Silverforce11
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- Feb 19, 2009
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Don't waste $$ on the 7970 if you plan to OC. There's no value when you compare OC 7950 vs OC 7970.
And that'dbe how I would.compare... Oc vsoc.... Any benches out there?
I play all the games, and like playing them at 1920x1080 at the highest possible settings that my computer can tolerate.
I absolutely cannot deal with turning settings down. Medium or Low does not compute with me.
Mango, just re-read your initial post & with all things considered, it seems like you & I have something in common, which is a desire to play at the highest settings. I can tell you that with my TriFire setup in sig, I have a min. FPS of ~56 - 75 (depends on # of players on server at time of run) on Ultra settings in BF3. Give or take a couple here or there, that number usually applies to both 32 & 64 multiplayer maps, which is where it counts.
If I were to go back to March, when I built this rig, knowing what I know today (the supporting data we have today wasn't quite ready yet then), I wouldn't even consider the 7950's, if for one reason: Min. FPS. In absolutely no way, shape or form, would I want my Min. to drop even 1 below 56. TBH, IMO, that number is too low for the rig I have.
Sure, we could debate how my Min. is closer to 75 "most" of the time, but I don't care. That's not why I spent that coin. I'm sure you're well aware that with a game like BF3, the Min. is the most important number of the three.
So, it really depends on your priorities & what's most important to you. I wouldn't want you to have buyer's remorse. I picked the right cards, no question. Never a doubt.
So lemme get this straight, to achieve the levels of 7970 with the 7950 i need to above stock volts, thus creating more heat and lowering long term durability? But on the 7970, I am guaranteed to get get 1100 on stock volts with less heat, and less noise?
That seems alright to me.
I wouldn't be comfortable using powerbiiz by the way,
So I'm looking at the price as 315+9 for shipping vs
380+9 for 7970..
Your mins would improve with a faster CPU. The difference in minimums, using tri fire, would be maybe 5% between 7950 and 7970.