2 x 6850 (cf) OR 1 x 6950 OR 2 x 6950 (cf)

hirolla888

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hey guys, i'm new to this site but i was very impressed with the youtube reviews etc. i'v been researching for days now and i cant decide on which gpu set up i should get for my new system:

i5 2500k

asus p8p67 deluxe

corsair force 60gb ssd

wd caviar black 750gb

8gb corsair ram

i'm going to mainly use the system for gaming, hd movie, eyefinity (3 screens), and lots of multi tasking.

any advice would be greatly appreciated!

p.s i'm leaning toward the 2 x 6850
 
First of all congrats on your new build.If you want future proofing i would say go with 6950 crossfire they scale immensly well and our worth the money for their performance or get a single 6970 and add another later for more performance.
 
The board doesnt support both graphics at 16x so if it was me Id get the best SINGLE gpu I could. If you have the money for duals just get a 6970 or a GTX570 Nvidia.
 
will x8 pci-e lanes really limit performance that much tho?

if running 3 monitors, I'd think the 69 series cards would be better because of the larger framebuffer and the ability to run 3 monitors from a single card

wouldn't he need 2 nvidia cards to drive 3 monitors?
 
i decided to go with a single 6950, im going to bios flash it to a 6970 :-). after researching it looks like its gonna do the job i need it to do. it won't run all games at max in eyefinity but it does run them very good at about 70-80% of max setting (this is for games like crysis, metro 2033), if find i need another one later then i'll just get another. thanks for the advice guys!
 
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