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wallyg123

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AMD x4 64 propus overclocked to 3.5 GHZ
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Crossfire Radeon XFX 7770R ghost's

I'm wondering if i need to upgrade my cpu or not i feel like i should be able to run bf3 on max settings but i cant...
 
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Th_Redman

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It could be your CPU might bottleneck the overall performance in most games. Also, wallyg123 states crossfired HD7770's out performs a HD7950. Really? Show us any site, at resolutions above 1280x1024 and up, where those two cards ever beat a single HD7950. I'd love to see where you get your info because I I went on numerous tech site and nowhere can they out perform the one HD7950.
 
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darth pravus

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You would see signs of cpu bottlenecking if your cpu was at 100% and you graphics cards were under much lower load, say 60% for example, at max. That is CPU bottlenecking.

Just invest in more GPU muscle. Getting away from a cheap crossfire setting will smooth everthing up anyway.
 
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rene13cross

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EH the 7950 is a mid-range card?! Are you joking?! How is a 300 dollar card mid-range? And the difference in performance between the 7970 and 7950 is minimal. Also, one can easily OC a 7950 to have the same performance of a 7970...

7950 mid-range... Don't make me laugh
 
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Brett928S2

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Hi :)

A $300 dollar card IS mid range when we sell cards for $1600 (in £)

All the best Brett :)
 
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I would say so considering high end cards are $500+
 
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Bring up task manager and go to the performance tab. Play BF3 for a while and tab out to look at how much CPU utilization you have had.

If you're banging away at 100% you are (probably in a very small way) bottlenecking the game but not necessarity the card (tho it could be). Hard to tell for sure.

I had to clock my current gen CPU to 3.9GHz to keep BF3 under 100%. It still goes to 100% during level loading but rarely during multiplayer (short spikes).

Did I need to do that enjoy the game? Probably not. But, it made me feel better :) One of these days I'm going to mess with the GPU overclock if I get bored.
 
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Arguing about the relative stratification of a series of video cards does not help the OP...

But, while we're here, I'd submit that based on years of reading these forums mainstream gamers spend around $250 for a card (give or take). $400 is about the top end. People spending more than that are the exception, not the rule. I'd say $1000 cards are a marketing stunt more than anything else.

If someone has a site that tracks the total sold broken out by series I'd love to see it!
 
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rene13cross

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Btw, can you give a link to the £200 7950? Would love to see it
 
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UnlimitedBanana

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Actually the 77xx are considered mid-range, while both the 78xx and 79xx are considered High End. The GTX690 is an enthusiast card, along with the 590 and 6990. :)
 
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