NVIDIA Surround vs AMD Eyefinity

[BicycleMafioso]

it really depends, having used both, i would say AMD is better then Nvidia for running 3 desktops, and with a 2gb card you really dont need two of them, my 6870 is more then capable of handling wow, audiosurf, and minecraft all up at the same time, each on their own monitor, framerate wansnt the best, but then again, the 6870 is not as good as the 6900 series


also, as i understand, AMD is now lazer cutting the 6950 chips so you can't flash them to a 6970 anymore

Even with the new souldering (spl?) technique that's surfaced lately? Not that I would want to either way (seeing as I have a 6970).

[Djinni]

also, as i understand, AMD is now lazer cutting the 6950 chips so you can't flash them to a 6970 anymore

Which is why I would base the merits of the 6950 as counting as a 6950. If I *COULD* flash it to a 6970 well that'd just be a bonus.... but it's not really worth the gamble if the 6950 on its own as a 6950 wouldn't cut it.

[Cyanotical]

Even with the new souldering (spl?) technique that's surfaced lately? Not that I would want to either way (seeing as I have a 6970).

Soldering

from what i read, its a lazer cut across the GPU, you'd have to be mighty skilled with lead to fix that

---------- Post added 2011-07-21 at 08:43 AM ----------

hmmm, well i can't seem to find the original article on the lazer cut, what i did find is that they lazer cut out some shaders and thats about it, but there does seem to be problems trying to flash the latest batch of 6950's

[Djinni]

You've posted setups so much now it's hard to keep track of all of them.

Hard for you to keep track? try being me lol :P I actually forgot to include a motherboard in that last one...

---------- Post added 2011-07-21 at 10:26 PM ----------

hmmm

seems Novatech have pulled their card so I can't get that anymore....
so its:

Sapphire ATI Radeon 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe - Dirt3 Edition 880MHz Core, 2048MB 5500MHz GDDR5 Memory, 1536 Processing Cores, 2 x DVI, 1 x HDMI, 2 x Mini DisplayPort, Includes Free Game (Dirt3) Order Code: Manf. Code: SAP-6970 11187-00-40R

Sapphire

4 in stock

£289.99

+

Startech Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D (single link) Active Adapter M/F Order Code: Manf. Code: STA-MDPDVI MDP2DVIS

Startech

17 at Suppliers

£25.00

Or:

MSI GeForce GTX 560TI Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe 822MHz Core, 1644MHz Shader Clock, 1024MB 4000MHz GDDR5 Memory, 384 Cuda Processors, 2 x DVI, 1 x Mini HDMI Order Code: Manf. Code: MSI-560TF N560GTX-TF2

MSI

40 Due Today

£179.99

x2

Personally for the price difference i'm swaying more to the the 2 560ti's

[Deleted]

Hard for you to keep track? try being me lol :P I actually forgot to include a motherboard in that last one...

---------- Post added 2011-07-21 at 10:26 PM ----------

hmmm

seems Novatech have pulled their card so I can't get that anymore....
so itscant post links or images yet)
x2

Personally for the price difference i'm swaying more to the the 2 560ti's

id still go for the amd card..

[Djinni]

id still go for the amd card..

Why? (stupid10chars)