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Im building my first gaming PC and need help choosing my GPU set up. Should I go with one 7970 or two 670's? The two 670's would cost about $600 whereas the 7970 would be $450.

 

Would the two 670's perform $150 better than the one 7970?

 

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Wait for 9xxx

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Where are you shopping from? The 7970 should be much cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

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One more powerful GPU is always better than two less powerful GPUs. I would just go for a single 7970 or wait for the 9000 series.

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Two 7950s

 

The frame rating issue still hasn't been fixed.

Really cause I have two 7950s and everything works perfectly for me.. And it worked great before the 13.8 drivers with RadeonPro..
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Really cause I have two 7950s and everything works perfectly for me.. And it worked great before the 13.8 drivers with RadeonPro..

 

Ryan Shrout said that it is still an issue on the WAN Show yesterday.

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9000 series

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Really cause I have two 7950s and everything works perfectly for me.. And it worked great before the 13.8 drivers with RadeonPro..

 

Ryan Shrout said that it is still an issue on the WAN Show yesterday.

Really you were able to hear that with the autotune robot voice huh? And he also said he can now recommend multiple AMD gpus cause they fixed the issue so much.. Let me guess you've never had a crossfire setup? Lol nvidia fan boys are still sticking to how bad crossfire is because that's all they have.. And on that note don't buy a Nvidia card cause there new drivers either fry your gpu or you play acid trip bf3 with the colors all over the screen.. :)
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I would always go single GPU unless you need the dual GPU look. Single GPU configs have very consistent performance whereas multi GPU might do great in one game but hardly do betting in another.

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Really you were able to hear that with the autotune robot voice huh? And he also said he can now recommend multiple AMD gpus cause they fixed the issue so much.. Let me guess you've never had a crossfire setup? Lol nvidia fan boys are still sticking to how bad crossfire is because that's all they have.. And on that note don't buy a Nvidia card cause there new drivers either fry your gpu or you play acid trip bf3 with the colors all over the screen.. :)

FYI, My 780 doesn't get fried and my BF3 character isn't on acid lol. That was with the last drivers.

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FYI, My 780 doesn't get fried and my BF3 character isn't on acid lol. That was with the last drivers.

Crazy guess I have zero issues with crossfire in my setup..Now you see how people can take one instance and use it forever like everyone does with crossfire..:)
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Crazy guess I have zero issues with crossfire in my setup..Now you see how people can take one instance and use it forever like everyone does with crossfire.. :)

Yeah ppl do drag stuff on for way to long sometimes but it makes sense cuz some people do not get that information about the competitors until someone tells them they are wrong. Like I didn't know about the frame rating with crossfire was fixed until drivers were released and I was talking to a fried and ask why he get 2 lower end AMD cards and not one higher end AMD and he said that it was fixed (as far as I know). That was news for me and I am happy about that. I don't like one company having that kinda of advantage. Competition is great and keeps products moving.  :D

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Ryan Shrout said that it is still an issue on the WAN Show yesterday.

Radeon Pro has fixed the issue for a long time, it's nearly 99% but multimonitor isn't working well.  This is what I've read I have not tested this yet however.  That being said an HD 7970 costs about 300 not 450.

Hope this helps :)

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This is what I want to know.  I can't imagine paying $450 for a 7970 even 1 year ago.

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Single card setups are more preferable. There is no microstuttering (unless of course it's a dual GPU card) and better compatibility. 

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