Radeon 7950, 7870 Cf, or 7970

mhockeypro13

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Hi I am looking to spend 300-500 on a new video card/s I will be running 3 1080p monitors in eyefinity and would like to play games like bf3, skyrim, etc.
Will a 7950 be able to handle this on high/ultra settings? Or do I have to go with a 7970 or crossfire 7870s

Right now i only have a corsair cx600 watt psu so I would have to upgrade that if i went with cf

I am trying to spend as little as possible but would like to run all modern games on high

Please dont reccomend nvidia cards because my crosshair formula mobo can on do crossfire o if i wanted to add another 7970 or 7950 in the future i wouldent be able to.

System Specs

AMD Phenom 2 1090T x6 3.9 ghz

Radeon 6850

Corsair cx600

Crucial m4 64gb bootdrive

WD Velaciraptor

WD Caviar Black

Crosshair ASUS MOBO

 

mhockeypro13

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a 7950 wouldent be able to handle it?
 

abbadon_34

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not on high or ultra, which was your post. 7950 do low-medium no problem. check out some benchmarks. I specificially mention MP BF3 because usually people demand outragous framerates for multiplayer, like 100-200, while single is perfectly playable at 30
 

willy2121

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yes you can play on ultra but with no AA with a 7950 , if i where you and i had 500$ i would sell the 6850 for about 100sh and get 2 7950 or get 1 7970 but yea you will need another later on .
 

willy2121

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i have a 7970 vapor x oc abit and i'm able to play bf3 max @ 30+fps stable ,
so i will just say it again no you don't need 2 7970 , 2 7950 is more then enough for max settings on bf3

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1853/3/

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1394/pg5/his-radeon-hd-7950-crossfire-graphics-card-review-battlefield-3.html

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/AMD_HD_7950_CrossFire_TriFire/5.html

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/34545-sapphire-radeon-hd-7950-oc-crossfire/?page=6

and those are probably with the old drivers .