What do you think of 2 x 6950?

[swchoi89]

HI,

What do you think of having two MSI HD 6950s?

Is it worth the money to upgrade that high?

Also, I'm a uber noob here, how does this dual vid card work? What are some of the requirements that I need to keep in mind (say, do those cards need to be exactly identical, the power supply, special program to run the two vid cards, etc..)

Thanks!

 

[jonnyp11]

for the cards themselves, as long as they are both 6950s they'll work together, but if one is a 2gb and the other a 1gb, they'll both lock down to 1gb, and same for the speeds, they'll drop to the lower of the 2.

For power, you'd want a good quality 750w.

All you need software wise is the crossfire drivers.

Really for the money a single GTX 680 would be better, although it wouldn't be as fast, unless you're running 2 or 3 monitors you wouldn't notice, but you would only need like a 650w power supply and you wouldn't have to worry about drivers. Some games when they come out lack crossfire support and consequently aren't playable, and it can take a while to fix that, especially with amd, as they are a little slow to update drivers normally in comparison to nvidia i believe.

 

[claptonman]

What Jonny said, pretty much. Are you planning on building a whole new system or upgrading your system that you have now? If so, you should post your specs.

If planning on building a new one, post in the desktop forum with your budget, uses for the computer, if you have a monitor or not, and what resolution you want to play at. Also include your question on dual 6950s.