Graphics Card for Eyefinity, should i upgrade?

[Coswar]

I currently have 3 Dell 23 Inch monitors @ 1050 x 1068 (i think) which gives me something like 3500 x 1068 when i run them all in eyefinity. Atm i have a 6870 1GB but i'm thinking of upgrading due to bad FPS. I get a max of 55 and a min of 25 on Black Ops (1), even with the settings turned right down to lowest. Would a 6950 2GB have much of an Increase in FPS,over the large resolution?, because i heard it can run larger resolutions easier, or is there another card you would recommend? I can get nearly 90 fps on Blops with only one monitor atm, and I'd love to be able to 45-60 on all three!

[Bramm17]

My advise is to go with a GPU from the 7000 series from AMD or if you can wait a 8000 series... A 7950 or 7970 are good? But if you are on a budget maybe the 7870 will do good enough... All better than what you have, and better then 6950.... Whats your budget?

[killerx525]

A 7950 would be perfect as it has a large memory bandwidth to run at that resolution.

[TechFan@ic]

I agree the large memory interface and the massive amount of memory on the 7950 will do you well .

[msi_mpower_z77]

I would go for a 7970 3gb or higher

[Coswar]

My budget is fairly limited, maybe 200£ max, I've looked at amazon and i can get a 6970 for less than i can a 7950....which would you go for? 50£ is the difference in price. The 6970 is 2GB and 7950 is 3gb.

[191x7]

HD 7870 or GTX 660 Ti.

And your monitors are 1680x1050 probably.

[Coswar]

I don't think the 7870 would be enough , i have the 6870 and there seems to very little improvement, as for the 660ti , well it's nvidia.

[Wats]

For Black Ops a 7870 would be enough. But for other games, it wouldn't be enough for a triple monitor set up. Single monitor yes. You could always just Google this :P

[Coswar]

Lol, i have Googled it , and then i came here due to a lack of info. ;) And I don't know, 7870 only has 1GB of vram, not really enough for Eyefinity. Plus i won't just be playing Black Ops that's just what i'm playing at the moment. And I can't really switch between single and triple. My setup is the same as this:[ATTACH=CONFIG]n2385[/ATTACH]

[191x7]

7870 has 2GB of VRAM. And it's not a lot weaker than a 7950.

Also, new nVidia cards support 3 monitors mode.

What is the rest of your pc? We suggest graphic cards like blind, maybe your cpu would bottleneck or sth.

[AbyssalRadon]

I have a question, what are the frame rates that you are looking for and what graphic settings are you thinking for your computer games? I would recommend a 7970 or wait for a 8970 because for multiple monitors the best single GPU especially from AMD for multi-monitor setups is a good choice.

[the_devil52]

I get around 45-55 FPS on BF3 with settings on medium at 5760x1080 with an overclocked 7970. A 6950 would make quite a decent improvement from your 6870 however I would recommend a newer card. You might be able to sell your 6870 for around 30-70 pounds. Then you could probably get a 7950 for about 220 pounds or if you want to stretch your budget you could get a 7970 for about 280 pounds.

[Coswar]

7870 has 2GB of VRAM. And it's not a lot weaker than a 7950. Also' date=' new nVidia cards support 3 monitors mode. What is the rest of your pc? We suggest graphic cards like blind, maybe your cpu would bottleneck or sth. [/quote']

Ok well I've got a Phenom II x4 840 O'Ced to 3.8ghz ,8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz and an Asus M4A88T-M mobo.

As for frame rates , I would like a minimum of 40 , so not that high(but i can't deal with the min of 25 that I'm currently getting), and i don't mind running on the worst settings. Both the 7970 and the 8970 are/will be out of my budget...that's why i looked at the 6970 cause even though it's last generation , it's still the best of last generation, and a reasonable price.You can't tell me that a 7870 is better than a 6970?!

[the_devil52]

7870 has 2GB of VRAM. And it's not a lot weaker than a 7950. Also' date=' new nVidia cards support 3 monitors mode. What is the rest of your pc? We suggest graphic cards like blind, maybe your cpu would bottleneck or sth. [/quote']

Ok well I've got a Phenom II x4 840 O'Ced to 3.8ghz ,8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz and an Asus M4A88T-M mobo.

As for frame rates , I would like a minimum of 40 , so not that high(but i can't deal with the min of 25 that I'm currently getting), and i don't mind running on the worst settings. Both the 7970 and the 8970 are/will be out of my budget...that's why i looked at the 6970 cause even though it's last generation , it's still the best of last generation, and a reasonable price.You can't tell me that a 7870 is better than a 6970?!

Actually mate, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=509

[Coswar]

7870 has 2GB of VRAM. And it's not a lot weaker than a 7950. Also' date=' new nVidia cards support 3 monitors mode. What is the rest of your pc? We suggest graphic cards like blind, maybe your cpu would bottleneck or sth. [/quote']

Ok well I've got a Phenom II x4 840 O'Ced to 3.8ghz ,8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz and an Asus M4A88T-M mobo.

As for frame rates , I would like a minimum of 40 , so not that high(but i can't deal with the min of 25 that I'm currently getting), and i don't mind running on the worst settings. Both the 7970 and the 8970 are/will be out of my budget...that's why i looked at the 6970 cause even though it's last generation , it's still the best of last generation, and a reasonable price.You can't tell me that a 7870 is better than a 6970?!

Wow! That is amazing...there must be such a big jump from past to current gen...I am amazed! :0

Well it looks like it all boils down to price now...it looks like i can get a brand new 6970 from ebay for €165, which is a great price, but il see how much i can get a 7870 for.

[Coswar]

7870 has 2GB of VRAM. And it's not a lot weaker than a 7950. Also' date=' new nVidia cards support 3 monitors mode. What is the rest of your pc? We suggest graphic cards like blind, maybe your cpu would bottleneck or sth. [/quote']

Ok well I've got a Phenom II x4 840 O'Ced to 3.8ghz ,8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz and an Asus M4A88T-M mobo.

As for frame rates , I would like a minimum of 40 , so not that high(but i can't deal with the min of 25 that I'm currently getting), and i don't mind running on the worst settings. Both the 7970 and the 8970 are/will be out of my budget...that's why i looked at the 6970 cause even though it's last generation , it's still the best of last generation, and a reasonable price.You can't tell me that a 7870 is better than a 6970?!

Yeah looks like i can't get a 7870 for less than €240.....which is a bit too high for me tbh.

Actually i can on amazon...il look into it, they'll still be more expensive than the 6970 though.

[Coswar]

What are the benefits of using a 7000 series card over a 6000 series one? (Apart from obvious ones such as power consumption)

[the_devil52]

Basically just power consumption and heat. Also better performance and you'll probably get support for a bit longer if anything goes wrong. Could you sell your old card and spend a bit more on a new one?