Hello all. I recently purchased a new XFX 7870, I was going to get the 7950, but with coupon and rebate I got my 7870 for $209 shipped. I didn't know if the 7950 would really be worth the $150 difference since I got the 7870 for the lower price. I upgraded from a XFX 5850. There is a noticable a difference in Starcraft 2 with all settings maxed with a FPS around 115 - 130. When I play the New W.O.W. expansion the performance boost isn't what I had hoped. I'm getting any where from 40 - 55 FPS average in new content. I didn't know if maybe this was just because it was a new game, and performance might get better with later drivers. I thought about returning the card and paying the extra $150 for a 7950, but once again I just feel there probably isn't a $150 difference in performance from a 7870 to 7950. Also, I'm thinking about picking up Skyrim, I guess my current rig could run it on high settings.......
Also, My mobo EVGA 68Z sli only has a PCIe 2.1 bus, but I got the bored brand new for just $59. Is the 2.1 bus really pulling down the new 7870 card which is capable of running PCIe 3.0? I didn't know if it would be worth upgragding my mobo for a newer PCI3 3.0 bus mother board, or if the performance gain would not be worth it. Iv'e tried to research this but really can't find a diagram that shows the same vid card and proc and ram installed on 2 different mobos with the 2.1 vs. the 3.0 bus, so I'm not sure if there is much of a gain. Thank you very much for your time.
One last thought I'm useing
16 gigs of 1333 RAM, didn't know if that would really cause a bottle neck in gaming. My mobo will support DDR3 2133+. I didn't know if 8 GIGS of DDR3 2133+ would show a performance gain in gaming vs. 16 gigs of 1333...
Thank you very much for your time....
Also note, I play all games on max at 1680 X 1050 res and I like my eye candy
Also, My mobo EVGA 68Z sli only has a PCIe 2.1 bus, but I got the bored brand new for just $59. Is the 2.1 bus really pulling down the new 7870 card which is capable of running PCIe 3.0? I didn't know if it would be worth upgragding my mobo for a newer PCI3 3.0 bus mother board, or if the performance gain would not be worth it. Iv'e tried to research this but really can't find a diagram that shows the same vid card and proc and ram installed on 2 different mobos with the 2.1 vs. the 3.0 bus, so I'm not sure if there is much of a gain. Thank you very much for your time.
One last thought I'm useing
16 gigs of 1333 RAM, didn't know if that would really cause a bottle neck in gaming. My mobo will support DDR3 2133+. I didn't know if 8 GIGS of DDR3 2133+ would show a performance gain in gaming vs. 16 gigs of 1333...
Thank you very much for your time....
Also note, I play all games on max at 1680 X 1050 res and I like my eye candy
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