New video card?

[TonyD]

Sven, I have previously tested the 5770 in x-fire, and found a huge gain in frame rates in Metro 2033 (literally double), but did not have time to test anything else apart from 3DMark. Unfortunately you won’t currently experience this in CloD, although you may some time in the future, but I would recommend a single card over a multiple setup anyway – it’s just less hassle and will always work. If your budget stretches to a 6950 I would say don’t hesitate, it will be hugely faster in CloD, and match 2x5770 in games that support x-fire without the configuration hassle.

[Sven]

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by rok

Yep, 6950 2GB is great card. Best bang for buck in €200 price range.
Especially with ability to unlock shaders:
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/159

So that way I have the 100 euro more expensive 6970? That would be very cool, a bit strange though that this is possible...

A HD6950 2Gig is about 240 euros here, well that's going to be 40 euro less beer in my student life haha.

Oh and will my Corsair 650 Watt PSU be able to run this card?

Originally Posted by Sven

Thanks guys, much appreciated.
Oh and will my Corsair 650 Watt PSU be able to run this card?

Yes. Thats a neat PSU. I have Crosair 550W and it runs OC-ed GTX470 which is more hungry (in general ATI cards are less hungry than nvidias, and cooler)

[Nitrous]

Originally Posted by Sven

Thanks guys, much appreciated.



So that way I have the 100 euro more expensive 6970? That would be very cool, a bit strange though that this is possible...

I would not bank on this as most of the newer cards it won't work on or just bricks the card. Some still works though. Is it really worth it for 5% increase.

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by Nitrous

I would not bank on this as most of the newer cards it won't work on or just bricks the card. Some still works though. Is it really worth it for 5% increase.

Nope, I'd agree - not worth the risk. Overclocking the 6950, if you really feel you need to, would result in a similar performance gain without the risk. But the difference in actual gaming performance is relatively minor, despite what a benchmark might suggest. The cost of a 6950 here is similar, and very good value for what you get.