I bought an Alienware aurora R4 off of eBay. It's video cards are 2 crossfired AMD Radeon HD 7950s, each card having 3GB of video ram. (supposedly)
When I play games, I feel like the cards aren't even crossfired at all. Yes I can run the games on ultra, but the performance is choppy. Even on the lowest settings the games can be quite choppy. I honestly can't tell a difference in framerate between low and ultra, its pretty much the same.
I have an HDMI to DVI-D connection, just one. I don't know much about crossfiring cards. Am I supposed to hook up both cards to my monitor or something?
I've always preferred Nvidia because I've heard good (better compared to amd) things about them, but I'm not sure if I should switch. For one, I can run the games on ultra with what I have, but the framerates vary even on low settings. Money is sort of an issue. I want a video card(s) that could run my games on ultra without the unexplainable framerate issues. If these cards have 3GBs of video ram and my games only need 1 to run on medium-high why am I getting this framerate problem?
The rest of my computer is fine. It has 8GB of ram (which I plan to add more in the future) as well as an i7 and liquid cooling.
Should I get a new card? I know the 7950s are kind of outdated (well, thats what hours of research has told me), so maybe I should just upgrade? If so, what kind of card could I upgrade to that has better performance but isn't incredibly expensive? I spent quite a lot on the computer so its not like I can just go out and buy a $600 video card. If thats the only option though, then I will probably stick with what I have or fork out more money.
Also, just to let you know, the computer has a 875 watt power supply.
Sorry if this topic is stupid, I'm kind of new to the PC gaming world.
When I play games, I feel like the cards aren't even crossfired at all. Yes I can run the games on ultra, but the performance is choppy. Even on the lowest settings the games can be quite choppy. I honestly can't tell a difference in framerate between low and ultra, its pretty much the same.
I have an HDMI to DVI-D connection, just one. I don't know much about crossfiring cards. Am I supposed to hook up both cards to my monitor or something?
I've always preferred Nvidia because I've heard good (better compared to amd) things about them, but I'm not sure if I should switch. For one, I can run the games on ultra with what I have, but the framerates vary even on low settings. Money is sort of an issue. I want a video card(s) that could run my games on ultra without the unexplainable framerate issues. If these cards have 3GBs of video ram and my games only need 1 to run on medium-high why am I getting this framerate problem?
The rest of my computer is fine. It has 8GB of ram (which I plan to add more in the future) as well as an i7 and liquid cooling.
Should I get a new card? I know the 7950s are kind of outdated (well, thats what hours of research has told me), so maybe I should just upgrade? If so, what kind of card could I upgrade to that has better performance but isn't incredibly expensive? I spent quite a lot on the computer so its not like I can just go out and buy a $600 video card. If thats the only option though, then I will probably stick with what I have or fork out more money.
Also, just to let you know, the computer has a 875 watt power supply.
Sorry if this topic is stupid, I'm kind of new to the PC gaming world.