Squid Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) What single cards are advised for replacing my HD5850 Crossfire, that will offer noticeably better performance in ED titles compared to a single HD5850 and similar to 2x5850 performance in mainstream titles ? (I hear that most of you favor Nvidia for ED?) Budget: 250 euros max (~ 320 USD / 200 GBP ? ) Thanks Edited November 9, 2012 by Squid . i7 880 | HD 7870 | 8 Gb DDR3 1600 | ECS P55H-A | OCZ Vertex 2 180 | Intel 330 180 | WD 500 AAKS | 2x WD 2T Green | Enermax Liberty 620 | CH Combatstick & Throttle | TrackIR 3 | HP ZR24W | Windows 7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combatace Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Go for Radeon 7000 or 8000 series. Single cad will do all good for you. To support my models please donate to paypal ID: hp.2084@gmail.com https://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Artists/hero2084?referral=hero2084 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Not Nvidia? . i7 880 | HD 7870 | 8 Gb DDR3 1600 | ECS P55H-A | OCZ Vertex 2 180 | Intel 330 180 | WD 500 AAKS | 2x WD 2T Green | Enermax Liberty 620 | CH Combatstick & Throttle | TrackIR 3 | HP ZR24W | Windows 7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedaway Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Why not Nvidia GTX660Ti? But DCS in memory eater... So why not a 3Gigs Radeon HD7950? Googlize, Compare and decide what fits your requirements... DCS Wish: Turbulences affecting surrounding aircraft... [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC] Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - Intel Core i5 6600K - 16Gb RAM DDR4-2133 - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming - 8 Go - 2 x SSD Crucial MX300 - 750 Go RAID0 - Screens: HP OMEN 32'' 2560x1440 + Oculus Rift CV1 - Win 10 - 64bits - TM WARTHOG #889 - Saitek Pro Rudder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) 660Ti & 7950 are beyond my budget :( looks like its going to be either vanilla 660 or 7870 i guess?. Nvidia or Ati for DCS / FC3 ? Edited November 10, 2012 by Squid . i7 880 | HD 7870 | 8 Gb DDR3 1600 | ECS P55H-A | OCZ Vertex 2 180 | Intel 330 180 | WD 500 AAKS | 2x WD 2T Green | Enermax Liberty 620 | CH Combatstick & Throttle | TrackIR 3 | HP ZR24W | Windows 7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erforce Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Hi Squid. Well, you should know that 7870 > 660 But 660 = PhysX (lol feature imo) About drivers, i would say Nvidia, because i had so much troubles with games and my 4890. Catalyst is a piece of **** from 9.2 to 12.x at least. Plus, if you want silence, go for asus dcu 2. You can't imagine how glad i am without this F-15 turbine in my room. So my vote is Nvidia. But again, it's me. (and no, can't help ya with your i7 880 ;) ) TASK / ROLES acronyms guide Black Shark A.I. datalink guide illustrated (v1.2.4 Available on Wiki) DCS World Codex 1.1 : full units list (Speed/Weapons/Armor thickness/Threat zone/Weapon damage...) (Oct 2013) BlackShark 2 1.2.x Bug and glitches thread (v1.2.7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedaway Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 +1 Nvidia for Drivers ATI for perf/price ratio DCS Wish: Turbulences affecting surrounding aircraft... [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC] Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - Intel Core i5 6600K - 16Gb RAM DDR4-2133 - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming - 8 Go - 2 x SSD Crucial MX300 - 750 Go RAID0 - Screens: HP OMEN 32'' 2560x1440 + Oculus Rift CV1 - Win 10 - 64bits - TM WARTHOG #889 - Saitek Pro Rudder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Hi Squid. Well, you should know that 7870 > 660 But 660 = PhysX (lol feature imo) About drivers, i would say Nvidia, because i had so much troubles with games and my 4890. Catalyst is a piece of **** from 9.2 to 12.x at least. Plus, if you want silence, go for asus dcu 2. You can't imagine how glad i am without this F-15 turbine in my room. So my vote is Nvidia. But again, it's me. (and no, can't help ya with your i7 880 ;) ) My 5850s are very quiet ... On load they will ocassionaly increase fan rpms but not to something loud, but still its not continuous and also its an audible indication for me about the load status and that the fan system works (no unpredictable dangerous temp risings) Hey, whats wrong with my i7 880 ? :D :P is there a chance 7870 would be more noisy than 5850s? Yes Cats are a mess story and CF probably a lost cause for users like me who are more in driving and simulations but occasional shoot'em-up / strategy. (replacing it with a single card will free up PSU resources to OC maybe my CPU, combined, i can maybe have some noticeable smoothness improvement on ED titles) Are there any DCS / FC3 issues like flickers / glitches, (eg like the horizon bandings with cloud shadows enabled in FC2, or the clouds flickering with CF) specific to Nvidia or Ati ? . i7 880 | HD 7870 | 8 Gb DDR3 1600 | ECS P55H-A | OCZ Vertex 2 180 | Intel 330 180 | WD 500 AAKS | 2x WD 2T Green | Enermax Liberty 620 | CH Combatstick & Throttle | TrackIR 3 | HP ZR24W | Windows 7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erforce Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 The only flicks i've seen in DCS are Afterburners. thought it was my ATi, but my nVidia do the same. And i can't help you on your i7 880 cuz i'm new to this core i OC world. just let you know i don't boycott your other thread. ;) As for noise... you should look for completes tests... but anyway Asus DCU2>> all TASK / ROLES acronyms guide Black Shark A.I. datalink guide illustrated (v1.2.4 Available on Wiki) DCS World Codex 1.1 : full units list (Speed/Weapons/Armor thickness/Threat zone/Weapon damage...) (Oct 2013) BlackShark 2 1.2.x Bug and glitches thread (v1.2.7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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