that.
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reaxion
December 6, 2011 4:00:18 PM
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That article was about 560Ti SLi vs 6870 crossfire and has nothing to do with the 5xxx series which has poorer scaling.The 5970 is clearly a very potent gpu still and would hold its own against 7xxx single gpu's.
true about the article, but i disagree, when the 5xxx series first came out the scaling was bad and for a significant amount of time following but most of that has been fixed, i run 2 5870's in cf and no issues at all. have had them for almost 2 years now and there have been dramatic improvements, 2 5970's will scale fine with the right drivers. they have had more then enough time to work out the kinks
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reaxion
December 6, 2011 4:09:38 PM
reaxion
December 6, 2011 4:12:04 PM
toneekay
December 6, 2011 4:30:22 PM
Icychill
December 6, 2011 4:42:28 PM
reaxion
December 6, 2011 4:58:50 PM
Icychill
December 7, 2011 4:18:57 AM
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toneekay
December 7, 2011 3:15:30 PM
Icychill
December 7, 2011 8:16:15 PM
toneekay
December 7, 2011 9:13:42 PM
KvotheYSL21
December 24, 2011 11:29:53 PM
Funny enough I've just bought 2 5970's and I couldn't be happier. The price / performance margin is incredible as these things outrun cards that cost almost twice as much. Yes... they may have some trouble dealing with multi-monitor setups due to their lack of onboard memory... however I haven't seen this. I have 12 gig of system memory as well. What I can absolutely attest to is that one 5970 can run BF3 on ultra settings with the HSAO disabled. I'm capped at 60fps but that's only because I have VSync enabled
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alanme123
December 30, 2011 10:45:31 AM
I could not find the HD 5970 Sapphire edition anywhere.. I have one of those in my system right now and I can for sure tell you that it runs fine on BF3 on high settings. I was thinking if I should just wait until the 7990 or just buy another one of the 5970.. Any suggestions?
Also, where would I find the 5970 if I wanted to buy it?
Also, where would I find the 5970 if I wanted to buy it?
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