[quote][quote]I can run it with aa but it is not butter smooth all the way. I like games completely butter smooth with vsync d3doverrider. I cannot stand screen tears it makes games look worse than consoles. That is why I am getting the asus aftermarket 6970 with 4 displayports to remove the infamous 69xx dvi/displayport single tear. Plus with that cooler I can really push the oc http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121430&cm_re=6970-_-14-121-430-_-Product
The 5850 is a awesome card for single screens though. I just need a stable card with more ram for aa though
do you have your 69xx on overdrive because with drivers 10.9 and above while using overdrive it does that screen tear. the clocks idle to low and it causes this. I had to create a custom profile to use to get it so it would minimize it with my 5830. it flickers once in a while on the desktop but never in games. What resolution are you playing at. I can pretty much max anything on 1 5830 and use 4xAA or 8xAA and still get 30-40 fps depending on game at 5200x1050.
The 6970 has too high idle clocks at 5760x1080 (which is what I use) I had no problems with that card except the single screen tear. Thanks AMD for making a card that has no way to remove it, they even admit it :!: I use 11.2 and works great with everything. BC2 Vietnam everything maxed 8aa 16af 5760x 1080 playable. But I used 2aa with constant 60fps never dips. I like all games to be constant locked at 60fps even if I have to turn down aa. So far only BC2 and MOH(at 4aa) I have to turn down aa with the 6970. I barely notice any change in IQ when I lower aa to make it butter smooth. Oh yeah I disable ccc from startup, I never use it and it kills performance big time in BC2
really thats all i really play right now is bc2 vietnam. I'm disabling ccc and trying it right now to see. lol I play at a lower res then you. I have another 5830 coming tomorrow to run in cf so I can' wait but i run 5176x1050 res and all high settings with 16xAF and 4xAA at 40fps pretty constant. Lowest I've seen it go was 32fps. Anything above 30fps for me a money. lol
OH i can't wait for haydens release though so I can play bulletstorm in eyefinity. lol