Hi all, I am in the market for a new video card and quite like the new features that amd is bringing to the table withthe new 6900 series. I am wondering what your opinion is on whether at resolution 1920x1080, the £60 premium between the two is worth paying? For example I can get a VTX3D 6950 for £216 delivered, or a Sapphire 6970 for £276 delivered. Now I know there is a difference in brand whereas VTX3D are relativly new to the Video card scene, and are a part of TUL same as Powercolor, and offer a 2 year warrenty so I have no problem with the branding. So the question is as stated previously, if I am to update my graphics card again when 28nm becomes available (and who knows when that will be), will the 6950 do for now? Am I right in saying there is little difference in frame rates when gaming at 1920x1080? Thanks for all input
even the 6870 will do just fine... tho 6950 are bound to get more with driver development and you have to love that double tessel unit... if i haven't already bought the 6870, 6950 would be my choice, changing it now makes no financial sense...
Im not sure how the prices are where you are from but I just checked newegg.com and the 2gb 5870's cost as much if not more than a HD 6970 which is also 2gb's. No way I could recommend the 5870 over the 6950 or 6970 at those prices.
Serious? thats kinda weird lol... well if thats the case definately a 6970.. Really depends though, for higher resolutions like 2650x etc etc amd cards would be better but for single 1920x1200 gtx 570s/580s are solid..
HD5870's 2GB were not regular models, that's the reason for their high prices. And also the eyefinty 6 variants who costs even more. Even at 1920x1200 HD6900's can be played at 8xAA without effort. So more eye candy.
Brilliantly means what ?? Arround 30-35 fps ?? LOL .. Still there is no single gpu in this planet which can RUN METRO BRILLIANTLY ..!!
@ 1920x1080 it runs fine without hardly any slowdown, and where do you get this 30-35 fps number from? I run it all max w' AAA and most areas its over 60, hell 90 a lot of the time, sure there are slowdowns but only spikes, not like crysis on my 3850 agp, sustained constant 22-24 fps @ 1024x768, that was slow, this cards a monster compared lol and from memory its around the same price I paid then so its a bloody bargain.
well put.. i paid $550au for a 3870X2 when it came out , how pi***d was i when 2 months later the 4870X2 came out for the same price. i know it happens no matter what card you buy their will always be something better = 6months ago i bought 6GB dominatorGT ddr3 ram and right now for the same price i could have 12gb i could go on and on but i wont. but i will still be getting a 6970 on 5 jan cant wait
Im playing at 1080p with my HD6870 and there is plenty power left. Even with 4xAA. So i belieave HD6950 would be more than just fine and very future proof. Only game that destroys my pc is Crysis at very high @ 4xAA (25fps avg )
Even a 560gtx will be close if not better then a 470, Cheap and doesnt hurt you when you wanna upgrade because it isnt a high end card and 2nd it didnt cost all that much :banana:
