ATi 5970 --> 7970?

[Waymon3X6]

Thinking of upgrading to a 7970 from a 5970 for $380, I mostly play BF3 at 1920x1200 and whatever future games are coming out. Probably wont upgrade for another 3 years or so, is it worth it? Or should I wait?

My 5970 handles everything I throw at it, but I'm tired of the micro stutter in BF3 and sick of the multi-GPU cards.

Specs are in the sig.

Thanks

[Andrea deluxe]

get a 7970...

great imporovement over the 5970 especially:

memory buffer
lower stutter
mid framerate much higher

[BrightCandle]

Officially the headline performance of a 5970 is a little higher than a 7970. In practice because of the requirement on crossfire often the 7970 outperforms the 5970. But its not exactly an upgrade unfortunately.