Which card?

[furry87]

I have recently just built a new pc desktop and everything has gone superb my specs:

Bitfenix Colossus case
MSI Z77A-G45 Motherboard
i7-3770k cpu with Hydro H80 liquid cooler
2x4Gb corsair vengeance ram Blue
750 watt OCZ 80+ Bronze psu

Everything went excellent until i bought 2x Asus radeon 6870 GDDR5 graphics cards, These have to be the worst crossfire compatible cards ive ever had i can't even get crysis 2 to run smooth on low settings ive tried numerous drivers etc and its just not working. I'm so annoyed ive had them 3 days and i just cant play anything with them, so the only option i have is to sell them and get another card.
So could anyone suggest a decent card that can outperform 2x 6870 cards but also not be more than my pc put together lol.

Thanks.

 

[bigcyco1]

Your best bet is to wait for 660 TI to be released otherwise one of these cards should preform rather well.


GPU:Best Card for $199.99 $189.99 after mail in rebate SAPPHIRE 11188-22-20G Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (OC Edition)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102987#top

GPU: Best card $279.99 $259.99 after mail in rebate MSI R7870 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127662#top

GPU:Best card for $349.99 $329.99 after mail in rebate MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667#top

GPU:Best Card for $399.99 GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423#top

GPU:Best Card for $429.99 $404.99 after mail in rebate MSI N670 PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129087#top

 

[furry87]

is the 7950 better than 7870 even the 7870 has a higher gpu clock?

 

[Kamen_BG]

Have you downloaded the Crossfire profiles?
If not you should do that first
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx

 

[furry87]

i did that but the profiles wouldnt show up in the dropdown box, it was just empty.

 

[bigcyco1]

is the 7950 better than 7870 even the 7870 has a higher gpu clock?

yes it is goes like this 6950/7850/7870/7950 the 7950 is a strong card the 7970 and GTX 670/680/690 are better though

 

[revro]

yes 7950 is bether then 7870 oc as it has 384bit and 3gb vram compared to 256bit and 2gb vram in 7870

 

[furry87]

I have just ordered one which also comes with 3 free games Nexuiz, Dirt showdown and Deus Ex which aint bad i guess.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-hd-7950-5000mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-880mhz-1792-cores-dual-link-dvi-i-hdmi-2x-mini-display

Hope this card works better than the crossfire setup i had lol, aslong as i can at least play crysis 2 on medium to high 1920x1080 will do me fine.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[bigcyco1]

I have just ordered one which also comes with 3 free games Nexuiz, Dirt showdown and Deus Ex which aint bad i guess.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-hd-7950-5000mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-880mhz-1792-cores-dual-link-dvi-i-hdmi-2x-mini-display

Hope this card works better than the crossfire setup i had lol, aslong as i can at least play crysis 2 on medium to high 1920x1080 will do me fine.

Thanks for all your help.

Your very welcome!Great pick btw it will play crysis 2 on ultra