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How does my video card setup stand up today?

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xboxist

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Every few years when I build a new rig, I research enough to learn what is a smart buy for my needs. Then, in the years between builds, I fall oblivious to the advancements around me.

Could anyone tell me how well Crossfired 5770s stack up today? I'm not a HUGE gamer, but I do like to enjoy the latest and greatest a couple of times a year. So far it's held up to what I've wanted to play, but if there's a cost-effective upgrade path that simply crushes this setup then I might consider it soon. I game at 1920x1200.

Thanks.
 
xboxist said:
Every few years when I build a new rig, I research enough to learn what is a smart buy for my needs. Then, in the years between builds, I fall oblivious to the advancements around me.

Could anyone tell me how well Crossfired 5770s stack up today? I'm not a HUGE gamer, but I do like to enjoy the latest and greatest a couple of times a year. So far it's held up to what I've wanted to play, but if there's a cost-effective upgrade path that simply crushes this setup then I might consider it soon. I game at 1920x1200.

Thanks.
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Go here this will answer all your questions.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=615&card2=577#

Play around with the different cards and be sure to use the multi GPU button to get a accurate comparison. From what I see your are running something kinda like a GTX 480.
 
If you have good crossfire scaling, you're looking at ~$400 to get something that "crushes" 5770 CF in a single-card solution.
28nm was released at a pretty poor price/performance level. If you wait a few months, Nvidia's pwnage should force AMD to reduce their prices.
 
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OP I'm thinking that a pair of 7850s would approximately double your current performance for around $460-500 depending on how good of a deal you can find on them.
 
I went from Xfire 5770s to a 2GB 6950 and while there's not really a big difference I notice it in less heat, no microstutter, and overall smoother performance. Maybe it's placebo I don't know but honestly I'm happy I made the switch to a single card and if the 7970 drops enough I might go for it instead of trying to pick up another 6950.
 
"Simply crushes" is not a measurable metric. Might try a certain % you want faster and a budget if you want more opinions.
 
IGhzI said:
5770 crossfire is a 5850
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Assuming proper scaling then yes this is about right.

5850 is about 15% faster than a 7770.
5850 is slightly faster than a 6850 or GTX 460 1GB or GTX 285 or GTX 465.
5850 is about 70% as fast as a 7850 2GB.

All of this assumes you aren't hitting a VRAM wall of course.
 
A single 6950 2gb will give a better experience with similar fps. So a 480 or 560 ti 448 or 7850 will all be an upgrade, and a big one once overclocked I recommend a 7850 and oc it 30-40% for stock 7950 performance which will mean like 100% more fps
 
I have a CrossFire 5770 setup in my second computer at my mum's house.
It depends... I have a 6950 2GB in my main desktop. I actually purchased that due to the pains that the CF experience gave me [micro-sutter (then if you enabled V-Sync, it made micro-stutter less apparent, but I'd have input-lag), performance issues with some games, as well as graphical issues - BFBC2, Crysis 2, etc. (don't worry, I know some of the fixes) as well as all the CAPs].
However, if you have good CF scaling and no apparent artifacts, I don't see a problem. 5770CF is ± a few % compared to a 5870 depending on the game.
A newer GPU architecture [6K or 7K] will improve D3D11 tessellation by a large amount.
OP, for your information, I game at 1920x1080; but if you want a moderate performance boost with newer tech. which shall help with things such as D3D11 tess. or GPGPU, etc., get something like a 7850 and OC it 30-40%, like aaksheytalwar said, or purchase a 7870 and see how far you can push that - the 7850 is better price/performance though.

P.S. This was a quick type-up, so I can add more info. later.
 
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Time to research what the hell "D3D11 tessellation" is, heh.

Don't really know a ton about GPUs. I just learn enough to build a rig every so often and try to guesstimate my hardware needs for the next couple of years.

Thanks much for the advice.
 
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