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    AMD® Radeon? HD 8970M (4.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by sandeshshetty, Dec 12, 2013.

  1. sandeshshetty

    sandeshshetty Newbie

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    Hi

    I recently purchased a Sager NP9390 with that AMD® Radeon™ HD 8970M (4.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11
    Since then i have been contemplating if i would have been better off buying the crossfire or SLI ..
    what difference does this make in terms of the games that i can play ..
    is there some games that i cannot play with the above configuration?

    Also .. i have a 12 GB Ram (1600 Hz)on that machine .. can i add more Ram from my other (unused ) laptop to increase the speed ..? kindly advice

    Thanks
    Sandesh
     
    sandeshshetty, Dec 12, 2013
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  2. sasuke256

    sasuke256 Notebook Deity

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    what is your CPU, i7 4700MQ i guess.. more than enough :)
    the HD8970M can handle any ultra (sometimes with AA) without any problems :)
    CF 2 of them and you will have overkill performance..

    about the RAM ? not you cant since the 4xxx cpus work with 1.35V DDR3L memory :) (1.5V for the standard DDR3)
     
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    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    I had 7970m in CF which is almost the same as 8970m CF. There is a handful of games that will definitely benefit like - Crysis 3, Skyrim with ENB mods, Farcry 3, BF4 (although a single holds up well here too). Most cases a single card can run almost all games. One thing is when your running 2 cards in CF the cards are barely stretching their legs so fans usually stay on a low/quite profile while hitting 60fps.
     
    TBoneSan, Dec 13, 2013
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