AMD FX 8150 Black Edition review@kitguru
AMD FX 8150 Black Edition review@harwareheaven
AMD FX 8150 Black Edition review@hardocp
Judging from the above reviews, u chose the right cpu. :up:
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AMD FX 8150 Black Edition review@kitguru
AMD FX 8150 Black Edition review@harwareheaven
AMD FX 8150 Black Edition review@hardocp
Judging from the above reviews, u chose the right cpu. :up:
Not for his budget and desire.
Hot off the press, and this one's from here..
Return-of-AMD-FX-My-OC-d-AMD-FX-8150-6990-review
For that price range i would recommend two 6850s or two gtx 460s. ^^ or if your looking for a single card solution i would get the 7950 when it comes out Jan 31st! ^^. Either way your getting roughly equivalent performance anyways. Both of these options outperform a single gtx 580.
i'd not do multi-gpu for a new purchase if there is a new single gpu card. remember the microstutter...
To be honest microstutter isn't that bad.
I can be, but with correctly functioning drivers and equally clocked cards I sure can't notice it unless I average under 70 FPS. I notice large differences between 60hz and 75hz LCD to CRT so, it seems the microstutter is an issue but not major.
Yea if you can hold a couple weeks, a 7950 would probably be your best choice
I don't think anyone can seriously call me an Intel fanboy, but I would agree that a Sandy Bridge CPU is a better overall choice for gaming. That said, yes, you're going to need something like a 7970 to do max settings in BF3 well. I can do it with two 6970s, but a single 6970 isn't really enough. As others have outlined here, a 570 isn't sufficient.