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AMD HD6850 thoughts?

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johnwall

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Hey guys.

As you can see, I'm new here, but I have a few questions

I am considering getting this card, but before I do I am curious to see what you all think of it. I look at some online reviews from those big sites, but I can't really talk to them so I am asking YOU. What do you think of this card?

Also if anyone has any benchmarks they made themselves I would love to see them to get an idea of what performance is really like because I don't really trust those bigger sites..

Thanks for your time!
 
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Really fantastic card!
What else is in your system?
cpu, motherboard, ram ect.
What resolution do you play at?
 
At the moment, I have an AMD Phenom II 940 overclocked to 3.4ghz, but I plan to upgrade to a 2500k eventually.

I have an MSI 790x motherboard like you and 4GB of DDR2

I usually play at 1920x1080.

What performance difference would I see between my current GTX 465 that is OCed and a 6950 unlocked to a 6970?
 
It's faster by about 30-50%, here's my question. Is your 465 too slow? It's a decent card, and if you aren't having performance issues with it then it makes sense to wait for the 28nm 7000 and (what?? GT 6xx?? ) cards which should bring much larger performance increases later this year. If you really do need more performance right now, by all means don't wait, the 6950 should be a noticeable step up.
 
Ah so you mean a 6950 not a 6850. It's an upgrade, but not a huge one. At 1920x1200 you're only looking at about a 40% gain even if you unlock it.
 
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