Is one 7970 enough for 5760x1080 gaming?

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Drangueos

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Sooo
is one 7970 enough for 5760x1080 gaming?

My pc:
Intel I7 2600K @4.5Ghz/1.28v
Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3
Sapphire HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 @1000/1500
Corsair 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Vengeance Blue LP CL9 1.5V
 
If you wish to play at that res with semi good graphics, youll need 2. A few games i play barely get 60 fps at 1920x1080 max settings.
 
To be honest you'll probably be able to max like 90% of games at that res with a single 7970. Most games are a pushover with today's hardware.

Even more demanding games like BF3 will run fine maxed out. According to this [H] review a 7970 got 45 FPS average in BF3, at 5040x1050:

http://hardocp.com/article/2012/01/09/amd_radeon_hd_7970_overclocking_performance_review/4

If less than 60FPS isn't playable to you, then get a second 7970. But from the benches I'm looking at, I'd be fine with a single 7970 at that res...
 
Too many problems with Eyefinity + Crossfire. Getting a single card is probably a better option even if you sacrifice some graphical quality. I spent a month rebuilding every single part of my computer just to get 2x7970 work right in Eyefinity. Still doesnt work right. Save yourself some possible headache and dont go Eyefinity+Crossfire.

Have to say that some people have no issues, but I know a lot of people who are also having lots of issues. Just start with 1 card and see how you like it.
 
Drangueos said:
Sooo
is one 7970 enough for 5760x1080 gaming?

My pc:
Intel I7 2600K @4.5Ghz/1.28v
Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3
Sapphire HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 @1000/1500
Corsair 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Vengeance Blue LP CL9 1.5V
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trust me games look awesome, I'm sure if you want the last eyecandy you need 2.

I'm running one and loving it.

I used to have 2x 6950 and it's supposed to be slightly better but I really like having 1 7970, then once prices go down buy a used 7970 or 7950
 
happy with my one 7970 and eyefinity(6048x1080 BC) setup.
 
This is a really broad question due to the number of multi-monitor enabled games and what settings you would be wanting to play at. Would a single HD 7970 be enough for Half-Life 2 at max settings? Of course. Would it be enough for Battlefield 3 at ultra settings? IMO, no, you'd need to crank down quite a few settings.
 
F1 2010 DX11 max 5760x1080+χ8ΑΑ

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DIRT 2 DX11 max 5760χ1080+χ8ΑΑ

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DIRT 3 DX11 max 5760χ1080 SHADOWS HIGH
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F1 runs on intel integrated graphics...dirt 2+3 are console ports... Try something demanding.
 
zpaf said:
Try the same games with 470sli at 1080p and you can understand.
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I don't have any of those games installed. But from what I can remember dirt 3 wasn't exactly causing the fans to spin. :p

Anyway F@H, unless you want a single 260...
 
I'll try to borrow one monitor today to test it, I can try on my monitor + tv + borrowed one...
I already tested on 3840x720 (because the other monitor I have only supports 720) and was Ok with all settings on MAX playing BF3.

I'm not a FPS freak.. if I get minimum of 30fps, 99% chance that I'm going for it

I need to decide today if I get 2 new monitors, I'm not going for 2x 7970 because I would need to change my case, psu and plus the cost of another 7970...
 
i say its worth it. ive been waiting for a single card solution that would play most of my games at eyefinity res with high/ultra and/or maxed graphical settings in most games and the 7970 has accomplished that for me. now, i cant speak for next generation games as dx11 matures more and more, but with 3gb of vram, the 7970 is a great card here and now.

Here are games I've played with my setup and optimized to my liking. I tend to be a graphics whore, so if I can run 4xMSAA with graphical options on High or Ultra and still get 40+ FPS, I'm good. 30fps tends to be too slow for me in most games(especially racing and fps).

F1 2010
F1 2011
Dirt 2 & 3
Serious Sam: BFE
Dragon Age : Origins (hi-res texture pack)
Flatout 3 (optimized like shit, ultra detail in eyefinity is barely playable)
Resident Evil 5
Metro 2033
Crysis
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield 3
Oblivion
The Witcher
Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham City
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. 2
Total War Shogun 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Just Cause 2
Trackmania United
Trackmania 2 Canyon

Some other ones I can't think of right now probably...

If there are any games you would like me to test out for you op, I might be able to do some benches...
 
I have the 7970 with my i7 920 and I run 5760x1080 with 3 Asus 27" screens and I run Battlefield 3 on Medium settings and get around 50-60 FPS. If you want better quality than Medium than you will want more power. I would say test the visual settings on your current setup with one monitor to see if the change from ultra to medium is worth it. You may want a second card later down the road.
 
Depends on what games you play, and what level of eye candy you are willing to do without.

For my games and preferences, one 7970 isn't even enough for single monitor gaming at 2560x1600.

It's different for every person though.

I'm pretty demanding.

I want all eye candy on, at least some AA, and minimum framerates rarely, if ever dropping below 60fps.

That's a pretty high standard.

I have not been able to accomplish this at 2560x1600 in Metro 2033 with:
- One GTX580,
- Two 6970's in crossfire; or
- A single 7970 overclocked to 1150.

all of which I have tested in the last year or so.

In other games - however - the above configurations have been just fine, like Civ 5, Red Orchestra 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat, though Stalker was marginal with a single GTX580.

So, evaluate how heavy a load the games you play represent, determine what level of quality you are willing to accept, and make your decision based on that.

5760x1080 is about 50% more sreen area (by pixels) than 2560x1600. So if I feel I need at least two 7970's for all of my games to run to my standards at 2560x1600, you'll probably need 3 or 4 (depeding on crossfire scaling) to reach the same standard at 5760x1080. You may not demand as high settings though.

So this is the choice you have to make.
 
I have a single Sapphire 7970 and play all my games at 5760x1080. With the card overclocked to 1.2Ghz, I can play BF3 on Ultra settings with motionblur and HBAO and get a steady and very playable 30-60 fps. I really love this card :)

The single biggest limiting graphic setting that really seems to kill AMD cards is the anti aliasing. Keep that to a minimum or off and the card the plows through anything you throw at it.
 
I agree......EyeFinity + AA = killer.

Just yesterday I loaded up Metro 2033.....5760 x 1200, DX11, "high settings", AAA

My jaw dropped.
The game was beautiful and ran silky smooth, average FPS 65-80.( I have CF'd 7970s)

I was amazed. Last time I played this game was with Crossfired 5870 E6 models and I could not use EF at all.

I would offer that there are quite a number of games you could run in EF with your 7970 very well.
I don't think you'd have to sacrifice much.
As to statements about CF and EF, I have not had many problems, except for AMDs constantly late driver and profiles.
EF works very, very well with Crossfire.
 
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One 7970 is not enough for that resolution. Who the hell wants to spend tons of money on top end end hardware and run everything at medium settings? Get two cards and do it right or don't do it at all.
 
magoo said:
I agree......EyeFinity + AA = killer.

Just yesterday I loaded up Metro 2033.....5760 x 1200, DX11, "high settings", AAA

My jaw dropped.
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Too bad Metro 2033 is unplayable in Eyefinity. The mouse coordinates don't scale properly, meaning you spin left/right WAY too fast and look up/down WAY too slow :mad:
 
GreenGoose said:
One 7970 is not enough for that resolution. Who the hell wants to spend tons of money on top end end hardware and run everything at medium settings? Get two cards and do it right or don't do it at all.
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That doesn't even make sense. Not long ago people were buying 2x6950 or 2x6970 for this resolution and game requirements haven't changed since then. People were definitely not running medium settings with their 6900 crossfire setups. A single 7970, heavily overclocked, trades blows with.either configuration.
 
x3sphere said:
That doesn't even make sense. Not long ago people were buying 2x6950 or 2x6970 for this resolution and game requirements haven't changed since then. People were definitely not running medium settings with their 6900 crossfire setups. A single 7970, heavily overclocked, trades blows with.either configuration.
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That's exactly what I was thinking...

I've run 5760x1080 out of a single HD 6970, and things seemed just fine. An HD 7970 would surely be enough...
 
x3sphere said:
That doesn't even make sense. Not long ago people were buying 2x6950 or 2x6970 for this resolution and game requirements haven't changed since then. People were definitely not running medium settings with their 6900 crossfire setups. A single 7970, heavily overclocked, trades blows with.either configuration.
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Heck, many big name titles don't even need 2x6900 cards. Portal 2 and Skyrim can be run maxed out or on high with a singke 6800 card at 5300x1050 with more than playable fps.
 
Skripka said:
Heck, many big name titles don't even need 2x6900 cards. Portal 2 and Skyrim can be run maxed out or on high with a singke 6800 card at 5300x1050 with more than playable fps.
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As I said before, it's totally game dependent.


Some titles require more power than others, for reasons that are evident.

Some types of games are more reliant on high framerates than others.

For most multiplayer FPS games, I would demand a framerate that only rarely drops under 60fps.

For single player FPS games, 30fps is sufficient.

For turn based strategy games, like Civ 5, even 10fps is technically playable, as long as the mouse pointer is rendered separately from the game framerate.
 
I'm very satisfied with my single 7970 and 5760x1080 gaming. I came from xfire 5870's and the 7970 is so much smoother with more eye candy.

Unknown-One said:
Too bad Metro 2033 is unplayable in Eyefinity. The mouse coordinates don't scale properly, meaning you spin left/right WAY too fast and look up/down WAY too slow :mad:
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My solution was to adjust the DPI independently on my G500.
 
Intel_Hydralisk said:
I'm very satisfied with my single 7970 and 5760x1080 gaming. I came from xfire 5870's and the 7970 is so much smoother with more eye candy.



My solution was to adjust the DPI independently on my G500.
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It allows you to adjust it independently for each axis?

I have one of these and I never noticed that :p
 
Zarathustra[H];1038353014 said:
It allows you to adjust it independently for each axis?

I have one of these and I never noticed that :p
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Go into the Logitech software and you can adjust each level independently.
 
Unknown-One said:
Too bad Metro 2033 is unplayable in Eyefinity. The mouse coordinates don't scale properly, meaning you spin left/right WAY too fast and look up/down WAY too slow :mad:
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I'm not sure many people actually *play* Metro 2033 anymore. It's more just used as a GPU-intensive benchmark for people to wank their e-peen over.
 
Intel_Hydralisk said:
I'm very satisfied with my single 7970 and 5760x1080 gaming. I came from xfire 5870's and the 7970 is so much smoother with more eye candy.



My solution was to adjust the DPI independently on my G500.
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Yeah but 5870s sucked in Eyefinity :p I didn't think most games that were technically demanding ran that well in 5870 CFX, going to 580 SLI was a huge step up.
 
I have 580 SLI and I find many games "unplayable" at 5760x1200 at max settings. I would rather play with more eyecandy than a wider field of view in many games, personally, so I usually only run those games on 1 screen. I would suggest two 7970s if you are serious about gaming on more than one screen.
 
Sorry I did not read the entire thread, but I would just wanna share my own experience.
I consider myself as a hardcore gamer ( not competitive ones like people play in leagues and such ) - as when I game I do want the best experience when I game, such as consistent smooth flow thru out the game and keeping the game to be more "accurate" so I will play better. And by accurate means I turn off all those flashy unnecessary stuff that will affect my gaming performance (mostly in FPS game).
Anyways I do play with the resolution of 5760x1080 too (U22 P22 U22) and I use a ASUS HD6950 2GB CUII.
I have no problem playing the games I play, like MW3, BF3, L4D2, TF2, SC2 and so on...
So I m pretty sure that a 7970 will be more than enough... unless u really have to turn on all the effects ( which reduce my gaming performance or KDR lol ) and max out on every single setting... then I dont really know if it will handle it because I do not own one
But dont get me wrong I do have a little bit of AA turn on and setting on mostly high level but just not extra useless effects
and of course I have max setting whenever I can if I m playing offline games lol

Sorry for the long messy poor english post

tl;dr version - in 5670x1080 I found 6950 2GB does the job, so 7970 will do a better job for sure.
 
Rizen said:
I have 580 SLI and I find many games "unplayable" at 5760x1200 at max settings. I would rather play with more eyecandy than a wider field of view in many games, personally, so I usually only run those games on 1 screen. I would suggest two 7970s if you are serious about gaming on more than one screen.
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The things that make it 'unplayable' are usually something like 8xAA or higher.

I have no problem turning off MSAA and using FXAA or turning off ambient occlusion to get smooth performance with 3 monitors.
 
Intel_Hydralisk said:
The things that make it 'unplayable' are usually something like 8xAA or higher.

I have no problem turning off MSAA and using FXAA or turning off ambient occlusion to get smooth performance with 3 monitors.
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Yeah, it's all subjective, and depends from person to person. But I like being able to max out every slider when I play (not necessarily insane levels of AA, but let's say BF3 on Ultra?) and a single 7970 won't do that at high enough frame rates.
 
Rizen said:
Yeah, it's all subjective, and depends from person to person. But I like being able to max out every slider when I play (not necessarily insane levels of AA, but let's say BF3 on Ultra?) and a single 7970 won't do that at high enough frame rates.
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You are 100% correct.
 
Rizen said:
Yeah, it's all subjective, and depends from person to person. But I like being able to max out every slider when I play (not necessarily insane levels of AA, but let's say BF3 on Ultra?) and a single 7970 won't do that at high enough frame rates.
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I prefer one card even if I have to adjust the visual quality due to crossfire is more troublesome.
2x7950 seems to be the best choice for crossfire and eyefinity since overclocking the cards you get insanse power behind it. Unless the 7870 has some cool things ;)
 
Ok I borrowed one monitor so I could do 3 monitors setup
5760x1080 testing on BF3 - Caspian border 64/64

1x HD7970 @1000/1500

Ultra + 4xAA = 15fps
Ultra + 2xAA = 18fps
Ultra + NoAA = 28-32 fps
High + 2xAA = 22-25 fps
High + NoAA = 30-35 fps
Med + NoAA = 38-45 fps

Basically High + NoAA is really playable, even on Ultra without AA is playable... so from what I saw AA is the main killer

But after doing the tests i'm not sure if worth it, because 99,95% of the time I only use the middle monitor... but yes... looks awesome
 
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