I sold my HD5970 and I need a new card. I need a card that is near the performance of a HD5870 for the games I play. What 6*** or 7*** series card would it be?
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post #2 of 6
8/8/12 at 10:23am
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You sold a HD 5970 which is a dual HD 5870 card with lower clocks but wan't performance of single HD 5870 now. If thats the case get a HD 7850.
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Most of the my games only use 1 GPU.
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post #4 of 6
8/8/12 at 11:04am
HD 7850 should do fine. HD 7850 has a superior DX11 architecture compared to HD 5870. better tesselation and compute performance. overclocks well and runs cooler while drawing less power..
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Would a HD6950 would be good too?
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| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 2 SAMSUNG 830 256gb | SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB | LITE-ON Black Blu-ray/DVD Burner Combo | CORSAIR H100 with 2 AP-29 |
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| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 2 SAMSUNG 830 256gb | SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB | LITE-ON Black Blu-ray/DVD Burner Combo | CORSAIR H100 with 2 AP-29 |
| OS | Monitor | Power | Case |
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post #6 of 6
8/8/12 at 7:50pm
yeah it would be better than the HD 5870. But its DX 11 architecture is not as good as HD 7850. also its a 40 nm chip while HD 7850 is a 28nm chip. so HD 6950 draws more power and is slower in DX11 games compared to HD 7850. so you decide.
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5 2400 | DH67BL | AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series | XFX HD 6950 2GB |
| RAM | RAM | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| Corsair Corsair DDR3 1333 Mhz 2 GB | Corsair DDR3 1333 Mhz 2 GB | Western Digital Caviar Green | SONY DVD-RW AD-7260S |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | BENQ G2420HD | Logitech K200 | Seasonic VX550 psu |
| Case | Mouse | ||
| ANTEC 200 V2 | Logitech mouse | ||
| View all | |||
Fragbox
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5 2400 | DH67BL | AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series | XFX HD 6950 2GB |
| RAM | RAM | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| Corsair Corsair DDR3 1333 Mhz 2 GB | Corsair DDR3 1333 Mhz 2 GB | Western Digital Caviar Green | SONY DVD-RW AD-7260S |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | BENQ G2420HD | Logitech K200 | Seasonic VX550 psu |
| Case | Mouse | ||
| ANTEC 200 V2 | Logitech mouse | ||
| View all | |||
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