GPU Upgrade

Nirnias

Hey guys,

At the moment i have 2 graphics cards which are ASUS Geforce ENGTX560's

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/nvidia/20084736/asus_geforce_engtx560_dc_2di_1gd5_1_gb_pci_e/details.aspx

They seem to be giving me issues, cant run more than 2 clients of Eve Online being the main one. So im gunna be selling these cards on adverts and buying different ones. Probably an AMD set since the rest of my rig is AMD also.

But question is would i be better off buying 2 x 1GB cards for similiar prices, or would it be better if i got 1 expensive card?

I was looking at this one:

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ati__amd/80005326/msi_radeon_r7950_2pmd3gd5_oc_3gb_pci_e/details.aspx

Procrastastudy

What games - What Res - How many monitors? Will you over clock?

Nirnias

2 monitors, Mostly just Eve online, though i have been known to play some FPS' but not alot. But when i do i prefere the graphics settings maxed out.

Eve is the only game i play that requires more than 1 client running at the same time.

My current rez is 1900 x 1600 as i think thats the most my main monitor supports.

The other monitor is 1600 x 900 (i think)

Should probably get better monitors now that i think about it :P

Procrastastudy

To be honest anything that needs any grunt would be single monitor - if you do ever go trip monitors (what you need for FPS games think about where the crosshair would be on dual) you can get identical monitors so nvidia's solution for multi monitors would be fine.

For that resolution I'd probably go with nvidia. Either a 670 or a 660ti (if the hype is to be believed)

If you want to stick with AMD - who's only real edge is higher resoltions go with this card and clock the bejesus out of it.

Seems to have gone off Komplett - it was there a few days ago.

Nirnias

Iv never played FPS' with trip monitor set up. When playing FPS i only use the 1 monitor. The second monitor is literally only used when playing Eve online.

That card looks pretty damn nice. But why would i need to overclock the bajoola out of it? Iv never really done any overclocking.

Is this the Komplett one:

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ati__amd/20152467/asus_radeon_hd7950_dc2_3gd5_3gb_pci_e/details.aspx

Its cheaper on that german site though so if they ship internationally id defo go with them. (assuming my 2 cards get sold on adverts.)

Procrastastudy

Nope that one is voltage locked - the one I was going to go for myself until I was put right

You need Sappire Trixx to overclock - or the driver but Trixx is better.

HWVS ship to Ireland for €18.99

Nirnias

Ah in that case it works out about the same price i guess..

I have a topic on the eve forums that lots of people are commenting on trying to sort the issue out with my cards. If the issue doesnt get solved or if both my cards get sold on adverts fast ill upgrade to that card you linked. It looks sweet.

I just want to try and understand why its happening cause i know it should be and the other people on eve forums are confused about it also, tho there are similiar topics about the same issue from other users every now and again!

Procrastastudy

I used to play MMOs and SLI / Xfire setups where never a good idea.

I would wait and see what the 660ti does - it looks like it might kick the ass off the 7950 at lower resolutions.