Graphics card upgrade....

[07gillia]

I am currenly looking to upgrage graphics card/cards currently on a single GTX 560. I have three monitors all 1920*1080 and am looking for something to power them in surround/eyefinity. The budget it about £500-£700 ish. I dont mind two cards or single etc any ideas??

[joelthezombie15]

i would say 1 670 thats around $500 so maybe in euros you could get a 2nd card.

[tp95112]

7970 would be great for it especially withs t 3Gb vram

[TechFan@ic]

Get an HD 7970, it's just as fast as a 680, a lot faster once you overclock it.
It also has a significant edge over the 680 in higher resolutions & multi monitor setups, so I'd definitely recommend it.
There are 3 models which I feel comfortable recommending, the HIS 7970 IceQ X2, the Sapphire Dual-X & the MSI Twinfrozr III.
The Gigabyte & XFX models are voltage locked so avoid them.


http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/his-iceq-x2-7970-7950-7850.html

[killerx525]

Another reason why the 680 doesn't perform as well as the 7970 at high resolutions is the fact it is hindered by it's wide memory bus.

[07gillia]

What about multicard set ups? would two 670 for example have more power than a 680??

[tp95112]

What about multicard set ups? would two 670 for example have more power than a 680??

For sure it would but more power draw and Cost around 2-300 more but there are i belive only 2Gb cards

[killerx525]

Yes 2 670 would be more powerful then 1 680 but 2 7970 would rip apart 2 680 at large resolutions.

[Royalburgers]

I say go for single 7970, single cards are almost always better than dual unless you're talking highest end (Dual Titans / Dual 680s / Dual 7970 / Single 690 / Single 7990).

[07gillia]

so if i can get two of these

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-vtx3d-radeon-hd-7970-1375mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-mdport-dl-dvi-hdmi-plusfree-games

then i should be running 45+ fps in 5760*1080 for most games??

[killerx525]

so if i can get two of these

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-vtx3d-radeon-hd-7970-1375mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-mdport-dl-dvi-hdmi-plusfree-games

then i should be running 45+ fps in 5760*1080 for most games??

Well your going to need 2 them to achieve just about 45FPS in most games at the appropriate graphics settings.