Choosing the best card

[Sowexly]

I primary game @1920x1200 and I'm not happy with the performance of a single 6970 overclocked, I'm wondering if I should get a second one or if I should sell this one and look at an alternative.

I think the 670 would be great but for the price the 7970s go for now I would rather have the VRAM encase I need it for mods (Skyrim etc)

Would SLI 660Ti's be valid?

I'm looking for a little more than double the performance of a single 6970

 

[Jalidi]

I tried crossfired 6970's for a while but I think a single GPU solution works best, especially at the 1920x1200 at which I also play.

The 7970 is nearly twice as fast as a 6970, though I'm holding out for the 8970 which is rumored to be available sometime in March, and should be a bit faster for the roughly the same price.

 

[Sowexly]

Yeah I wasn't sure if I should hold out or just grab a 7970 nearly twice isn't enough power I'm afraid.

 

[cannondale06]

I tried crossfired 6970's for a while but I think a single GPU solution works best, especially at the 1920x1200 at which I also play.

The 7970 is nearly twice as fast as a 6970, though I'm holding out for the 8970 which is rumored to be available sometime in March, and should be a bit faster for the roughly the same price.

a 7970 was only about 35-40% faster than a 6970 at launch. unless it has magically more than doubled its original performance with newer drivers then it is no where near twice as fast as the 6970.

 

[me0w0w]

I primary game @1920x1200 and I'm not happy with the performance of a single 6970 overclocked, I'm wondering if I should get a second one or if I should sell this one and look at an alternative.

I think the 670 would be great but for the price the 7970s go for now I would rather have the VRAM encase I need it for mods (Skyrim etc)

Would SLI 660Ti's be valid?

I'm looking for a little more than double the performance of a single 6970

7970's are not quite double the performance but almost if you can overclock it to GHZ level.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/509?vs=618

I'd defintely stick with one card than 2.

 

[cannondale06]

7970's are not quite double the performance but almost if you can overclock it to GHZ level.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/509?vs=618

I'd defintely stick with one card than 2.

even the ghz card on the newest drivers is only getting about 60% faster overall average at 1920 than the stock 6970. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Catalyst_12.11_Performance/23.html

plus if the op overclocks then he would have the 6970 oced too. that said, I would also not fool with two cards and just get a 7970 that is known to oc pretty well.

 

[lilstevo]

I also agree with the others in going the single card route instead of SLI/Xfire, but you may have to wait for next gen cards to see if they can give you the performance levels you are looking for (>2X 6970).

 

[Sowexly]

I guess waiting it out will have to be the solution because a 690 is out of the question.

 

[cannondale06]

I guess waiting it out will have to be the solution because a 690 is out of the question.

why not simply get a 7970 and oc it? that will easily give you 75% more performance than a stock 6970. that makes more sense then just waiting around for 6 more months for a card that may not be much faster than the 7970 and costs quite a bit more.