Looking to upgrade. Suggestions?

[NoLuckNoob]

These are my current graphics cards:GPUs-(AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 1GB - HIS IceQ X Turbo - Core: 820MHz - CrossFire Mode (Dual Cards)))

I have a limited of 1500$ for dual cards, prefer AMD(require Xfire&iFinity). Main purpose is gaming. Any suggestions would be great.

 

[unksol]

Country?

Dual 7970s are the best you can get and come with 6 free AAA games. And are way below $1500 US. Sapphire vaporx cards being some of the best. You really need to provide system specs etc.

 

[stickmansam]

Yeah just get dual 7970 GHz's with that budget

Depending on your build, 1 7970 may be more than enough though

 

[NoLuckNoob]

Sorry I didn't add everything forgot. This is my current setting:


CPU-(AMD FX-8120 CPU (8x 3.10GHz/8MB L2 Cache)))
MotherBoard-(Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 -- AMD 970))
Ram(32 GB [8 GB X4] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - corsair vengeance
GPUs-(AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 1GB - HIS IceQ X Turbo - Core: 820MHz - CrossFire Mode (Dual Cards)))
Power Supply- (1200 Watt - Corsair CMPSU-1200AX))
Storage-HDD western digital black 2tb

Upgrades not including these new graphics cards are:
CPU-Vishera FX 8350 8core, MB- MSI 990 FXA

 

[stickmansam]

The 8350 should be able to handle the dual 7970's if you OC it

What resolution are you playing at (for crysis 3 1080p would require 7970 CFX)

 

[NoLuckNoob]

Anything that can play crisis 3 @ ultra video setting 1080p

 

[NoLuckNoob]

Any better suggestions on the MB the MSI was the best I could for AMD 3+ CPUs but if there are better please link!!

 

[unksol]

Here's what I would do. Get one 7970. It will be faster than what you have, eliminate the memory bottleneck you've got, and still includes bioshock and crysis.

Then wait and see how steamroller and Haswell stack up later this year, decide on that, and get the second 7970.

If you've got the cash and are obcessed with crysis 3 though what your proposing would work

 

[stickmansam]

AMD drivers are still not as optimized as I would like them to be

 

[NoLuckNoob]

Ok and I'm newer to all this but if I only have one 7970 will I still be able to use eyefinity? And which 7970? Sapphire vapor X or radeon 3gb ghz??

 

[unksol]

Ok and I'm newer to all this but if I only have one 7970 will I still be able to use eyefinity? And which 7970? Sapphire vapor X or radeon 3gb ghz??

Yes. Eyefinity requires all screens be hooked up to one GPU anyway. And hooking up 3 monitors is pretty easy. What do you want to play on them though? What resolution are they? More screens = higher res, and THAT'S were you start needing crossfire for lots of games, instead of just the occasional crazy game like crysis.

 

[zpwslayer]

The radeon refers to the reference card. The sapphire vapor x is a non reference model. Basically it has a higher clock than the reference model and it has a way better cooling solution. I would highly recommend the Sapphire over the reference model.

Heres a reference model just to show you what im saying.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103201

Heres a non reference model.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202005

 

[NoLuckNoob]

Alright sapphire vapor x it is then and the list of games I play are as follows: WoW,SWTOR,Tera, league of legends, Battlefield 3,Crysis, etc.

 

[NoLuckNoob]

If I go with sapphire vapor x what's the highest quality in will play Crysis before having problems? Single card.

 

[DarkSable]

Depends on what framerates you want. You won't hit a minimum 60 fps totally maxxed out, but will be able to average 50-60 with ultra and a few selective turn-downs. (Mostly water effects, especially for an AMD card.)

 

[NoLuckNoob]

So it won't hit 60 fps from seer power without Xfire? And that's cool just wondering around how powerful this card is standalone or if I should just spent the extra money for second one.

 

[unksol]

So it won't hit 60 fps from seer power without Xfire? And that's cool just wondering around how powerful this card is standalone or if I should just spent the extra money for second one.

The only reason I've suggested not getting 2 is because your current board only runs the second pcie x16 slot at x4. I don't think that's fast enough for a 7970. And if you are going to buy a new board and CPU because of that id wait for Haswell/steamroller. Really hoping steamroller turns out well.

I could be wrong though. You might look for benchmarks of 7970s in crossfire with an x4 2.0 slot. Maybe it doesn't get hurt that bad. If it's less than a 20% hit and doesnt cause stutter or problems Id probably get 2 now because of the extra free games and the fact you plan to get two eventually anyway, then after the CPUs come out decide and get the new board to get the full usage out of them.