New Posts All Forums:Forum Nav:

Replacing crossfire 6870, what do i get?

post #1 of 10

8/18/12 at 9:38pm

Thread Starter

OMGCT
Intel Overclocker

Joined: Jan 2010
Location: South West Australia
Posts: 95
Rep: 2 (Unique: 2)
Select All Posts By This User

Wanting to get a single card, i have $500, what card should i get?
need equivilent horsepower to a crossfire6870.
going single card so when the time comes i can once again crossfire

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i5 3570k	Gigabyte GA-Z77N-wifi	AMD Radeon HD 7850	Geil Corsa 8gb DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 120gb	Seagate Barracuda 1TB	Samsung Spinpoint 1TB	LG Bluray
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Power
Windows 8 x64	SAMSUNG s27A750D	BENQ g2020HD	xfx xxx 850w
Case
Bitfenix Prodigy
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i5 3570k	Gigabyte GA-Z77N-wifi	AMD Radeon HD 7850	Geil Corsa 8gb DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 120gb	Seagate Barracuda 1TB	Samsung Spinpoint 1TB	LG Bluray
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Power
Windows 8 x64	SAMSUNG s27A750D	BENQ g2020HD	xfx xxx 850w
Case
Bitfenix Prodigy
View all

hide details

post #2 of 10

8/18/12 at 9:40pm

estabya
Stock.... what's that?

Joined: Jan 2012
Location: Casper, Wyoming
Posts: 599
Rep: 38 (Unique: 28)
Trader Rating: 1
Select All Posts By This User

What resolution do you play at?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i5 3570K [4.6Ghz, 1.3v]	ASRock Z77 Extreme4	PNY GTX 780 [1202Mhz GPU, 6302Mhz Mem.]	GEIL Evo Corsa 4x4Gb [1866Mhz,9-10-9-28]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Samsung 830 128Gb [x2 in Raid 0]	WD Black 1Tb	Antec Kuhler 620	Swiftech Helix 120mm x7
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Ultimate x64	LG W2361V	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid [CMX Blacks]	Thermaltake Smart M850
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Omniflowtent [My Custom Creation]	Mad Catz RAT 3	Steel Series QcK+	Turtle Beach X12
View all

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
i3 2330m 2.2Ghz	Intel HD 3000	2x4Gb G Skill DDR3 1333Mhz	128Gb Sandisk Sata III SSD
Optical Drive	OS
DVD-RW	Windows 7 x64 SP1
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i5 3570K [4.6Ghz, 1.3v]	ASRock Z77 Extreme4	PNY GTX 780 [1202Mhz GPU, 6302Mhz Mem.]	GEIL Evo Corsa 4x4Gb [1866Mhz,9-10-9-28]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Samsung 830 128Gb [x2 in Raid 0]	WD Black 1Tb	Antec Kuhler 620	Swiftech Helix 120mm x7
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Ultimate x64	LG W2361V	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid [CMX Blacks]	Thermaltake Smart M850
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Omniflowtent [My Custom Creation]	Mad Catz RAT 3	Steel Series QcK+	Turtle Beach X12
View all

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
i3 2330m 2.2Ghz	Intel HD 3000	2x4Gb G Skill DDR3 1333Mhz	128Gb Sandisk Sata III SSD
Optical Drive	OS
DVD-RW	Windows 7 x64 SP1
View all

hide details

post #3 of 10

8/18/12 at 9:43pm

NateST
*cough* Stock *cough*

Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 837
Rep: 47 (Unique: 45)
Trader Rating: 5
Select All Posts By This User

A 680/670 or 7970 will have better performance than those in CF/SLI and much more when OC'd. If you're gaming on one screen I'd suggest to get a 670/680. Multiple screens 7970, the extra VRAM help especially if you're planning on playing modded Skyrim or BF3. Some say they've had horrible problems with AMD drivers especially in CFX, I haven't.

If you're going the 680 route consider the Lightning Version as they typically can OC the highest from what I've seen or the ASUS DCII. 7970's I find that the Sapphire Dual-X has extremely good cooling, much better than my Gigabyte Windforce, The custom cooler 7970s can be had for under $500 while the custom 680s are quite a bit more up to $100. You might want to try the Marketplace as there are a few of these cards floating around there as well.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 2600k @ 1.4 [4.8Ghz \| HT On]	ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev. 3.1	Sapphire 7970 OC Edition @ 1200/1750 (1255/1850...	Gigabyte Windforce 7970\|Possibly looking to sell.
RAM	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
8GB Ripjaw X @ 2133 @ 9-11-11-28	8GB Samsung 30nm 9-11-11-28 @ 2133 (Still Testing)	[OCZ Vertex 4 128GB] - [Corsair Force 3 90GB x2...	[Crucial M4 128GB] - [Seagate 7200 RPM 500GB]
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H80 Hydro	2x Corsair AF120s \| 2x SP120s	Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit	Dell 19" 1440x900 [75Hz]
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Toshiba 24" LED \| 1920x1080	BenQ XL2410T [120Hz]	Corsair K90 [Mechanical] /CM Quickfire Rapid [B...	SeaSonic X-750
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair 500R	Logitech MX518	Steel Series
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 2600k @ 1.4 [4.8Ghz \| HT On]	ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev. 3.1	Sapphire 7970 OC Edition @ 1200/1750 (1255/1850...	Gigabyte Windforce 7970\|Possibly looking to sell.
RAM	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
8GB Ripjaw X @ 2133 @ 9-11-11-28	8GB Samsung 30nm 9-11-11-28 @ 2133 (Still Testing)	[OCZ Vertex 4 128GB] - [Corsair Force 3 90GB x2...	[Crucial M4 128GB] - [Seagate 7200 RPM 500GB]
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H80 Hydro	2x Corsair AF120s \| 2x SP120s	Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit	Dell 19" 1440x900 [75Hz]
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Toshiba 24" LED \| 1920x1080	BenQ XL2410T [120Hz]	Corsair K90 [Mechanical] /CM Quickfire Rapid [B...	SeaSonic X-750
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair 500R	Logitech MX518	Steel Series
View all

hide details

post #4 of 10

8/18/12 at 9:44pm

Thread Starter

OMGCT
Intel Overclocker

Joined: Jan 2010
Location: South West Australia
Posts: 95
Rep: 2 (Unique: 2)
Select All Posts By This User

1080@120hz , speakng of which, need a display port

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i5 3570k	Gigabyte GA-Z77N-wifi	AMD Radeon HD 7850	Geil Corsa 8gb DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 120gb	Seagate Barracuda 1TB	Samsung Spinpoint 1TB	LG Bluray
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Power
Windows 8 x64	SAMSUNG s27A750D	BENQ g2020HD	xfx xxx 850w
Case
Bitfenix Prodigy
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i5 3570k	Gigabyte GA-Z77N-wifi	AMD Radeon HD 7850	Geil Corsa 8gb DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 120gb	Seagate Barracuda 1TB	Samsung Spinpoint 1TB	LG Bluray
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Power
Windows 8 x64	SAMSUNG s27A750D	BENQ g2020HD	xfx xxx 850w
Case
Bitfenix Prodigy
View all

hide details

post #5 of 10

8/18/12 at 9:45pm

NateST
*cough* Stock *cough*

Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 837
Rep: 47 (Unique: 45)
Trader Rating: 5
Select All Posts By This User

Quote:

Originally Posted by OMGCT

1080@120hz , speakng of which, need a display port

Most come with a display port, I don't know the stock Configs of the NV cards but both of mine use the default of Dual Link DVI, HDMI, two Mini DP's. The Sapphire comes with a Mini DP to DP adapter as well as a HDMI to DVI and DVI to display port as well.

I'd probably go with NV, especially if you do happen to play BF3 or Skyrim since NV runs them better. Although Ultra @ 1080 on BF3 you'll need two 680s.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 2600k @ 1.4 [4.8Ghz \| HT On]	ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev. 3.1	Sapphire 7970 OC Edition @ 1200/1750 (1255/1850...	Gigabyte Windforce 7970\|Possibly looking to sell.
RAM	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
8GB Ripjaw X @ 2133 @ 9-11-11-28	8GB Samsung 30nm 9-11-11-28 @ 2133 (Still Testing)	[OCZ Vertex 4 128GB] - [Corsair Force 3 90GB x2...	[Crucial M4 128GB] - [Seagate 7200 RPM 500GB]
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H80 Hydro	2x Corsair AF120s \| 2x SP120s	Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit	Dell 19" 1440x900 [75Hz]
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Toshiba 24" LED \| 1920x1080	BenQ XL2410T [120Hz]	Corsair K90 [Mechanical] /CM Quickfire Rapid [B...	SeaSonic X-750
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair 500R	Logitech MX518	Steel Series
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 2600k @ 1.4 [4.8Ghz \| HT On]	ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev. 3.1	Sapphire 7970 OC Edition @ 1200/1750 (1255/1850...	Gigabyte Windforce 7970\|Possibly looking to sell.
RAM	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
8GB Ripjaw X @ 2133 @ 9-11-11-28	8GB Samsung 30nm 9-11-11-28 @ 2133 (Still Testing)	[OCZ Vertex 4 128GB] - [Corsair Force 3 90GB x2...	[Crucial M4 128GB] - [Seagate 7200 RPM 500GB]
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H80 Hydro	2x Corsair AF120s \| 2x SP120s	Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit	Dell 19" 1440x900 [75Hz]
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Toshiba 24" LED \| 1920x1080	BenQ XL2410T [120Hz]	Corsair K90 [Mechanical] /CM Quickfire Rapid [B...	SeaSonic X-750
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair 500R	Logitech MX518	Steel Series
View all

hide details

post #6 of 10

8/19/12 at 12:02am

truckerguy
PC Gamer

Joined: Jan 2012
Location: Elkhart,IN
Posts: 3,570
Rep: 204 (Unique: 137)
Trader Rating: 9
Select All Posts By This User

I feel for the best bang for your buck look at this 660

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162119

Motherboard	Graphics	RAM	RAM
Asus Sbertooth	Asus GTX 570	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
Case	Mouse	Audio
ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL	GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble	Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers
View all

hide details

Motherboard	Graphics	RAM	RAM
Asus Sbertooth	Asus GTX 570	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
Case	Mouse	Audio
ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL	GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble	Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers
View all

hide details

post #7 of 10

8/19/12 at 12:33am

jason387

Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,009
Rep: 73 (Unique: 53)
Select All Posts By This User

Considering your budget i would recommend the GTX 680. An MSI gtx 680.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Athlon x2 250 oc'd to 4.05ghz at 1.54v	MSI 760gm p33	MSI 6770 oc'd to 960/1250	6gb Corsair
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200 rpm	Windows 8	Cooler Master Extreme power 460 Watts	Cooler Master Elite 335
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Athlon x2 250 oc'd to 4.05ghz at 1.54v	MSI 760gm p33	MSI 6770 oc'd to 960/1250	6gb Corsair
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200 rpm	Windows 8	Cooler Master Extreme power 460 Watts	Cooler Master Elite 335
View all

hide details

post #8 of 10

8/19/12 at 12:57am

mdocod
4.0ghz

Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,843
Rep: 218 (Unique: 176)
Select All Posts By This User

I don't understand the purpose of side-grading with intent to upgrade. blowing $500 now just to create a scenario where there will be more performance later seems silly. Granted there are some cards that will perhaps produce slightly better FPS than you are getting now, I just can't fathom dropping that sort of money and having no "noteworthy" changes in performance until more money is spent later.

Keep the $500, enjoy the rig for another few years, THEN upgrade. When the single card solution for a few hundred bucks is DOUBLING your current Xfire configuration performance, then it's time to consider an upgrade.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Athlon II X4 635 C3	Biostar A770E3 V6.0	Sparkle GTX460 768MB/192bit	DDR3 1333-7-8-7 1.56V
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung Spinpoint	Sony Optiarc SATA	stock	Ubuntu 10.0.4
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
21.5" Samsung LCD 1920x1080	garbage wireless thing	630W Rosewill green	NZXT Gamma
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
OLD Kensinton wireless thing	blue...ish	onboard
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Athlon II X4 635 C3	Biostar A770E3 V6.0	Sparkle GTX460 768MB/192bit	DDR3 1333-7-8-7 1.56V
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung Spinpoint	Sony Optiarc SATA	stock	Ubuntu 10.0.4
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
21.5" Samsung LCD 1920x1080	garbage wireless thing	630W Rosewill green	NZXT Gamma
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
OLD Kensinton wireless thing	blue...ish	onboard
View all

hide details

post #9 of 10

8/19/12 at 2:07am

Thread Starter

OMGCT
Intel Overclocker

Joined: Jan 2010
Location: South West Australia
Posts: 95
Rep: 2 (Unique: 2)
Select All Posts By This User

Thanks guys, gonna think about the 680

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i5 3570k	Gigabyte GA-Z77N-wifi	AMD Radeon HD 7850	Geil Corsa 8gb DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 120gb	Seagate Barracuda 1TB	Samsung Spinpoint 1TB	LG Bluray
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Power
Windows 8 x64	SAMSUNG s27A750D	BENQ g2020HD	xfx xxx 850w
Case
Bitfenix Prodigy
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i5 3570k	Gigabyte GA-Z77N-wifi	AMD Radeon HD 7850	Geil Corsa 8gb DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 120gb	Seagate Barracuda 1TB	Samsung Spinpoint 1TB	LG Bluray
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Power
Windows 8 x64	SAMSUNG s27A750D	BENQ g2020HD	xfx xxx 850w
Case
Bitfenix Prodigy
View all

hide details

post #10 of 10

8/19/12 at 7:24am

mateba

Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 6
Rep: 0 (Unique: 0)
Select All Posts By This User

Today is the last day for a 15% (up to $15) off coupon, "tech101", at superbiz. Their MSI 7950s TF have a $20 rebate so if you get it today you can possibly get a 7970 for ~$317 with free UPS ground. I actually crossfired two 6850s (Sapphire Dirt & Toxic) and decided to return the second and go for a better single card. 6950s are still around for ~$200 but I would assume trying to sell two 6850s would be harder. Good luck!
Edited by mateba - 8/19/12 at 7:28am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD 955 BE	ASUS M4A89 TD Pro/USB3	MSI 7950 Twin Forzr	2x 4Gb Corsair XMS3 1600 7-8-7-20
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial 256Gb SSD	DVD-R/W	Scythe Mugen 3 w/ 120x38, 140m top, 2x 120 fron...	Windows 7 64-bit Home
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
46" Panasonic Plasma 1080p HDTV	Cherry K-1 PS/2	Corsair 750w	Antec Illusion 300
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Other
Logitech G500	Rocketfish alumium pad	Logitech G35/ TV speakers	20Mg highspeed
Other
Rii mini wireless keyboard
View all

hide details

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD 955 BE	ASUS M4A89 TD Pro/USB3	MSI 7950 Twin Forzr	2x 4Gb Corsair XMS3 1600 7-8-7-20
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial 256Gb SSD	DVD-R/W	Scythe Mugen 3 w/ 120x38, 140m top, 2x 120 fron...	Windows 7 64-bit Home
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
46" Panasonic Plasma 1080p HDTV	Cherry K-1 PS/2	Corsair 750w	Antec Illusion 300
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Other
Logitech G500	Rocketfish alumium pad	Logitech G35/ TV speakers	20Mg highspeed
Other
Rii mini wireless keyboard
View all

hide details

Start a New Thread

Subscribe Search This Thread

New Posts All Forums:Forum Nav:

Return Home

Back to Forum: AMD - General

Forums
AMD
AMD - General
Replacing crossfire 6870, what do i get?

This is my "quick review", I'll go more in-depth soon... Been running this kit for some time, having originally purchased it in late March/early April of 2012. When I bought it, I expected a kit...

This is a very nice and fast CPU... I see various reports on temperature, but mine runs cool at 4.5 GHz and rock solid doing BOINC tasks 24/7. Nothing but good things to say about this processor. I...

Story : You play as the legendary beast hunter Van Helsing trying to hunt monsters, help the innocent civilians and hunt down the menace upon Borgovia. Graphics : As a game similar...

If there is anything you would want to know that isn't listed please comment below or trough PM [[SPOILER]] [[SPOILER]]

This keyboard is beautiful. Its stylish and very ergonomic. They almost made it perfect if they had of made it with mechanical keys for hardcore gamers. However this was not an over sight for them....

Recent Reviews

Replacing crossfire 6870, what do i get?

Recent Discussions

Recent Reviews

New Articles

Featured Sponsors

Recent Reviews

Replacing crossfire 6870, what do i get?

Recent Discussions

Recent Reviews

New Articles