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    2560x1600 Gaming

    I found a review here: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/04/11/amd_radeon_69906970_crossfirex_trifire_review/9 This shows a 6990 with a 6970 vs two 580s, so basically the same as 6970 tri-fire vs 580sli. Seems to indicate that at 5760x1200 (so a high res) the 6970s have it by a clear margin...
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    2560x1600, what GPU?

    Seems to be a bit of a contentious one... I like the possibility of 6970 tri-fire with unlocked 6950s. How realistic is the unlocking? Can ALL 6950's be unlocked? What are the odds of me buying 2/3 of them and finding I can't unlock one or more? I know at release it was more or less a sure...
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    2560x1600, what GPU?

    Haha, looks like 580 SLi it is, with my trusty 280 for PhysX. I never realised when I bought this (admittedly still gorgeous) monitor what a voracious appetite for GPUs it would have...
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    2560x1600, what GPU?

    Awesome, thanks! For me, prices are in £. How I wish Newegg existed over here.... This means a single 6970 2gb is the same price (within £5) as a 570 1280mb at £249.99/£254.99. A 6950 2gb is £204.99, so basically £50 cheaper. Tempted by the 6950 option, assuming unlocking is a sure...
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    SB: HD 3000 versus HD 2000, should I care?

    The only thing I can think of, is that Quicksync will be faster (ever transcode movies for your phone/tablet), and that IF any other GPGPU stuff comes about that you want to use (maybe the next Photoshop supports Intel GPGPU acceleration, right now I know some of CS master suite uses CUDA so it...
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    2560x1600, what GPU?

    I think the time has come to replace my ageing 4870X2, as it just can't cope with the latest games at 2560x1600. So, I'm looking at replacements. I seem to remember the 6950 being BIOS unlockable to 6970... is this still the case or was it only with the initial batch of cards? If so, this may...
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    860 v 920 - BUS speed!

    You are right, as it is basically PCIe 1.1 x4, so 1Gbyte/sec in each direction, 2GBytes/sec total. I'm being an idiot and thinking of the base signalling rate which is 10Gbit/sec, before 8/10 encoding...
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    860 v 920 - BUS speed!

    That article has some significant flaws... Firstly, QPI in a non-extreme edition i7 runs at 4.8GT/s and yields a data rate of 19.2 GB/s. The 25.6GB/s figure is for the 6.4GT/s QPI of the 965 and 975. This 19.2GB/s is used to communicate with the x58 chipset, and all data goes via the...