6970 crossfire or single 760

[THRiLL KiLL]

recently i got bit by the upgrade bug.

originally i was going to upgrade proc\motherboard (icore7 920) but after a bunch of research, i couldnt justify a 600+ upgrade..

so now i am looking at video cards.

I currently have XFX 6970 3gb card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150517

i was thinking of getting a second card or just getting a single geforce 760.

i have a 700watt ocz powrsupply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341018



right now all i am doing is mmo gaming (ff14, wow) but i cant set to max settings. with the new expansion coming up, i am thinking its time to update the video card ( i am also getting a second ssd drive to install wow on)


would i be better selling the 6970 and getting a 760 or?? help


***edit***

forgot to mention im using one monitor 1920*1200 resolution 27"

 

[nwo]

What CPU are you using? If your fps is struggling in MMOs, your CPU might be the one to blame. 1920x1200 with a 6970 at full ultra should give you 30+ constant, which can certainly get choppy at times so I see why you're wanting to upgrade.

Two 6970s are undoubtedly faster than a single 760. However, you're probably going to be at twice the power consumption and may have to deal with crossfire scaling and other issues, most of which should not be an issue in newer games.

Gonna be hard to find a legit comparison of the two, but this is as close as it gets:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/550?vs=515

6990 is two slightly downclocked 6970s while the 7950 is slightly slower than the GTX 760. Therefore, this benchmark will give you a rough idea of the performance difference between the GTX 760 and two 6970s.

By the way, you linked us to a 500W OCZ PSU and you mentioned you have a 3GB 6970. I don't think a 3GB version exists. If you have a 700W PSU, you should be fine. 500W definitely won't cut it for two 6970s though.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

What CPU are you using? If your fps is struggling in MMOs, your CPU might be the one to blame. 1920x1200 with a 6970 at full ultra should give you 30+ constant, which can certainly get choppy at times so I see why you're wanting to upgrade.

Two 6970s are undoubtedly faster than a single 760. However, you're probably going to be at twice the power consumption and may have to deal with crossfire scaling and other issues, most of which should not be an issue in newer games.

icore7 920

 

[nwo]

icore7 920

Better be OCed....

 

[Makaveli]

Better be OCed....

Yup 3.6-4.0 would be perfect.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

sorry for lack of response.

The powersuppy is 700watt, but the same series.

The video card i have is 2gb, and its the black edition. (found the box)
system is at 4ghz stable

I wasnt having any issues with choppiness, i was just noticing in wow the shadows and such seemed a bit messed up.

I went into the settings, and everything was at max, but i found out the oversampling was set to 1x... after i changed that to 8x everything is looking good!

can someone explain why a 6970 is going for $250 these days? when you can get a 760 for 50$ more?

 

[96Firebird]

can someone explain why a 6970 is going for $250 these days? when you can get a 760 for 50$ more?

Cryptocoin mining has driven up the prices of most of AMD's lineup, particularly the higher-end models.

 

[mindbomb]

vliw4 seems like it is a good architecture for mining. If they made a 28nm version of the 6970, it would probably be more popular than gcn cards.

 

[KingFatty]

Sell the 6970 now, while you can take advantage of unprecedented demand for AMD cards by miners.

Use the inflated prices to profit from the sale, then buy the Nvidia for gaming.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

im going to do that.. 250 a good price?

thinking of either 2x 680 or 1x 770

 

[nwo]

im going to do that.. 250 a good price?

thinking of either 2x 680 or 1x 770

If you can sell the 6970 for $250 then definitely go for it. I do not see the logic in that since a brand new 270 will get an equal hashrate and use about half less power, while being $50 cheaper and coming with a warranty.

I'd go with a single 770 for starters which should be ~$300 if you can find a good deal such as this one.