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What to buy 670 or 7970

stephenmarr

stephenmarr

stephenmarr

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stephenmarr said:
Well after 2 RMA's with 7970 sapphire oc with coil whine.
Ive recieved my refund and now its time to make my purchase.

Do i go for the
7970 DirectCU II
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-276-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

670 DircectCU II TOP
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-280-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

or any other make thats recommended

my gaming res is
1920x1200
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Is it possible the coil whine you're getting is PSU related? My 7970 whined a bit for a few days when new, but doesn't do it now.

I'd say add a bit more cash and get this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-007-VX&tool=3 as AFAIK the Direct CUII 7970 is voltage locked at a max of 1188mv.

Or get the 670, but do some research on here first, as I can't recommend that card.
 
No the coil whine was coming from the card
Tried a different PSU still there
Really dont want to have another card with coil whine
Does the 670 suffer from whine?
 
stephenmarr said:
No the coil whine was coming from the card
Tried a different PSU still there
Really dont want to have another card with coil whine
Does the 670 suffer from whine?
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Any high end GPU can suffer from whine tbh, when you're within RMA time (14 days if bought from here) leave Heaven running for an hour or so and see if it's any different?
Otherwise it could be something on your system causing excessive whine, not related to the PSU specifically, maybe PCIE? dunno
 
masscrazy said:
Had crazy high temps on my gigabyte 7970 but no coil whine, others report their temps are quite good.
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Gigabyte windforce 7970 barely breaks 60C even when heavily overvolted/overclocked although at the expense of noise at max oc, think the default fan profile is a little over cautious. Can't complain about the performance though, I would advise looking in the 670 thread at the user experienced performance, which defo doesn't seem to match up with the reviews (although still very good) and in my mind doesn't come as close to the 7970 as 1st reports indicated.
 
Just to add ,When looking at the windforce 670 , its only a matter of short time i imagine the MSI twin frozr III will make an appearance , Most comparisons i have seen you cant put a fag paper between them , though the Forza III seems to win , and thats with two fans . If you do go windforce 7970,670, or 680 you will kick yourself with that horrible blue board when you could have chosen the Frozr , Its also smaller than the AMD 6970 lightning , so will fit nicely in most cases against these new black MB"s
 
sellw88 said:
Same one as in my Sig:
Reference Saphire HD7970, first batch released.
Seems to happen when fps drops, anything below 45fps is very audible!!!

How come?
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sellw88, just a friendly heads up, better sort your sig as per forum rules:

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rossiboy001 said:
Just to add ,When looking at the windforce 670 , its only a matter of short time i imagine the MSI twin frozr III will make an appearance , Most comparisons i have seen you cant put a fag paper between them , though the Forza III seems to win , and thats with two fans . If you do go windforce 7970,670, or 680 you will kick yourself with that horrible blue board when you could have chosen the Frozr , Its also smaller than the AMD 6970 lightning , so will fit nicely in most cases against these new black MB"s
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We're talking about a graphics card here, not a fashion item :rolleyes:
 
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