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 Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 14:20 Post subject: New Rig - 2ª hand stuff. |
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soo, i have a hd5770 1 gb ddr5, but i can get another one for 60€, should i connect them using crossfire or its bether to look for another card?
| Sin317 wrote: | | while you can't "turn gay", you can cut off your balls. believe me, you'll never think of women again. |
| zmed wrote: | | Or just a defense mechanism. If you fart, you'll most definitely smell it so your brain tells you it ain't bad as strangerfarts. |
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 16:03 Post subject: |
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Crossfire and SLI isn't worth it.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 16:28 Post subject: |
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sell your gpu (if it's worth anything) and invest into newer better gpu.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 16:28 Post subject: |
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also whenever you use an Adobe Program like Premiere CC it only uses ONE CARD,NOT BOTH. (Also nvidia only due to Cuda usage)
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Stige
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Location: Finland
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 16:30 Post subject: |
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60€ for a 5770? Is it just me or does that sound really steep for such an aged card? And bottom of the range aswell, it propably didn't cost 60€ even when it was new?
(Mind you I haven't checked..)
On a more related note: Do your research.
Do you play new games or games that support it AND you play in fullscreen mode, not borderless? If yes, then buy a second card by all means in my opinion, cheap upgrade and I would dare to say that it works for every new game out there out of the box.
And every major game really.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 19:33 Post subject: |
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soo 60€ is pricey for a hd5770 1 gb ddr5???
guess livin in portugal sucks.
i play fullscreen games, invest more money its hard in this days.
| Sin317 wrote: | | while you can't "turn gay", you can cut off your balls. believe me, you'll never think of women again. |
| zmed wrote: | | Or just a defense mechanism. If you fart, you'll most definitely smell it so your brain tells you it ain't bad as strangerfarts. |
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Stige
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 22:03 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 22:05 Post subject: |
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Just mentioned it in the OR rift thread... i bought a second 7970 and its a waste of money. Barely any games that support sli/cf, mostly triple a shooters. Most games just lag like hell with cf enabled.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 22:49 Post subject: |
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| speedgear wrote: | soo 60€ is pricey for a hd5770 1 gb ddr5???
guess livin in portugal sucks.
i play fullscreen games, invest more money its hard in this days. |
it's your choice but you are making a mistake (imo). SLI/CF is mostly for people who can afford multiple high end GPUs and want even more performance in games that support this tech. stige who claimed that no problems and all games support this etc is full of shit/lying. it will be a nightmare to have low end GPUs in CF instead of one more up to date gpu. you think you are investing 60€ by buying another gpu for CF? i think you are wasting 60€ instead of saving for a better single gpu upgrade.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 23:14 Post subject: |
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If you gonna throw money out the window, buy a 250x or 260x then? Or save the money for a better one like the 280x.
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matta666
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2014 23:34 Post subject: |
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false economy to buy a second old gpu
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Aug 2014 00:51 Post subject: |
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| matta666 wrote: | | false economy to buy a second old gpu |
That, and the heavy migraines that come with any twin GPU setup. Drivers on both sides are utter shit that way, been there, done it. 
Unless you care about epeni benchmark figures, avoid like the plague, as you ain't gonna notice shit in any game that is around today.
Sell the card, or bin it, and get a decent one card setup, whatever your flavour, ASAP.
**Edit*
Do not forget. Introducing a second GPU into ones system will cause more heat and instability, if one does not have adequate cooling. Also, if one is overclocking, your looking for trouble with that setup.
Not to mention, that you will require a PSU that is specified to run SLI/Crossfire on normal settings, let alone overclocking ones
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Slizza
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Aug 2014 07:48 Post subject: |
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In this case a new GPU is the answer.
But all the multi gpu bashing is nonsense.
An SLI upgrade in games can be night and day. I will certainly be going SLI with my 780 before moving to a single card solution again.
SLI has worked perfectly for me for years. The headache issues were left behind years ago.
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Stige
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| Posted: Thu, 21st Aug 2014 15:01 Post subject: |
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^ exactly what I was trying to say aswell.
It is outdated thinking that CF/SLI have issues these days, especially on new games and even if they happen to have they are usually patched up rather nice and quick these days.
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| Posted: Thu, 21st Aug 2014 20:17 Post subject: |
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thank you all for your oppinions, bought a second hand ati hd 6950 oc 1 gb ddr5 windforce 3x for 100€, gonna get it tomorow morning, im putting mine to sell for 50€.
http://vilanovadegaia.olx.pt/placa-grafica-gigabyte-amd-ati-hd-6950-oc-1-gb-ddr5-windforce-3x-iid-453434391
| Sin317 wrote: | | while you can't "turn gay", you can cut off your balls. believe me, you'll never think of women again. |
| zmed wrote: | | Or just a defense mechanism. If you fart, you'll most definitely smell it so your brain tells you it ain't bad as strangerfarts. |
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| Posted: Thu, 21st Aug 2014 20:22 Post subject: |
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sabin1981 , should i consider change the firmware to hd6970? or not worth it?
i know the other is cheaper, but this one is really close to my house, the other had to send trhough mail, and dont know if i can thrust that.
| Sin317 wrote: | | while you can't "turn gay", you can cut off your balls. believe me, you'll never think of women again. |
| zmed wrote: | | Or just a defense mechanism. If you fart, you'll most definitely smell it so your brain tells you it ain't bad as strangerfarts. |
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Stige
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Aug 2014 07:47 Post subject: |
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I think if it is some newer 6950 it can't be flashed anymore.
The "first" 6950s could all be flashed but it was later fixed if I remember correctly so the later ones couldn't be flashed anymore.
But this is all from the top of my head so take it with a grain of salt.
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Aug 2014 08:58 Post subject: |
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You can try unlock that Windforce, it will work or not (that model can be unlocked tho). I would just OC it to over 6970 clocks, the performance gain from unlock is so minimal.
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ClaudeFTW
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Aug 2014 11:20 Post subject: |
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I'd still get the 2gb tho, 1gb on a relatively old card simply does not cut it, imo, not for full HD.
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Aug 2014 14:53 Post subject: |
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bought , tested, and soo far im satisfied, next year, gonna hunt a new cpu and board
| Sin317 wrote: | | while you can't "turn gay", you can cut off your balls. believe me, you'll never think of women again. |
| zmed wrote: | | Or just a defense mechanism. If you fart, you'll most definitely smell it so your brain tells you it ain't bad as strangerfarts. |
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Aug 2014 23:41 Post subject: |
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couldnt wait more for a new cpu and board, soo i bought
Core i5-3450 and a P8B75M board
more 8 gigabyte ram corsair
| Sin317 wrote: | | while you can't "turn gay", you can cut off your balls. believe me, you'll never think of women again. |
| zmed wrote: | | Or just a defense mechanism. If you fart, you'll most definitely smell it so your brain tells you it ain't bad as strangerfarts. |
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A single 6950 is so much more powerful than a pair of 5770s 
