I am building a new rig and

[ronakk]

Alright well i am going to build a new rig which has


MSI P67A-G43
LGA 1155, Intel P67 chipset
Intel Core i5-2500K
3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo), Quad-Core, 6 MB L3 Cache
8GB rip jaw g skill
Corsair 850 watt PSU
IN WIN Dragon Rider Black 1.0 - 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

The only thing that i need now is what gpu/GPUs to buy I have around a 550$ budget on gpu
At first i was going to go with crossfire 6850
then bumped it up to crossfire 6870
also thought about crossfire 6950
But i heard crossfiring Gives you MicroStudders and i don't really want that so i was thinking on buying a Single
GTX 580.
Do any of you guys know how bad the micro studdering is and which card would you suggest you can suggest cards that are not listed i will take anything thanks.

 

[ronakk]

Also If i buy a gtx 580 i will be Sli-ing in the future, also could you guys link me a card with a good cooler i heard MSI- twin frozer 2 is the best one but i could have been fed lies.

 

[Engima]

I would get a HD 6970 since it can play anything out on the market including Battlefield 3 with no problems. You shouldn't really need to crossfire two 6970's together unless your using it for video editing or animation but to each their own.

 

[ronakk]

Hmm What does a single HD 6970 compare to on nvidias side. I have never owned ATI only Nvidia I wanted to try an ATI card on this build anywho I believe it compares to the gtx 570 correct?

 

[C0rehound]

6970 or equiv nVidia card will do great unless you plan on playing super high res with eyecandy.

Not trying to sell you anything here, but I can tell you that BFBC2 and BF3 just would not be the same game w/o my three 24" screens!

If you think you'd ever want to check out Eyefinity then I would go crossfire 6950/70 2GB.

 

[ronakk]

Hmm well i only use Two screens now since i have only Had Nvidia as of now i have a gtx 560 ti and my screen size is 23' at 1920x1080 so i just want a card a better then my current one that runs cold.

 

[farrengottu]

if you can wait till january maybe febuary, you can get the 7k series. you will get more for the money and its on 28nm tech so it will run cooler.

 

[ilysaml]

HD 6850/70 are garbage GPUs for micrusttering, i always state to that when i saw the charts by tomshardware.
HD 6950s/70 will beat a isngle GTX 580... HD 6970s in CF are equal in performance if not better than HD 6990.
also a pair of GTX 560Ti will beat a single GTX 580
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/11

you don't have to spend a lot on the GPUs specially at this year as a signle card will do the job just fine....

AMD 7K series XDR2 rambus memory is twice faster than GDDR5, beside 28nm = less power & heat and the 1 GHZ GPu frequency, the power of transistors.......... a single HD 7950 is expected to perform better than HD 6990

 

[C0rehound]

"AMD 7K series XDR2 rambus memory is twice faster than GDDR5, beside 28nm = less power & heat and the 1 GHZ GPu frequency, the power of transistors.......... a single HD 7950 is expected to perform better than HD 6990"

If that's the case I can't wait to ebay these two 6950's!

 

[ronakk]

I would Sli another Gtx 560 But i am selling this computer to my brother I have a whole new one for me coming i just need a Gpu to buy Should i go with a single 6970 and maybe in the future Crossfire. And What brand do i buy XFX,MSI,ASUS please point me in the direction of the coldest video card.