Preformance: Crossfire 6870 or single 6970?

[Sharp]

Hey.

I've got some choices at hand and I would like to get everyones opinion on them.

If I'm gonna get the 6970 I'm gonna buy the Asus version with good cooling.

In advance, thank you for all your reply's : )

-Sharp

 

[mrDMxtreme]

Personally I would get the Better card (6970) and then plan on get another IF I NEEDED to.

Also depends on ur PSU and what it can handle

 

[Sharp]

Anyone got some pro benchmark arguments or something

 

[fraghappy245]

i would defo get 6870 in xfire i say this because this i what i am doing and also it will beat a 6970 and gtx 580 in nearly every game out there and i mean like 20fps + hope this helps

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

6870 xfire could offer better overclocking results. BUT a single card will offer less problems. Dual cards will have scaling issues.

 

[Natashaful]

6970, You might get more FPS with two 6870's but you'll not be able to tell due to Microsutter, Single card is allways the best way.

 

[Scoob]

6970, You might get more FPS with two 6870's but you'll not be able to tell due to Microsutter, Single card is allways the best way.

Is micro-stutter still a big problem with AMD cards? I know my friend who ran a pair of 4870x2 had no end of issues with that. So much so that while his average FPS was better and his bench scores were far better, games played smoother on my then mid-range GTX 275. Since then he's upgraded to a pair of GTX 480's and really hasn't had problems of that sort since. I'm getting a 2nd GTX 570 myself to go SLi and don't anticipate too many issues based on my friends 480 SLi experience. Note: he always had more than ample power for the cards he ran - running two PSU's even.

I know micro-stutter used to be considered more an ATI/AMD problem (from what I've read) but really thought the latest hardware/drvers had buried this problem for the most part.

I'd imagine that if you have card X, then getting a 2nd card X will always be a cost-effective solution to get a big FPS boost. This is assuming that card X is reasonably current gen of course.

Note: I've not had and ATI/AMD GPU in my system for a while, so I'm just going on my friends experience.

Cheers,

Scoob.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Is micro-stutter still a big problem with AMD cards? I know my friend who ran a pair of 4870x2 had no end of issues with that. So much so that while his average FPS was better and his bench scores were far better, games played smoother on my then mid-range GTX 275. Since then he's upgraded to a pair of GTX 480's and really hasn't had problems of that sort since. I'm getting a 2nd GTX 570 myself to go SLi and don't anticipate too many issues based on my friends 480 SLi experience. Note: he always had more than ample power for the cards he ran - running two PSU's even.

I know micro-stutter used to be considered more an ATI/AMD problem (from what I've read) but really thought the latest hardware/drvers had buried this problem for the most part.

I'd imagine that if you have card X, then getting a 2nd card X will always be a cost-effective solution to get a big FPS boost. This is assuming that card X is reasonably current gen of course.

Note: I've not had and ATI/AMD GPU in my system for a while, so I'm just going on my friends experience.

Cheers,

Scoob.

While its not a big problem anymore their will ALWAYS be some.