6970 did I make the right decision?

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Lexxikonn

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Just bought a MSI R6970 Afterburner from Aria, just wondering whether I made the right decision. The only other card I was thinking of was the MSI GTX N570, which was about the same price.

I was in the company of a massive AMD fanboy when I ordered the card, and he sort of convinced me to buy it...

Since the order has not shipped yet, I have the oppourtunity to change the card for the 570 since they are exactly the same price... SHOULD I??????

Thanks for quick replies!

6970:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...R5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=43439

570:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...R5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=43736
 
If you want to fold, the 570 would be a better choice. For gaming, they trade blows. If you want to go multiple screen gaming or eyefinity, the 6970 is the way to go. IMO, each is a great choice unless you want PhysX or want to fold.
 
6970 is a good card ive got the 6950 with unlocked shadders and plays everything on full. no slow down and the overdrive overclocking is a good feature that comes with them, if your room is cool and decent case you be about to get a good 15 to 20% more power.
 
Im running a Coolermaster CM690 II advanced, with every available fan slot filled. I have no intention of running multiple screens... When you say "If you want to fold" what does that mean?
 
Lexxikonn said:
Im running a Coolermaster CM690 II advanced, with every available fan slot filled. I have no intention of running multiple screens... When you say "If you want to fold" what does that mean?
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We have a folding team here. My stats are in my sig. Quite a few people here fold as well so you will see similar signatures.

Folding is basically used by researchers at Stanford to get data that would otherwise require a super computer.

Here's a link to our folding section here at OC3D.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/index.php?/forum/96-redline-folding-oc3d-98860/
 
Oh cool, so your GPU can be utilised to perform computational tasks as well as the CPU?

Let's say if you were me, 6970 or 570, both same price, which would you buy?

Considering the 6970 has a OC3D Bronze rating, while the 570 has a Gold rating (this is what made me concerned in the first place)
 
Lexxikonn said:
Oh cool, so your GPU can be utilised to perform computational tasks as well as the CPU?
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Yep, exactly.

name='Lexxikonn' said:
Let's say if you were me, 6970 or 570, both same price, which would you buy?

Considering the 6970 has a OC3D Bronze rating, while the 570 has a Gold rating (this is what made me concerned in the first place)
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Personally, I'd go with a 570. I'm kind of biased though because of folding. I can't complain either though with my 470s for gaming. I should be ordering a 560 in the next couple weeks as well for my second rig.

Both will be great cards. I've had less problems personally with nVidia cards, but my last ATI card was a 9800pro so it's been awhile. If you ever think you may fold, go with the 570. Folding is improving on AMD cards, but still not the level of nVidia cards.
 
Yeah, I think I will see if I can switch the order. To be honest, if TTL hasn't given something in my computer the A-OK then I'm not really satisfied with it.

I will switch to a 570 and maybe try some folding, looks really fun. Like a really extreme benchmarking test over long periods of time, no? Must really test a PC to the limit.
 
Lexxikonn said:
Yeah, I think I will see if I can switch the order. To be honest, if TTL hasn't given something in my computer the A-OK then I'm not really satisfied with it.

I will switch to a 570 and maybe try some folding, looks really fun. Like a really extreme benchmarking test over long periods of time, no? Must really test a PC to the limit.
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Folding becomes more of an obsession than anything.
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Folding is the toughest thing on a PC IMO. I've had my system be furmark/bench stable, but not folding stable. In my experience, if your PC is folding stable it will run anything you can throw at it.

The most important thing about folding though is the science. If there is a chance they can use any of the research my PC performs to cure something, then the cost of electricity is worth it. The points and competition is fun too. It's also brought a lot of us together for a good cause.
 
Lexxikonn said:
Yeah, I think I will see if I can switch the order. To be honest, if TTL hasn't given something in my computer the A-OK then I'm not really satisfied with it.

I will switch to a 570 and maybe try some folding, looks really fun. Like a really extreme benchmarking test over long periods of time, no? Must really test a PC to the limit.
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So long as you are using it with an Intel mobo, Nvidea is this gen's way to go
 
Well personally i think that Nvidia GPU's sound like jet engines and are your own personal electric heater i bought 2 9800GT's once to sli first one had faulty CUDA cores and i got a replacement and the sli was so bugged that most games i had to disable one to play i went AMD after.

Never had a problem with AMD/ATI own about 4 cards never had a faulty one all over clocked well and perfomed all my games on max setting i have a HD5870 atm and it can play Crysis 2 on max settings 1440x900 and get average 65fps.
 
blair said:
Well personally i think that Nvidia GPU's sound like jet engines and are your own personal electric heater i bought 2 9800GT's once to sli first one had faulty CUDA cores and i got a replacement and the sli was so bugged that most games i had to disable one to play i went AMD after.

Never had a problem with AMD/ATI own about 4 cards never had a faulty one all over clocked well and perfomed all my games on max setting i have a HD5870 atm and it can play Crysis 2 on max settings 1440x900 and get average 65fps.
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That's old Nvidea.

And to give you something to look foreward to, I get over 250fps peaks with around 130fps average @1600x900 maxed
 
Go for the 570 dude, I find the Nvidia drivers a bit less hassle, and considering they perform similarly, this tips the scale for me.
 
I'm not sure about new nvidia's ( don't they just re-release the same cores and rename them?
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) but my 8800gts always seemed to run hot and seems the mem overheated after 3years
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Altho at least with nvidia u have CUDA and Physx (depending on whether u use those functions)

Out of the 2 cards posted the 570 looks nice price
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