Hey people,
I've been playing with various 7970 setups recently and I've been having some problems with crossfire. Games either crashing, flickering or what I think is microstutter. Currently all my graphics cards are back at the shop for a refund. This leaves me with the task of what to buy next.
Option 1.
2x Direct CU II Top 7970 graphics cards. Should be great quality and good clock speeds.... only slight reservation is any microstutter ruining the extra FPS
Option 2.
Single Direct CU II Top 7970. FPS wont be as nice as above and some games, e.g. Crysis 2 with everything turned up will only get about 18 fps... that said... is £450 worth it for around 12 fps extra?... I could just turn down the AA settings I guess.
Option 3.
Single Direct CU II Top 7970 with CPU and MB upgrade.
I currently run an i7 870 on a P7P55d-e Pro motherboard. It runs fine OC'd to around 4ghz but I'm wondering if spending some money on a new CPU and motherboard will give me the addition 10fps in game...and without the microstutter problem.
In theory, cash available for CPU and motherboard would be £450, and what ever I could raise from selling the i7 870 and motherboard. In theory... I could hopefully get an i7 3930k and motherboard or an i7 2700k. I hear that the i7 3930k is a waste unless you are encoding movies etc.
_________________ i7 3770k, P8Z77v Pro, 16gb Ram,2x Samsung 840 SSD RAID 0 + 4.5tb storage, 7970 Oc'd + 7950 in crossfire, 3x SP2309w monitors + 1 acer monitor, Asus D2X Xonar, Creative T40 Speakers plus satalite speakers + audio transducer
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