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Well I figured that the HD 5870 with 2GB just has 6 mini display-ports... And not any other ports.
My XFX card GPU can go up to 900 MHz, and the memory speed up to 1300. I have clocked them to 820 for the GPU, and 1200 for the memory speed.
Reason if because of the well known "Gray lines of death" as some say, and when clocking down the cards the problem disappears. The problem is reducing with the newer drivers, but they are not gone. Some say it is hardware, but the problem is really (as windows 7 says itself) that the driver "has stopped working", but often in my case it restarts when I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del... Anyway, I have had no problems at all with my current clocks.
I bet that in time I can have it full speed as the drivers keep rolling, but for now I believe clocking it a bit lower and running crossife will be the best thing... And I could clock it way much lower with them in croffire Perhaps something like GPU:760 Mem:1200.
I will get the 5870, it is not that expensive and it will boost my gaming performance a whole lot. Also, it will take a long time until I need a new graphics system... not until windows 8 that should hit the market in about 3-3.5 years if windows follows their "4 year rule".
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@jason4207 - I will OC my cpu to about 3.7-3.9. I cannot get a 2GB card as I need DVI. I do not have room for 3 screens, and I really dont need it yet. I will keep to ATI for their better graphics, I believe the 3D of Nvidia will be a tiring for the head in the long run...
Thanks for the warning, and as I said higher in this post I will go for the "more then enough" 5870+5870.
My XFX card GPU can go up to 900 MHz, and the memory speed up to 1300. I have clocked them to 820 for the GPU, and 1200 for the memory speed.
Reason if because of the well known "Gray lines of death" as some say, and when clocking down the cards the problem disappears. The problem is reducing with the newer drivers, but they are not gone. Some say it is hardware, but the problem is really (as windows 7 says itself) that the driver "has stopped working", but often in my case it restarts when I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del... Anyway, I have had no problems at all with my current clocks.
I bet that in time I can have it full speed as the drivers keep rolling, but for now I believe clocking it a bit lower and running crossife will be the best thing... And I could clock it way much lower with them in croffire Perhaps something like GPU:760 Mem:1200.
I will get the 5870, it is not that expensive and it will boost my gaming performance a whole lot. Also, it will take a long time until I need a new graphics system... not until windows 8 that should hit the market in about 3-3.5 years if windows follows their "4 year rule".
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@jason4207 - I will OC my cpu to about 3.7-3.9. I cannot get a 2GB card as I need DVI. I do not have room for 3 screens, and I really dont need it yet. I will keep to ATI for their better graphics, I believe the 3D of Nvidia will be a tiring for the head in the long run...
Thanks for the warning, and as I said higher in this post I will go for the "more then enough" 5870+5870.