Solved SLI 250 VS single 6950?

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Got a quick question.
My brother got a old PC running nVidia 250 SLI.
And i got a AMD 6950 that i aint using.
So he asked me if it would be an upgrade for him to use the single 6950 card insted of the 250 SLI cards?
What do you guys think? would he get a performance boost in games with the 6950.
 

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Plus less power consumption, less noise and less heat.
 

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ASUS Sabertooth Z87 (BIOS Rev 2004)
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Alright thanks for the quick replys guys :)
Gonna hand him the 6950 card then.
 

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Windows 7 Home x64
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Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
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MSI Z77A-G43 Gaming, Socket-1155
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Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 7970 GHz X 3GB GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays
LG FLATRON W2453V
Hard Drives
Crusial M4 128GB
Western Digital Caviar® Black 500GB
PSU
Chieftec Nitro Series BPS-950C 950W PSU
Case
Cooler Master HAF XM Midi Tower Black
Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series CPU cooler
Keyboard
Razer some thing
Mouse
Logitech G400
Internet Speed
25mb
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Firefox
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I like turtles!
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