New gpu

[hawks]

Got 2 questions
I have 2 sapphire hd 6950 2gb gddr5 cards installed was wondering if i would notice a difference in graphics with one Radeon HD 7970
Second question is will you be testing a 7970 and how good is it compaired to my 6950
THANKS

[David (PassMark)]

No easy answer. It would depend on the game and the rest of the system.

For some games / applications there is no doubt it would be better. But maybe not for everything.

[hawks]

battlefield 3 is the game
the system is

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 build 7601 (64-bit)
CPU Type: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Number of CPUs: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Hyperthreading: Not capable
Motherboard: Crosshair V Formula
Memory: 32GB G Skill Intl DDR3 SDRAM
Videocard: AMD Radeon HD 6950 x2
Hard Drive: OCZ-VERT EX3 SATA Disk Device (120GB)
Hard Drive: Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (0GB)
Hard Drive: Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device (0GB)
Hard Drive: Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (0GB)
Hard Drive: Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (0GB)

you see it shows 4 cores not 8 but thats not my question

[hawks]

I just dont want to spend money on a GPU just for a higher passmark score I would like results

[David (PassMark)]

I looked up some Battlefield 3 benchmark results for you.

For example Tom's Hardware is saying you should already be getting frame rates around 130 FPS with your two 6950s in CrossFire in Battlefield 3.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-11.html

This kind of frame rate is already pretty good. I doubt you'll see a noticeable improvement in game play by upgrading.

[hawks]

Thanks for help, Now I copied my system and do you see how many cores are showing and on my ram it shows a different setting on timing every time i use passmark performance test and gives me a bunch of symbles with the info for the ram do you know why

[David (PassMark)]

I assume you are using the latest patch from our web site.
If so can you run PerformanceTest in debug mode and E-Mail us the log. See this page for details about debug mode,
http://www.passmark.com/support/ptdebug.htm

[hawks]

I sent two emails hawks pc

[David (PassMark)]

OK, got it. Thanks.
Might take a day before we get back to you.

[hawks]

I know it takes time i sent a few more emails today so you can see what my ram is showing up I am hoping we can track down something and its not just a error thats not effecting my performance