Toxic 6950 2gb (6970 almost) VS. OC'd 570?!

[Mid-highgfx]

Price total for me is more or less the same so, what would you pick?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125384

VS. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125384

I plan on OC'ing either a little bit more >

 

[gnomio]

review from Xbitlabs for more details on the Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Toxic and its unlocking/overclocking potential:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/sapphire-radeon-hd-6950-toxic.html

 

[Mid-highgfx]

review from Xbitlabs for more details on the Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Toxic and its unlocking/overclocking potential:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/sapphire-radeon-hd-6950-toxic.html

Geez 30 fps? >_< Should i just get the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125384 you think?

Or the 6950 unlocked and then wait a year and then xfire it? Thanks!

 

[Mid-highgfx]

Can someone explain this pic?

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1488/metro.jpg

a single 570 > 6970 in xfire in metro? wtf?

 

[Mid-highgfx]

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1084/pg17/xfx-radeon-6970-and-radeon-6950-graphics-card-review-crossfire-eyefinity-vs-sli.html



6950 x2> 570x2.....sigh this dosent make any sense...do they just scale better?

 

[4745454b]

Metro must like Nvidia cards and setups. Some games/engines like certain hardware.

 

[Mid-highgfx]

If i get the 6950 and unlock it to a 6970 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-102-951&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo

, and in a year and a half i decide to xfire it, what mobo should i get for 100-150 bucks?

almost since its gonna be in like a year, should i get a 6 core or quad core? thanks! id prolly oc it to at least 4.0!

 

[Mid-highgfx]

Also, id prefer a MOBO that gets the highest auto OC like MSI's OC genie ocd my 3.0 proc to 3.6 with just the flip of a switch!

 

[jyjjy]

If you are building a new system the i5-2500k is the obvious choice at the moment. Can OC a lot higher than 4ghz though.
As for the card the GTX 570 is 10-15% faster than the HD6950 on average at 1080p.

 

[Mid-highgfx]

If you are building a new system the i5-2500k is the obvious choice at the moment. Can OC a lot higher than 4ghz though.
As for the card the GTX 570 is 10-15% faster than the HD6950 on average at 1080p.

and yet the 6950's do better in sli than sli 570...plus its 100% unlocked...

what motherboard then for great xfire and auto OC on the i5 2k?

 

[jyjjy]

Assuming the HD6950 can unlock(not necessarily a wise thing to do) here is a rather extensive comparison of Crossfired HD6970s vs SLIed GTX 570s from a reliable source;
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd6970-crossfirex.html
If you just want to skip to the summary here is the chart;

They trade blows but the GTX 570s come out ahead more often and to a higher degree than the HD6970s, especially at 1080p where the difference in memory doesn't have much of an affect.

 

[jyjjy]

Oh yeah, forgot about the motherboard. Something like this would be a good choice;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128502
Not sure about the auto-OC but overclocking these processors is very simple. You just raise the multiplier essentially.

 

[Mid-highgfx]

Assuming the HD6950 can unlock(not necessarily a wise thing to do) here is a rather extensive comparison of Crossfired HD6970s vs SLIed GTX 570s from a reliable source;
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd6970-crossfirex.html
If you just want to skip to the summary here is the chart;
http://i.imgur.com/R032o.png
They trade blows but the GTX 570s come out ahead more often and to a higher degree than the HD6970s, especially at 1080p where the difference in memory doesn't have much of an affect.

I have never quite seen a graph like that lol, sorry x) could you elaborate a lil' bit? thanks!

 

[jyjjy]

If you are having problems reading it the GTX 570 SLI performance is the baseline. The bars represent how much better or worse the Crossfired HD6970s performed in comparison. So negative numbers(bars going left) mean they were worse than the GTX 570s in that test, positive numbers(bars going right) mean the HD6970s were better.
The purple bars are 1080p and the yellow ones are for 2560x1600. The chart on the left is without AA, the chart on the right is with AA.