AMD 6970 Vs GTX 570

[Chris65478]

whats a better bang for my buck?

[_dangtx_]

easy,a 6950. or two.

edit. 1 giger for single screen,2 giger for multi screen. the reference 2's have a decent
chance of unlocking.

and 2 1 gigers :

AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Video Card in CrossFire - Benchmarks - High Quality AA and AF :: TweakTown USA Edition

[Chris65478]

do you happen to know if the alienware aurora r2 supports PCI express 2.1 cards?

[_dangtx_]

no idea,best to ask them.

but in theory new cards will work in recent hardware,as a rule of thumb.

if you take the first mobo with a pci-e out? maybe not.

post your full specs btw,helps.

[Chris65478]

P55 mobo.. not sure which one its some alienware one... core i5 quad core @ 2.8 ghz 6 gb ram currently running dual shitty 5670s cuz alienware ripped me off.... upgrading tomorow to a gtx 570 cuz the alienware support guy said that my mobo does not support pcie express 2.1 cards... although it seems odd that it doesnt... i have one last question if your currently veiwing the fourum, the new card im getting is a x16 bus capeability or something, i just checked CCC and my current card is x8 bus capeability do you know if the gtx 570 pcie express 2.0 x16 card would be backwards compatable with my mobo if it only supports x8? although this is just speculation, as i am realising that alienware effectively ripped me off of every feature that should come standard :P.

[Silvgearx]

Since it is a P55 board. With 2 cards both PCIE default to 8x per card, if your only using 1 GPU it will default to 16x.

GTX 570 is PCIE2.0 That dell support guy is a retard, and make sure you have 2x 6 pin power.

[Chris65478]

i have a 875 watt psu so im sure theres the power connectors in there, if theres not im pretty sure most graphics cards now adays come with extra 6 pin power connecters.