5870 1GB crossfire -> 7970GHz edition worklog

Ahhzz · Nov 6, 2013

Dent1 said:
I only run 1440x900 so don't need more than 1GB VRAM. I was lucky not to have many CF issues. ....

Slight misconception.... Some games can pull over that easily: check the games he tested. I was running 1440 on my 21 wides, and choking my 2Gb 6950s with Skyrim textures. I expect that with Star Citizen on the distant horizon, I'll be dying to stretch my funds to a 290 with 4Gb instead of the solid 280x with "only" 3Gb.

Dent1 · Nov 7, 2013

Ahhzz said:
Slight misconception.... Some games can pull over that easily: check the games he tested. I was running 1440 on my 21 wides, and choking my 2Gb 6950s with Skyrim textures. I expect that with Star Citizen on the distant horizon, I'll be dying to stretch my funds to a 290 with 4Gb instead of the solid 280x with "only" 3Gb.

Some games use more than 1GB, but even so my performance is still more than playable even at high detail.

Mussels said:
i can bench the 7970 with anything you want, but the crossfire setup has been disbanded.

Ah what a shame.

Mussels · Nov 8, 2013

Dent1 said:
Some games use more than 1GB, but even so my performance is still more than playable even at high detail.

Ah what a shame.

dent: use afterburner and watch your ram usage. when you pass 1GB you get stutters and all sorts of crap.

as i said earlier: i may get similar FPS to the crossfire setup at the same detail levels, but i can run 60FPS on this card at settings that were a stuttery 15FPS mess on the crossfire.

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5870 1GB crossfire -> 7970GHz edition worklog

Ahhzz

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Mussels

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