Can a 7870 handle that ?

[cheti]

http://arvutikeskus.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/7870/MSI-VGA-PCIE16-HD7870-2GB-GDDR5-R7870-TWIN-FROZR-2GD5-OC-MSI-155996

This card peticularly.

So i wanna play bf3 at 1080p 50-60fps on high/ultra (i dont really care about 4x msaa so i can play without it) but i want atleast high textures etc. Can it handle it ?

atm i have a gtx 560 and i can play at med/high settings without motion blur, aa etc. at 1080p with dipping fps to 50 sometimes. When i stream the fps drops to 40 tho, i dont want that with my new GPU when streaming.

I also have a secondary 17" 1280x1024 monitor that the gpu has to handle.



So the bottom line is - should i get that card ? I also have a money for a 670/7970 or are they an overkill ?

 

[TheBigTroll]

the 7870 is overkill for the monitor. something like a 7850 should be more than enough but if you do want some more headroom say for example a new demanding game like bf4, the 7870 is probably a better choice.

a 7850 can play games fine at ultra at 1080p.

the 7870 will certainly be overkill for 1024

 

[cheti]

i wont be playing anything at 1280x1024, that monitor is a secondary one. all my games will be played on my main monitor 1080p while having the second monitor hooked up for reading chat when streaming, watching a movie when grinding RIFT/WoW or whatever.

can a 7870 msi twin frozr 3 handle that ? is it also a good overclocker cause i will put it in my corsair 500r case with h100 and fx-8120 overclocked. i also have a corsair gs600W psu .

 

[Deemo13]

[strike]Sould[/strike] Should run fine.

 

[cheti]

or is it too little ? would a 7970 be better ?

 

[TheBigTroll]

it would be better but can you afford one that is the question

 

[cheti]

i can afford it, but ofcourse spending less money is better cause i can buy a new mouse etc. But i dont really wanna overkill. so which one should i go for to play bf3 while streaming ?

 

[TheBigTroll]

if you are playing bf3, get a 660ti or a 670. a 660ti can beat the 7950 easily. streaming depends on your network

 

[Deemo13]

I would go for the 660Ti, because right now it even comes with Borderlands 2, and its only about 8% slower than the 670.

 

[diec4st]

7950 is your best option, IMO.

 

[TheBigTroll]

but if you mainly play bf3, the 660ti is a better choice. it beats the 7950 by a small bit.

 

[oxford373]

gtx 670 and 7950 both are great and you wont regret any of them ,and 660ti cant beat 7950 in any way according to (poweruptech) 7950 is 1% faster @ 1920 resolution and 7% faster @2560 than 660ti http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Palit/GeForce_GTX_660_Ti_Jet_Stream/28.html ,also 7950 is much better for overclocking and have higher minimum framerates than 660ti .

 

[Deemo13]

Honestly as people are just going to be recommending either card, I would go with whatever one looks prettier and/or is lower in cost.

 

[cheti]

going with the sapphire 7970 oc

my build will be:

fx-8120 OC cooled with h100
corsair 500R case
hd 7970
2x4gb corsair vengeance
corsair gs600
corsair force gt 90gb
990fxa-ud3 mobo

 

[oxford373]

7970 OC overkill GTX 670 or 7950 will be fine and more than enough

 

[cheti]

how can anything be an overkill on a pc ? stuff keeps upgrading and upgrading, in a year its all outdated.

btw a msi pe 670 is 20 euros more expensive than the sapphire oc 7970

 

[TheBigTroll]

no thanks on a fx chip. get a i5 3570k and a nice motherboard like the gigabyte z77x-ud5h or the asus z77-v pro and it would outperform fx in every possible way (other than multi-threaded apps which the 3770k beats it in)

another note: amd chips lose value much faster than intel chips based on the current trend

 

[oxford373]

fx CPUs are the worst gaming CPUs in the world even three years AMD phenome II x4 980 is faster than all FX CPUs on games ,so is suggest i5-3550(non k versions allow you to OC them 400mhz) if you dont care about OC ,and this mobo if you want a good cheap one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 but if you want something better gigabyte z77-ud5h(all z77 motherboards have almost the same performance)

 

[cheti]

nope, im going with my amd fx-8120

 

[asalikus]

Wow, you are being a deaf ear.

nope, im going with my amd fx-8120

 

[TheBigTroll]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=434

in pretty much anything that is non-mutithreaded, the i5 2500k wins. keep in mind most games dont use more than 4 threads

 

[Mortar1988]

If you can afford it go for a GTX 590.This games i think need NVIDIA power.GTX 590 is a killer in watts , 364 i think BUT will kill every game on 1080 in ULTRA settings without a swet.I speak from experience.I had 6990 RADEON and i changed with no thought in NVIDIA

 

[Mortar1988]

See the benchmarks too in BF3. In 1080 NVIDIA is No 1

 

[Mortar1988]

Also ,2500k i5 is a wonderfull CPU. I dont think AMD can match Intel in anything .Thats my personal opinion ofcourse. I also believe that whoever has yet Amd CPU has not obviously used an i5 or an i7.Why should i buy a 6 or 8 core CPU if i am just a GAMER? 4 cores are more than enough for the next 2-3 years...Better spend your money to an i7 EXTREME edition and enjoy high speed processing...

 

[cheti]

but im not just a GAMER. I do encoding, streaming and lots of heavy-processed work with my PC and not just GAME GAME GAME.