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NathanP2007
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Im curious for your opinions on my upcoming dilemma. My plan with Ivy-Bridge/SB-E is to build a high end brand new system. So the equivalent of a build in this current generation like a i7 2600K, 4x SLI/CFX gaming mobo, SSD, DDR3, maybe PCI-E 3.0. I currently have two 6950's (see sig for details) and last time i checked, they still sell for $230+.
With what you have seen of the 7970 and rumors/info leaked (etc) about the rest of the 79xx's cards, what are your thoughts on if in my position would you be preparing sell your 6950's and with the $400+ buy a single card solution that i assume would be better performing than Crossfired 6950's and use less power/create less heat?
Or stick with the crossfired 6950's until say Nvidia releases their new generation and try to find
the best bang for buck, then selling the 6950's for probably <$400?
1/14/12 Update: I would still love some more opinions on this. Does anyone own a 7970 that owned a 6950 2Gb crossfired? Or maybe even just a single 6950 2Gb? Was it worth it? Does anyone know of any 1080P benchmarks with CF 6950's put up against a 7970?
Basically what i fear, is i sell both for ...lets say $450, i then spend another $100 ontop of that $450 to get the 7970. I then use the card for gaming and am disappointed, the performance not up to pair with my Crossfired setup, and ontop of that i had to pay $100 more for less performance.
However IF i get equal performance, or best case scenario i get a increase in performance, i would say $100 isnt to bad to pay for a single card solution, less heat/power consumption, and the possibility of going CF again down the road when the 7970's price has dropped.
With what you have seen of the 7970 and rumors/info leaked (etc) about the rest of the 79xx's cards, what are your thoughts on if in my position would you be preparing sell your 6950's and with the $400+ buy a single card solution that i assume would be better performing than Crossfired 6950's and use less power/create less heat?
Or stick with the crossfired 6950's until say Nvidia releases their new generation and try to find
the best bang for buck, then selling the 6950's for probably <$400?
1/14/12 Update: I would still love some more opinions on this. Does anyone own a 7970 that owned a 6950 2Gb crossfired? Or maybe even just a single 6950 2Gb? Was it worth it? Does anyone know of any 1080P benchmarks with CF 6950's put up against a 7970?
Basically what i fear, is i sell both for ...lets say $450, i then spend another $100 ontop of that $450 to get the 7970. I then use the card for gaming and am disappointed, the performance not up to pair with my Crossfired setup, and ontop of that i had to pay $100 more for less performance.
However IF i get equal performance, or best case scenario i get a increase in performance, i would say $100 isnt to bad to pay for a single card solution, less heat/power consumption, and the possibility of going CF again down the road when the 7970's price has dropped.
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