6850 sli dual gpus?

[beardedturkey]

Hi i wanted to add an extra graphics card to my system will my psu be enough here are the specs..im useing a 6850 gtx radeon atm im looking to get another one
Also? will it be worth it? how much power will i get out of the card


Psu 600 W rosewill

Fx 6100 processer

desktop mother board

1 stick of 4gb ram

1 radeon 6850 gtx looking to sli cross fire and have 2

a CD rom im useing ..i can remove if needed

7200 rpm hd 500 g


will the psu support all of this i calculated it and it said 550 can someone do the math and give me an extimate

 

[firedice]

6850s are awful in crossfire, you're going to have terrible micro-stuttering. I highly recommend waiting to do a full upgrade.

 

[Tom Burnqest]

6850s are awful in crossfire, you're going to have terrible micro-stuttering.

I don't know how quantified that message is.

 

[beardedturkey]

I went on utube and they said there awesome???? can i please have some good feeed back/ advice

 

[gity69]

I'm also considering this or buying the 7870, not sure of the performance gains for the Xfire config. I haven't made up my mind either.

 

[Tom Burnqest]

I'm also considering this or buying the 7870, not sure of the performance gains for the Xfire config. I haven't made up my mind either.

The 7870 is better as it will perform almost exactly the same depending on CF scaling. Best scaling scenario the CF 6850 will have a hard time overtaking an HD 7870.

 

[jjb8675309]

get the 7870 hands down

 

[gity69]

Thanks! What would you take between a GTX660 and the 7870?

 

[beardedturkey]

Thanks! What would you take between a GTX660 and the 7870?

Make a new thread for god sakes
And im asking is this good? i dont have more money for another and higher end

 

[jjb8675309]

7870, just because I'm not a fan of the 192-bit bus

how about this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125418

or this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605

sell your 6850 and buy a new gpu

 

[gity69]

Yeah you should be able to get at least $100 for the 6850 then you can afford to buy the better single card option.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

i have 2 x 6850's, enjoy the microstutter. Sell your current card and buy a single better card. I dont notice microstuttering all the time, it is very apparent in skyrim when things drop below 60fps though. You can cap your fps to the minimum fps your getting down to to remove microstutter, but it reduces your average fps obviously.

oh, and you will be bottlenecked by your cpu anyway, fx6100's are bad for gaming. You will see some benefit by upgrading your cpu.

 

[jjb8675309]

I agree with thecrowe

 

[iam2thecrowe]

on the other hand my 6850s are up for sale on ebay i you want one lol. im only asking $85, only for sale in Australia though.

 

[jjb8675309]

^good deal have fun with your single powerful gpu.... what are you getting?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

^good deal have fun with your single powerful gpu.... what are you getting?

probably 7870 or maybe gtx660. leaning toward 7870 though. it seems to be nearly as powerful as 2 6850's but has more vram and no microstuttering.

 

[jjb8675309]

sounds like a wise upgrade

 

[cainy1991]

another +1 for the 7870...
as a 6870 trifire user.... im saying stay the fk away lol...

 

[jjb8675309]

6870s do not run in tri fire, 6870x2 +1?