6870 vs 6950(or6970)

mrbudgie · Feb 7, 2011

Gonna be upgrading soon

shall I get the 6870 or the 6950 or the 6970

can All 6950's be unlocked to a 6970 even unlocked are they as fast as a 6970

LDNL · Feb 7, 2011

Grab a 6950 with 1 gb of memory. Best bang for the buck and if youre thinking of maybe the 2 gb version, http://techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159

BondExtreme · Feb 7, 2011

6950. 6970 isn't worth the extra $$.

TheMailMan78 · Feb 7, 2011

I would just get a cheap 5850.

Deleted member 67555 · Feb 7, 2011

i'd suggest this at $225 it's the best bang for your buck

About the same cost as a 6870 but faster...a 6950 is overkill...I just got one and my system can't handle it...

EDIT: Never mind just realized you are in the UK

alexsubri · Feb 7, 2011

Yea my 5850 Crossfire runs just fine

BondExtreme · Feb 8, 2011

You could always just wait for the 7xxx series to come out

Most likely around 8 months away. Not too bad of a wait xD

LagunaX · Feb 8, 2011

6950.
Flash to unlocked shaders 6950 bios, not to 6970 bios.
For gaming, set to 6970 clocks 880/1375 - most 6950's will do it stable on stock 6950 volts.

As not to flash to 6970 bios - some people have complained of artifacts and corrupted cards due to different programming for the the RAM.

You're safe if you can flash with the unlocked shader 6950 bios.

Over_Lord · Feb 8, 2011

mrbudgie said:
Gonna be upgrading soon

shall I get the 6870 or the 6950 or the 6970

can All 6950's be unlocked to a 6970 even unlocked are they as fast as a 6970

Stick to your HD4890. Upgrade when 28nm comes out. Not worth upgrading right now.

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