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ATI/AMD Radeon 7 series?

geon106

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My 5870 1GB card is now the weak link in my machine(and the loudest -_-)

I am looking to upgrade to a good performance card. Was considering a 6950 but, i'm wondering if it is worth waiting for the 7 series Radeons to come out or even a good NVIDIA card.

My budget is up to £300 or so(may be able to push a bit higher)

My current card isn't really pushed very hard but i'd like to see myself into the future. Plus with Skyrim and BF3 due out soon I want to be able to run them on max settings.

Does anyone know when the 7 series is due out or if it is worth just getting a high end 6 series or even an NVIDIA card? Or maybe crossfire my 5870?
 
£300 is now in the middle of nowhere. It wouldn't bring you a great improvement. Of course you can go CrossfireX with another 5870 but 1GB vram per GPU is not recommended. Wait for the FLAGSHIP of 28nm cards.
 
With a 5870, I'd wait for the new series. Still a very capable card and up there with the 6950.

If you had a 5770 or 4870, then I'd say go for the 6950, but your card is fine at the minute.
 
Thanks for the advice. I'll save up and when the 7 series comes out i'll have a higher budget for a better card.

Really appreciate your input :)
 
I agree. You would have to spend £300 just to get an ok increase. It's not worth it. I'm in a similar situation.
 
Same boat here. I have an OC'd 5850... plus money trying to burn a hole in my pocket.

Just don't think it's worth a £200/£300 outlay at the moment for ~25% performance gains.

Roll on 28nm.
 
AMD or Nvidia would be nutz is they dont release a new set of cards in the next 2-3 months time, Skyrim, BF3, MW3 and so many games to cash in on.....

Only thing that worries me is there has been no real pictures or real info concerning a release.... which maybe since there is none this year?
 
From what I understand, IF we get some HD7000 series cards this year (and i've seen stories that we will and we won't) then it's going to be the mid-low end.

The rumoured HD7900 series look odds on for something around Q1 2012, which is what the OP is looking for.
 
Tute said:
From what I understand, IF we get some HD7000 series cards this year (and i've seen stories that we will and we won't) then it's going to be the mid-low end.

The rumoured HD7900 series look odds on for something around Q1 2012, which is what the OP is looking for.
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That would make sense as thats how they released the 6 series.

I think i'll wait and then can save up another £100 or so in my budget. Then i'll pass my 5870 onto my dad
 
AMD released the 6800s first to counter the release of the GTX 460s. It's more likely that we will see a similar launch to the 5000 series - the 7950 and 7970 should be released to fill the gap to run BF3 at max settings on one card. Then release the 7990 and 7800 and 7700 cards 1-2 months later, and the rest of the range a month thereafter.

This is presuming that the new cards are very strong performers, mind. The 6000 series seems nothing more than a test bed for new shader set ups given the somewhat minimal performance increase over the 5000 series.
 
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