Ati 6850 better then Gtx 560ti SC

[tomdabomb]

I was just wondering. Should the Ati Radeon 6850 be performing much better then my Gtx 560ti SC. Because in Modern Warfare 3 i get 90fps maxed on my 6850 but only 70+ high on my 560. Is there something wrong With my 560 Ti?

Rig 1:
CPU:Intel Core I5 2500k @ 3.30ghz
Motehrboard: Asus P8h6-mle
RAM: 8 Gb DDR3
Graphics: Ati Radeon 6850 1gb

Rig 2
CPU: AMD phenom X4 925. @ 2.80ghz
motherboard: gigabyte 990fxa d3
RAM: 16Gb Cosiar vengeance
graphics: Nvidia Gtx 560 ti SC.

 

[member9999]

Your CPU might be the deciding factor on that one, but maybe something is wrong with the 560. I never played MW3 but as I understand it the 560ti is more of a competitor to the 6950, should beat 6850. Try putting the 560ti in the i5 rig and see what happens

 

[tomdabomb]

yea ok. ill try that. If it works well i will buy a new CPU any good one that i should know of?

 

[member9999]

Well that depends if you want a AMD or intel, if you didn't want to upgrade your mobo for intel I'd suggest trying to overclock your cpu. My phenom is at 3.7 and it runs my 560 perfectly fine, and it does even at its stock speed of 3.2. So if you got it around there then you can definitely eliminate any cpu related problems.

If you do wanna upgrade your cpu anyway, I'd suggest a phenom 960be for amd, and overclock that, or an i5 2500k for intel.

Is the card running well in other games?

 

[quilciri]

/agree

I'd say the minimum processor you'd need to avoid hampering that card would be a heavily overclocked 955 BE, but overclocking your current processor will definitely help.

 

[tomdabomb]

Well that depends if you want a AMD or intel, if you didn't want to upgrade your mobo for intel I'd suggest trying to overclock your cpu. My phenom is at 3.7 and it runs my 560 perfectly fine, and it does even at its stock speed of 3.2. So if you got it around there then you can definitely eliminate any cpu related problems.

If you do wanna upgrade your cpu anyway, I'd suggest a phenom 960be for amd, and overclock that, or an i5 2500k for intel.

Is the card running well in other games?

It ran the battlefield 3 open beta really well, it got 60+ fps maxed. In skyrim it gets 30-60fps maxed. In other games it runs fairly well, although im not sure if its getting the fps its capable of.

Also i don't know how to overclock an AMD CPU.

 

[member9999]

If you are interested in overclocking your current CPU, or if you get a new phenom read this:

http://www.overclock.net/t/525113/phenom-ii-overclocking-guide

It's what I used and it's a pretty good guide. It covers both black edition and regular overclocking. I personally think you should be fine if you just tried to get a little more of your current processor. It won't be no 2500k, but you might see a frame increase in more cpu intensive games or if the lower speed is bottlenecking the card. 70fps is still good, and it seems like you are getting good performance, so even that may be more than you need. Although you do need an aftermarket heat sink if you are overclocking.