Hey guys,
I asked a question last night about upgrading my Graphics Card to get better performance in Planetside 2 mainly, but also boost my system in General.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/394236-15-upgrade-planetside
I feel pretty confident in going with a Gigabyte Nvidia 670, however I got thinking. I currently have a Gigabyte 6850 in my system which runs most larger scale games like BF3 and Planetside 2 on High settings, and more dated games like WoW, TF2, or CS:GO on Ultra/Max settings. My Mobo is Crossfire ready, so I could in theory pick up another 6850 to try and squeeze as much performance as possible out my current setup for the cheapest price.
My question is, what does a Crossfire 6850 equate to in current gen cards? All of the 6850 Crossfire Benchmarks I found on Google were dated to the Gen they were released, and nothing compared them against the current 7000 Radeon's or 600 Nvidia's cards, or current games, like BF3. Does a 6850 in CFX equate to a current gen 7850, 650?
I've heard most people report that 6850's in CF will give about a 50% boost to performance, which does seem a bit incremental. Also seen posts here on TH where people advise against doubling up on mid-range cards. I am prepared to drop $380 on a Gigabyte 670 on Amazon. However if I went with the second 6850, I could pick that up for $120-ish, and have enough left over in my budget to upgrade my CPU to an i5 3570k and upgrade my Power Supply.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Just in case, here's my current build:
ASRock z75 pro3
i5 2320 3.0Ghz
(2) 4GB Corsair Vengeance
Gigabyte 6850
120GB OCZ Vertex 4
(2) 500GB WD Black HDD Raid
I asked a question last night about upgrading my Graphics Card to get better performance in Planetside 2 mainly, but also boost my system in General.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/394236-15-upgrade-planetside
I feel pretty confident in going with a Gigabyte Nvidia 670, however I got thinking. I currently have a Gigabyte 6850 in my system which runs most larger scale games like BF3 and Planetside 2 on High settings, and more dated games like WoW, TF2, or CS:GO on Ultra/Max settings. My Mobo is Crossfire ready, so I could in theory pick up another 6850 to try and squeeze as much performance as possible out my current setup for the cheapest price.
My question is, what does a Crossfire 6850 equate to in current gen cards? All of the 6850 Crossfire Benchmarks I found on Google were dated to the Gen they were released, and nothing compared them against the current 7000 Radeon's or 600 Nvidia's cards, or current games, like BF3. Does a 6850 in CFX equate to a current gen 7850, 650?
I've heard most people report that 6850's in CF will give about a 50% boost to performance, which does seem a bit incremental. Also seen posts here on TH where people advise against doubling up on mid-range cards. I am prepared to drop $380 on a Gigabyte 670 on Amazon. However if I went with the second 6850, I could pick that up for $120-ish, and have enough left over in my budget to upgrade my CPU to an i5 3570k and upgrade my Power Supply.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Just in case, here's my current build:
ASRock z75 pro3
i5 2320 3.0Ghz
(2) 4GB Corsair Vengeance
Gigabyte 6850
120GB OCZ Vertex 4
(2) 500GB WD Black HDD Raid