What would be the equivalence of 2x HD6950 2GB in today's offering, both from nVidia and AMD?
2x HD6950 2GB Crossfire Equivalence?
LEVA-01 on 03/02/2016 - 00:55
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Would be a little better than a 6970. However, I had a 6990, which was 6970x2, and a 980 was a huge step up from it.
I went from 2 x 5850's (1gb) to a Stix 960 (2gb) and it does perform better. Main advantage is in games that don't have good scaling or don't support crossfire at all
You can always unlock the 6950 to a 6970 and unlock those extra shaders. Definitely worth a try. Could get a bit more performance than a GTX 770
I believe it's only possible with the early reference boards. I bought them almost 1 year after initial release and iirc I did look for flashing it but given up after finding this out. I'll probably use Afterburner to see how much I can squeeze out of them.
If i remember, best value for money for current cards are GTX970 from nvidia and i don't do enough research on AMD cards… lol
r9 380 4gb is a great deal IMO for ~$300
also I beleive new cards are coming from both parties?
nVidia Pascal is rumored to be April and AMD's Arctic islands is supposed to be Summer 2016 (so i think thats April or May?)
If northern hemisphere summer then more like June/July = our Aussie winter.
So not much of an improvement then if my budget is only around $300…
Not really… you need to go to $450 to get a 970 that would be way superior.
Bought them @ $289 x2 back in 2011. 5 years on and losing 50% performance/price. I guess it's not too bad…
A bit slower than a 380 or 960. I'd say between a 370 and 380 but it would depend on crossfire scaling.