Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Quote:I'm not stupid, my card is not defective, I've tested it in numerous different PC's, ran furmark no strange things what so ever. It's just that once in a while the screen flickers which is extremely annoying. I've tried all sorts of different drivers. Used the drivers from the disc, removed them, used from the site, removed those again, tried the beta ones I've tried it all. It could also be my monitor which refresh rate doesn't really suit my 6850 or something like that as the driver the detects that my monitor pulling rate is 75 hertz while it in fact is 60hertz, i've adjusted the crap out of the drivers but no luck whatsoever it still flickers once in a while. Also my temps are max 70 degrees (running furmark) so that's not pretty bad i think.

It's just the drivers... It has to be the drivers... Though it could be the VGA cable i use but meh doesn't bother me too much. It flickers once in a while (half - 4 hours). And basicly now AMD is only focussing on their 7000 series of cards, so they wont support 6000 series that often or release a fix w/e.

This is my point in a nutshell. What you're experiencing is a semi-common driver issue, not a user problem.

Quote:Get the 6870, the 7870 is slightly faster and too expensive.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=548

How does a 6870 deliver nearly equal performance versus the 7870? The 6870 is nothing less than a 6850 at a higher clock speed.

Perhaps I should've been more specific.
It's slightly faster than the 6870 for Dolphin, which is what this thread is about.
As for PC gaming, the link you've posted shows that it's quite a bit faster.
At his resolution, 1680x1050, he should be fine with the 6870.

Quote:The 6870 is nothing less than a 6850 at a higher clock speed.

In addition to a higher clockspeed, the 6870 has more SPUs and TAUs than the 6850.