another one

13 years ago

Hey. I know there are a lot of graphics card threads. But this is slightly different as I currently have no issue with fps in tf2.

Current setup:

I5 750 @4.3 ghz
8gb ram
2 Ari 4850 in crossfire

Currently getting 450 – 750 fps but crossfire gives me a lot of issues with other games.

There is a noticeable stutter when any game runs below 200 fps.
Many games have massive issues with crossfire. Most games I buy simply do not work.

Basically I am worried that if I swap to a still 6950 or nvidia560 ti. Then I will loose overall performance. Could this happen? I don’t want to commit to a purchase that will actually be worse than my current build.

BoneS

swimp
ciortai

13 years ago

hey sketch, this might help ya. I have not read it yet myself.

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/CrossFire-in-Practice-Radeon-HD-4850-CF-vs-6850.html

I’m looking at getting a 560 or maybe a ti if i can stretch to it. Just prefer nvidia for the CUDA shizz, but also gotta love the eyefinity on ATI’s.

EDIT: Read it, and tbh they look pretty similar in performance crossfire seems to beat the 6850 in some games but in others the 6850 has a better minimum framerate. I’m guessing that your good fps in TF2 is mostly coming from your CPU anyway so i doubt there will be a noticeable difference although you will be saving on energy with the single card and not have the issues of crossfire! go for it.

dougiie

CotC

13 years ago

give me some fps sketch

you have too many.

Linus

[d¿s]
007

13 years ago

somehow i doubt that 450-750 fps..

anyway the above link has the 6850 tested, not the 6950. The 6950 is faster.

Sketch

13 years ago

450-750 is correct occasionally I drop to 400 at mid. I think others have seen my PC perform at LAN with a smaller overclock with some bad quality ram i had at the time, at around 350-600 fps.

(This is with Chris high frames)

So if my 4850’s are on par with a 6850 THEN 6950 or 560ti should be a decent enough upgrade. I did hear something about 7000 series in november though?

Edit also what is cuda? I haven’t been into components in quite a while. I generally just buy the best product for the money. I couldn’t care less what sticker it has on it. Features like 3d and eyefinity are just gimics so unless its something useful?

Last edited by Sketch, 13 years ago

BoneS

swimp
ciortai

13 years ago

cuda is only useful for Adobe CS5 products so unless you are secretly heavily into your video editing then it would be completely useless to you.

Vazzan