Hey guys.
Been a long time visitor to the forums and love watching Tom's video reviews. I find them the most honest and unbiased reviews out there.
Now, onto the thread.
I have the upgrade itch. However, so many cards seem like a solid choice!
Firstly, I game at 1920x1080 and the current rigs stands at:
i7 920 @ 3.66ghz
2 x 5850 Crossfire (stock, will explain further down)
6gb ram
Tonnes of storage.
Corsair hx750 PSU.
I can't overclock my 5850's for the extra performance. Whenever I try my 2D clocks dive, which causes my monitors to get a horrible flicker since the 2D clocks are to low making them unstable. Sucks to be fair.
I've considered so many card choices at the moment. Such as:
Upgrading to a GTX580 Twin Frozr II with the potential of adding a second.
SLI 570. I could get this, however if I would need a PSU upgrade then I'd have to get 1 and a PSU, then later add the second.
A GTX590. My concern with these is I have seen video's of them exploding
. But they perform well, and are quieter then the 6990.
On the 6990... I've debated it, I do use headphones for the most part anyway. Is it really THAT loud?
6970, 6950 crossfire?
The choices at the moment are massive. I think the biggest kicker is that most of these upgrades would require a PSU upgrade. I'd just hop on the hx1000 if I had to so that I'm covered in future.
Anyway, thoughts on a noticeable upgrade from the 5850's?
Been a long time visitor to the forums and love watching Tom's video reviews. I find them the most honest and unbiased reviews out there.
Now, onto the thread.
I have the upgrade itch. However, so many cards seem like a solid choice!
Firstly, I game at 1920x1080 and the current rigs stands at:
i7 920 @ 3.66ghz
2 x 5850 Crossfire (stock, will explain further down)
6gb ram
Tonnes of storage.
Corsair hx750 PSU.
I can't overclock my 5850's for the extra performance. Whenever I try my 2D clocks dive, which causes my monitors to get a horrible flicker since the 2D clocks are to low making them unstable. Sucks to be fair.
I've considered so many card choices at the moment. Such as:
Upgrading to a GTX580 Twin Frozr II with the potential of adding a second.
SLI 570. I could get this, however if I would need a PSU upgrade then I'd have to get 1 and a PSU, then later add the second.
A GTX590. My concern with these is I have seen video's of them exploding
. But they perform well, and are quieter then the 6990.On the 6990... I've debated it, I do use headphones for the most part anyway. Is it really THAT loud?
6970, 6950 crossfire?
The choices at the moment are massive. I think the biggest kicker is that most of these upgrades would require a PSU upgrade. I'd just hop on the hx1000 if I had to so that I'm covered in future.
Anyway, thoughts on a noticeable upgrade from the 5850's?
