Did you or are you going to build your computer?

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by maclean525

I expect to be upgrading to an HD 6870 pretty soon. I'm not a fan of crossfire/SLI and prefer the single card solution.

I take it you meant 6970, as the 6870 is pretty much a hopped up 5770.

[maclean525]

Originally Posted by kimosabi

I take it you meant 6970, as the 6870 is pretty much a hopped up 5770.

Yes, it was a typo 6970 for me!

[Tacoma74]

Originally Posted by maclean525

Yes, it was a typo 6970 for me!

Go with a 6950. Flashing the GPU bios up to 6970 is easy as pie!! and you'll save a bit of cash. Only if you feel confident though.

Edit: Oh! And i suggest the 2Gb version of the 6950. I have a feeling video memory might be a large factor in how well CoD runs. But we will see...

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by Tacoma74

Go with a 6950. Flashing the GPU bios up to 6970 is easy as pie!! and you'll save a bit of cash. Only if you feel confident though.

Nice as it sounds - this will kill the card quickly. I wouldn't recommend it. 6970 already runs hot as it is. Besides that, there are power limitations for running 6970 BIOS on a 6950 card.

[tintifaxl]

I've built a new machine just a few weeks ago for DCS-A10 based on Sandy Bridge (2 days before the SATA bug was brought to our attention).

* coolermaster haf 932
* scythe stronger 600 psu
* i5-2500k
* asus p8p67
* msi gtx 570
* 8 gig ram
* 120 gig ssd
* 1 tb hdd

It flies pretty well

[Koyan]

Yes, except for the first one i'm always building new rigs myself. I'm not going for the most recent top o/t line components but one generation before them. This way i save money and am still uptodate for about 450 Euro's, each upgrade. Current machine:

Q9650
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Sapphire HD5870
4 Gigs DDR3 ram
2 small HD's 80 and 275 G (don't need much)

[Tacoma74]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

Nice as it sounds - this will kill the card quickly. I wouldn't recommend it. 6970 already runs hot as it is. Besides that, there are power limitations for running 6970 BIOS on a 6950 card.

Ah, I had no idea. I'm more of an nVidia guy myself. Just read something about it awhile ago in a video card shootout. Shows how much i know about ATI stuff

[mazex]

My first home built rig was a 486 Dx50 - this is the one I'm itching to buy now when the B3 chipsets arrive (and I know how demanding CoD will be):

Intel Core i7 2600K 3,4GHz Socket 1155
Noctua NH-D14
Asus P8P67 Pro B3
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 2x4GB DDR3
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 OC HDMI Dual-DVI 1280MB
Antec P193
Antec TruePower New Series 750W

Maybe going for a GTX580 instead... Or... Mmm...

[T}{OR]

I didn't feel like writing that much, so "killing it quickly" filled the description.

Originally Posted by mazex

Maybe going for a GTX580 instead... Or... Mmm...

Switch that 2600k for 2500k and get yourself a 580 instead of 570.

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

Nice as it sounds - this will kill the card quickly. I wouldn't recommend it. 6970 already runs hot as it is. Besides that, there are power limitations for running 6970 BIOS on a 6950 card.

The deal is that the cards have differently binned memory chips. It is a bit of hit and miss but in most cases you won't "kill the card quickly". Many does get artifacts though and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who's not overclocking on a regular basis as it includes using MSI Afterburner/Asus Smartdoctor, BIOS flashing and modding scripts to get a good shader activation.

Or, if you're unlucky, you get a card which is among the least scoring cards at the factory test. Most chips are good enough for a 6970 but any chips with least amount of imperfection will be used in a 6970, not 6950, so a 6950 is pretty much chips who didn't make the cut to be mounted on a 6970. The shaders are locked for a reason.