ATI Video Cards... Series 5 vs Series 6 - page 2.

Muhahahahaz

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Quote from: vuce on May 08, 2011, 09:56:59 AM

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

this will answer all your questions.

I thank you, but I have already looked there. The problem is that there are multiple entries for each card. This makes it impossible to tell which cards are actually better. For instance, the 6990 and 5970 cards are all intertwined. Certainly, the top card is a 5970, but perhaps it's just overclocked more than the others...

Is there any kind of consensus as to which cards actually work out the best? Grin

vuce

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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

this will answer all your questions.

Muhahahahaz

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Hi Guys,

I'm looking to upgrade my video card for mining purposes, but I've been out of the hardware loop for a while. The most confusing thing is that it seems like the Series 6 video cards may not always be better due to the weird choices that AMD made...

Which is better, 6990 or 5970? What about 6970 vs 5870? Or 6950 vs 5850? Better yet, are these even the right comparisons to be making? Mainly, I would like to figure out two things: (1) the absolute best mining card, and (2) the absolute best card excluding the dual-core ~$700 cards (i.e., excluding 6990 and 5970).

I'm mainly interested to hear about which cards are better for mining, but I do game as well, so any info on that would also be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
Muhahahahaz

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