Help with comparison vs. $

[S77th-konkussion]

I'm a bit out of loop--- is there a $100 difference in these 2 cards?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102929

 

>>>differences are: -100mhz core clock and -128 SPU's far as I can tell vs. the following

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150531

 

 

Also- are these "dual cards" in one? Crossfire built in? I'm not going to bridge 2 units together anymore. I mean- what's the point? I don't do shooters- at all- and ED's stuff apparently doesn't care.

 

 

Current GPU's (2 in Crossfire)

Edited June 23, 2011 by S77th-konkussion

[EtherealN]

They are standard, one-GPU cards.

 

I'll dig up some comparisons for you to make the value judgement, one sec.

[EtherealN]

http://techreport.com/articles.x/20126

 

Of interest:

 

(Just for the Tesselation, not suggesting that you actually play that game. :P )

 

 

 

And finally, and oft' overlooked aspect:

 

Pictures stolen from the review I linked above.

I basically think that the 6970 does not appear worth the extra money. Below you can see a graph that plots performance vs expense (using the release SRP's) - they've standardised the results of all the benchmarks they ran for the review:

 

Obviously, you'd want to move their position on the price axis according to the price you've found those units at. Also note that the review samples were reference board designs, if I remember it right, so they might not be exactly representative of the linked products, but it's the same Cayman silicon in them anyway so the difference should be minimal.

Edited June 23, 2011 by EtherealN

[S77th-konkussion]

I tend to agree.. I think I'll go the 6950 route.

 

or maybe a new mountain bike.. :P