Looking to Upgrade GPU's...

[Mike029]

Well, it seems like a good time to start looking at upgrading my gpus. b-(

I know a few mates have the new AMD 7970 and the 6990. ;)

I have three 5870's I could sell each card for about $170.00+ I know that the 7990 is due in a few weeks. Not sure where the new Cuda cards are to be released.
Will two 7970's out crunch three 5870 on Moo?
Should I just wait till the 7990 is out and see where that falls price wise?
Should I look at the 6990?

The only reason for the upgrade is to increase our rac. I can wait if it is financially prudent.

Thanks for your help.

[Fire$torm]

Well, 2 7xxx will beat 3 5xxx but is it worth the money?



Model
GFLOPS
TDP Idle
TDP Max
PCIe Version
Mem Bus Width
Best Price


HD 5870
2720
27
188
2.1 x 16
256
$272.49 (Refurb) (Link (http://www.eworldsale.com/asus-video-card-eah5870-g-2dis-1gd5-v2-hd5870-1gb-ddr5-256bit_5868_68307.html))


HD 6970
2703
20
250
2.1 x 16
256
$369.99 (Link (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7101566&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE))



HD 6990
5099
37
375
2.1 x 16
256
$729.00 (Link (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004RB8QVS/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1331325864&sr=1-3&condition=new))


HD 7970
3788.80
15
230
3.0 x16
384
$548.00 (Link (http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=FX797ATNFC&vid=771&src=F))



Wikipedia Links:
HD 5xxx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_%28GPU_family%29
HD 6xxx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Islands_%28GPU_family%29
HD 7xxx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Islands_%28GPU_family%29

[Beerdrinker]

Well, 2 7xxx will beat 3 5xxx but is it worth the money?



Model
GFLOPS
TDP Idle
TDP Max
PCIe Version
Mem Bus Width
Best Price


HD 5870
2720
27
188
2.1 x 16
256
$272.49 (Refurb) (Link (http://www.eworldsale.com/asus-video-card-eah5870-g-2dis-1gd5-v2-hd5870-1gb-ddr5-256bit_5868_68307.html))


HD 6970
2703
20
250
2.1 x 16
256
$369.99 (Link (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7101566&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE))



HD 6990
5099
37
375
2.1 x 16
256
$729.00 (Link (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004RB8QVS/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1331325864&sr=1-3&condition=new))


HD 7970
3788.80
15
230
3.0 x16
384
$548.00 (Link (http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=FX797ATNFC&vid=771&src=F))



Wikipedia Links:
HD 5xxx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_%28GPU_family%29
HD 6xxx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Islands_%28GPU_family%29
HD 7xxx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Islands_%28GPU_family%29

I don´t know about the money. But the 2 x 7xxx will save him a 100W load on the grid. That´s gonna count for something eh?? ;)

[Fire$torm]

I don´t know about the money. But the 2 x 7xxx will save him a 100W load on the grid. That´s gonna count for something eh?? ;)

Most definitely. Its always a good idea to factor in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) these days.