Ok here is the situation... I think the crossfire capabilities on my sig mobo is bad... I bought my Asus 6950 and ONLY unlocked the shaders on it... it works flawlessly... Well I then ordered a OB Asus just like the original one...in crossfire the performance was worse..so I sent it back thinking it was the OB card...
Then I purchased a Gigabyte version and have kept it at stock..and the situation is the same...So I have two possibilities...Either the original Asus GPU is bad or the mobo... My gut says it is the mobo since the Asus card works absolutely fine by itself...
Well my question is this...Should I simply get another AMD mobo and just switch out components?? Or should I step up and get a Sandybridge CPU and mobo..or go for a 1156 setup?? I do have dual channel DDR3 memory already set aside in case I wanted to upgrade... I know this is OCN and everyone will say go "balls to the wall" but i am a more bang for the buck type person.. I am liking what I am seeing coming out of Intel in regards to Sandy... Just getting a new AMD mobo will be the less expensive out of all the options but wish to get the best I can get, while not feeling like I was financially raped in the process...
As for what I use this rig for...Well running a eyefinity set up at 5040X1050 resolution...I like playing the classics like TF2, while I love playing the latest games, at the max details I can get... Other than web surfing, occasional NWN2 toolset use, and your average home use of MSOffice..I dont use it for much more, though the new [email protected] client that utilizes AMD GPUs better has me curious on doing some folding too...
So guys, what do you suggest?
Then I purchased a Gigabyte version and have kept it at stock..and the situation is the same...So I have two possibilities...Either the original Asus GPU is bad or the mobo... My gut says it is the mobo since the Asus card works absolutely fine by itself...
Well my question is this...Should I simply get another AMD mobo and just switch out components?? Or should I step up and get a Sandybridge CPU and mobo..or go for a 1156 setup?? I do have dual channel DDR3 memory already set aside in case I wanted to upgrade... I know this is OCN and everyone will say go "balls to the wall" but i am a more bang for the buck type person.. I am liking what I am seeing coming out of Intel in regards to Sandy... Just getting a new AMD mobo will be the less expensive out of all the options but wish to get the best I can get, while not feeling like I was financially raped in the process...
As for what I use this rig for...Well running a eyefinity set up at 5040X1050 resolution...I like playing the classics like TF2, while I love playing the latest games, at the max details I can get... Other than web surfing, occasional NWN2 toolset use, and your average home use of MSOffice..I dont use it for much more, though the new [email protected] client that utilizes AMD GPUs better has me curious on doing some folding too...
So guys, what do you suggest?