How futureproof is 6950 1GB Xfire

[samuelspark]

How long will crossfire 6950 1gb last me on a 1080p monitor?

 

[geofelt]

You know better than we do.

It depends on how picky you are, what your budget is.

For many a single 6850 is wonderful, giving decent gameplay.
CF 6850 is about the limits of reasonableness at 1080P
Some are not satisfied with sli GTX580.

Next year, the 28nm cards will launch, and many will become dissatisfied with their current cards.
But the old cards will not slow down, so they will still be as good as ever.

In general, I give a current generation of cards about two years before one will get the itch to replace them.

 

[ilysaml]

It doesn't go that way, and it depends on the game. And no one can predict what the upcoming games is carrying on, and the 1 GB of VRAM might be an issue for VRAM hungry games such as GTA IV, Crysis 2.

The higher the resolution in games, the more VRAM there should be since more textures need to be loaded. However some cards are not powerful enough to use the extra VRAM.

Due to technologies such as AA, MSAA, AF, QSCAA.. those really feed on the VRAM depending on the game.

Since you'll be gaming @ 1080P the HD 6950s should serve you quite well, at least for the current BF3, Crysis2, Metro 2033. Upcoming ACR, MW3 and some good games.

 

[jaguarskx]

Depends on how much performance you demand.

If you expected 120 frames per second in every single game you play at max settings, then it's not very futureproof. There are games currently out there that will not give 120 FPS with those "weak" video cards.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

At what resolution ? Here's what ya get at 1920 x 1200 in Guru3D's game test suite.

$ 240.00 x 2 - 6950 Frozr OC gets 759 fps in CF for a cost of $ 0.63 per frame
$ 215.00 x 2 - 900MHz 560 Ti OC gets 862 fps in SLI for a cost of $ 0.50 per frame

 

[jaguarskx]

At what resolution ?

How long will crossfire 6950 1gb last me on a 1080p monitor?

So that's 1920 x 1080.

 

[sulumordna]

it depends? are you a power gamer or using it to "surf"? not much for us to go on

 

[samuelspark]

I want to at least be able to run the games that come out the next 3 years on minimum at 1080p with a i5 2500k.

 

[ilysaml]

well i don't expect it to give you that maximum performance while metro 2034 will be out.

 

[Gothams Finest]

There is no such thing as future proof unfortunately. Technology and games are always changing.

6950 1GB Xfire is a nice set up at 1080 and it should last you quite a while but it all depends on your expectations.

 

[hell_storm2004]

Well to be honest, you can game at a decent FPS for a long time. My HD4850 is still churning out good frame rates! And its 3 years old. Albeit at a lower res. but its doing its job.

It is as geofelt said... "How picky you are".