Upgrading question. HD7970 Crossfired or GTx 690?
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not all games support multigpu period... look at the games you play and decide. Would likely be cheaper to add the second 7970..
Either way will be quicker than a single 7970.
Either way will be quicker than a single 7970.
What resolution? If multi monitor the GTX 690 won't be as good as the 7970 I'd believe since it's technically 2x2GB cards, i.e it has 2 GB of VRAM in the end.
The GTX 690 is in itself a multi GPU card, IDK if games which don't support multi cards will actually read both cards?
The GTX 690 is in itself a multi GPU card, IDK if games which don't support multi cards will actually read both cards?
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GTX690 will act like a SLI setup. if a certain game has a problem with SLI, so will the GTX690.Originally Posted by Skorpian
What resolution? If multi monitor the GTX 690 won't be as good as the 7970 I'd believe since it's technically 2x2GB cards, i.e it has 2 GB of VRAM in the end.
The GTX 690 is in itself a multi GPU card, IDK if games which don't support multi cards will actually read both cards?
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Get a second 7970. They scale better (crissfirex scales better than sli)., have an extra GB of VRAM, and outpreforn a 690 at stock and destroy it if overclocked.
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though in my experience with the past, micro-stuttering is worse on AMD cards. perhaps it is not the case nowadays.Originally Posted by budgetcreep2012
Get a second 7970. They scale better (crissfirex scales better than sli)., have an extra GB of VRAM, and outpreforn a 690 at stock and destroy it if overclocked.
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Since the catalyst 13.2 drivers came out, the frame latency (micro stuttering) issue has been fixedOriginally Posted by Anusha
though in my experience with the past, micro-stuttering is worse on AMD cards. perhaps it is not the case nowadays.
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No it was also 2 cards I believe. What I know is that the AMD cards were stuttering pretty bad single and dual card. When I updated the drivers, it fixed the stuttering.
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But what about this?
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/test-17-grafikkarten-im-vergleich/7/
That's AMD cards using Catakyst 13.2 beta 4 (latest right?) and nVidia cards using 313.96 beta. (though 314.07 is out)
That's good to know.Originally Posted by budgetcreep2012
No it was also 2 cards I believe. What I know is that the AMD cards were stuttering pretty bad single and dual card. When I updated the drivers, it fixed the stuttering.
But what about this?
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/test-17-grafikkarten-im-vergleich/7/
That's AMD cards using Catakyst 13.2 beta 4 (latest right?) and nVidia cards using 313.96 beta. (though 314.07 is out)
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If you have a case and motherboard that permit you to put two cards with a decent gap in between (at least one free slot between them, preferably more) then go with the 7790.
If not, I'd seriously advise the 690 (or whatever the current dual-gpu AMD card is), otherwise you're going to end up driving yourself nuts for a while trying to get the top card to cool properly, then eventually you'll drop a ton of cash watercooling them.
If not, I'd seriously advise the 690 (or whatever the current dual-gpu AMD card is), otherwise you're going to end up driving yourself nuts for a while trying to get the top card to cool properly, then eventually you'll drop a ton of cash watercooling them.
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what about the just released Geforce Titan? if you are considering a gtx690, that means you have the money. a single card is always the least problematic, right? it would be about 60% faster than a GTX680. yes, not the same as a GTX690, of course, but you probably will "feel" the same FPS.
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Sorry bud I don't speak or read German.Originally Posted by Anusha
That's good to know.
But what about this?
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/test-17-grafikkarten-im-vergleich/7/
That's AMD cards using Catakyst 13.2 beta 4 (latest right?) and nVidia cards using 313.96 beta. (though 314.07 is out)
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A new video memory manager is supposed to be released to fix microstuttering amongst DX10 and DX11 games.
Dual-GPU microstuttering exists in both AMD & Nvidia, it's supposedly worse on AMD tho, IDK if the newest AMD drivers affected dual GPU's in anyway.
The GTX 690 is two scaled down 680's put in SLI, since the 7970 is the direct competitor with 680 trading blows with it, the 7970 in Crossfire should beat 690, especially when overclocked.
I'm not sure if a 700W PSU would be enough for oc'd 3570k + 2 oc'd 7970's, might want for confirmation on that one.
Not all micro stuttering has been fixed. Single-GPU microstuttering has been greatly reduced on DX9 games.Originally Posted by budgetcreep2012
Since the catalyst 13.2 drivers came out, the frame latency (micro stuttering) issue has been fixed
A new video memory manager is supposed to be released to fix microstuttering amongst DX10 and DX11 games.
Dual-GPU microstuttering exists in both AMD & Nvidia, it's supposedly worse on AMD tho, IDK if the newest AMD drivers affected dual GPU's in anyway.
The GTX 690 is two scaled down 680's put in SLI, since the 7970 is the direct competitor with 680 trading blows with it, the 7970 in Crossfire should beat 690, especially when overclocked.
I'm not sure if a 700W PSU would be enough for oc'd 3570k + 2 oc'd 7970's, might want for confirmation on that one.
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I'm with skorpian. I would reccomend a 900-950w psuOriginally Posted by Skorpian
Not all micro stuttering has been fixed. Single-GPU microstuttering has been greatly reduced on DX9 games.
A new video memory manager is supposed to be released to fix microstuttering amongst DX10 and DX11 games.
Dual-GPU microstuttering exists in both AMD & Nvidia, it's supposedly worse on AMD tho, IDK if the newest AMD drivers affected dual GPU's in anyway.
The GTX 690 is two scaled down 680's put in SLI, since the 7970 is the direct competitor with 680 trading blows with it, the 7970 in Crossfire should beat 690, especially when overclocked.
I'm not sure if a 700W PSU would be enough for oc'd 3570k + 2 oc'd 7970's, might want for confirmation on that one.
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And yea it did significantly improve micro stuttering in Crossfirex configurations.
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