Amusingly, Metro 2033 is one of the things that I called out as one of the few exceptions to th emax all the things desire.
There are always going to be a handful of things out that even the best hardware cannot max. However, I like to be as close as possible.
Most games as long as you disable certain options isn't good enough for me. That is, by definition, almost.
A pair of 7870s would rock that resolution in Crossfire.
Not going to bother responding to the dearth of graphs to show what I already know (if you don't care about visual quality, you can get smoothness). This however, is bad. Comparing OC'ed to stock is just silly.
What's up guys, Thanks for all the info. I decided to go with a MSI 7950 (for some reason the gigabyte one on amazon went up to 349.99) and hopefully OC as far as I can without messing with the stock voltage.
Actually I just got an XFX double d 7870 for $195 after a $30 MIR. A pair would cost $380. It would take a $300 7970 to outgun it while bitmining.Ya, but the cheapest comparable 7870 is ~$240; 2 of those is $480.
The 7870 is a good deal right now, it's why I bought one. Even for bitcoins, it would take a $300 7970 to be competetive with a $195 7870 at equal clockspeeds. Looking at benchmarks, a pair of 7870s is often over 50% faster than a single 7970 or GTX 680.
Actually I just got an XFX double d 7870 for $195 after a $30 MIR. A pair would cost $380. It would take a $300 7970 to outgun it while bitmining.
First of all, my math isn't off. I went on the bitcoin hardware database and took the mhash/sec for both a 7870 and a 7970 that were running at around 1100mhz each. Then all I did was divided the 7970 rate by the 7870 rate and then multiplied that times the $195 that I paid for my 7870. You don't have to believe me. It came out to $300, meaning it would take a 7970 at $300 to match my card, which also means that it would beat the 7950 as well at $300. My guess would be it would take a $270 7950 to compete, and that's if you can even hit 1100mhz+ on one.I think your math is off.
HD7970 = 2048 SPs x 925mhz x 2 Ops/clock = 3.79 Tflops ~ 550 Mhash/sec
HD7870 = 1280 SPs x 1000mhz x 2 Ops/clock = 2.56 Tflops ~ 370 Mash/sec
To get 550 Mhash/sec, the 7870 would need to be clocked at 1486 mhz.
Also, the 7970 can overclock to at least 1150mhz, so it's really miles apart. If anything for Bitcoin mining the 7950 is what you should have bought. It's going to be 30-40% faster for that task OC vs OC.
Where did you find it for $195? Also, 7950 is really the better value for miners over the 7970
First of all, my math isn't off. I went on the bitcoin hardware database and took the mhash/sec for both a 7870 and a 7970 that were running at around 1100mhz each. Then all I did was divided the 7970 rate by the 7870 rate and then multiplied that times the $195 that I paid for my 7870. You don't have to believe me.