NightmareXI Posted January 3, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted January 3, 2011 I received my new graphic cards a couple of days ago. because I am used to play Crysis or Black Ops I had to upgrade my PC.LOL and I wanted to be prepared for the new Crysis2 coming out in March 2011. I had 2x ATI 5770 Vapor-x@crossfire before and this combined with a 4Ghz cpu was a nice combination to play all games on high resolutions but not at the highest and this did not work with my 3x27" monitor setup to play on all three with eyefinity a thread at techpowerup came to my attention... unlocking ATI Radeon 6950 if you have a look at the test results, this works with 98% of the cards I decided to buy 2 cards and to have a closer look at this this was my choice Powercolor ATI Radeon 6950 @newegg just be aware... its pretty safe to do this because of the dual bios of the new ATIs BUT there is no warranty this will work here we go.... this is what it looked like before in GPU-Z this is what it looks like now after the bios flash scores with one 6950 scores with 6950@6970 thats an increase of almost 12 % on xtreme presets and it took me 5 mins to flash the card here are my scores for the new Crossfire setup now the ATI Radeon 6950 is being offered for 299$ the 6970 for 369$ at newegg in Europe they are offered for 240€(6950)and 310€ for the 6970 conclusion : looks like I saved 140€.... enough money to make my girlfriend a little happier at least enough to go out for dinner sometimes LOL if you have any questions on this hit me up Regards Awards
CplMOFO Posted January 3, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Device: Windows Posted January 3, 2011 Nice one Nightmare... Which CPU and motherboard do you have? C2Q, i5, i7 1156 or 1366? I really dig those HD6950 in Crossfire, their scaling and performance is awesome... I might grab two of those in March (tax return period lolz). The thing is, my Q9550, even Overclocked to 3.8, and the oldie-goldie P45 platform, might not be the best foundation for two of those cards... So I hesitate between a platform upgrade (possibly Sandy Bridge 2600K+ H70 watercooler/Mobo) and keeping my XFX HD5870 for another year, or grab two Hd6950s... Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 4, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Author Posted January 4, 2011 I have an Asus Sabertooth i55 with a core i5 750 at 4 GHZ. thats a socket 1156 board not the best foundation for these cards either they are not connected with full speed while using crossfire... but it works pretty nice LOL a single card will not be this much better like your 5870...but in CF they are awesome like you said scaling etc... just the best buy for the money atm Awards
DREAD69 Posted January 5, 2011 Member ID: 628 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 659 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 5300 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 23 Birthday: 09/19/1986 Device: Android Posted January 5, 2011 Nice man. ATI Fo life...... Wait AMD... it does say AMD lolz!!! I still think it us funny now people can have an intell and AMD badge right next to each other. AMD Radeon HD 6900 serries I be damned says so right on GPUz. First time I actually took the time to notice that. Nice setup man. Love it!!! Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Posted January 11, 2011 I am tired of dropping 300.00 + for a graphics card, I picked up a ATI6850 for 190.00, hope it is not a dog Awards
MoeBetta Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 1608 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 411 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 2644 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16 Birthday: 11/12/1968 Device: Android Posted January 11, 2011 Im going with the GTX570 , ATi has given me driver issues on Xp and Vista too many times....I do admit that the Gtx 400 series was a blunder. Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Posted January 11, 2011 I have always run ATI cards, havent had driver issues with their cards in years Awards
MoeBetta Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 1608 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 411 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 2644 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16 Birthday: 11/12/1968 Device: Android Posted January 11, 2011 I had CCC corruptions, mom implementation issues on both pc's Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Author Posted January 12, 2011 MoeBetta Im going with the GTX570 , ATi has given me driver issues on Xp and Vista too many times....I do admit that the Gtx 400 series was a blunder. you will have a lot of issues if the net.framework is not installed properly or corrupted somehow...so true lol I had this a couple of times....but not a big deal if yyou know how to fix it... atm its just a matter of taste what to order the GTX 570 is as good as my modded 6950....but still the 6950 is a lot cheaper Awards
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