• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

What GPU for 300-350 pounds ???

For around £350 or a little higher you could push for a couple of second hand GTX580s. They will walk over a single GTX670 all day long (and heat your room as a free bonus :D )
 
Gigabyte GTX 670 WindForce OC. Or if you can stretch a little more and intend to OC to the max a non reference 7970 like the Asus.
 
555BUK said:
Someone very famous once said that you would never need more than 640KB RAM within a Desktop PC.

Things change. Crossfire and SLI are now very good indeed.
Click to expand...

Erm right :D Things do change, CF and SLI have been working fine and it's only on the 7xxx series that more problems seem to have sprung up. Anand and HardOCP both report problems with 7 series CF
 
Barry1987 said:
I would say if you do go for the GTX 670, get the Gigabyte Windforce since it comes with tri-cooler setup. You'd be paying £20 over, though.

If not, the Sapphire HD 7950 OC Edition or MSI HD 7950 TFIII are good shouts for £40 cheaper.

You can overclock a 7950 just a little bit to get similar performance to a 670 and it also has 1GB more memory than the 670...
Click to expand...

and by the same token you can OC the 670 to get better than 680 performance...
 
straxusii said:
Erm right :D Things do change, CF and SLI have been working fine and it's only on the 7xxx series that more problems seem to have sprung up. Anand and HardOCP both report problems with 7 series CF
Click to expand...
Ahh, and you have experienced this yourself? I own a 680, a 7850, and have played with 7850 Crossfire, plus have a second 7850 on order. IMHO, 7850 Crossfire is noticeably faster and smoother that my GTX 680 within BF3 and SKYRIM, the two games I play most atm.

You can find problems with any card, GTX680, 7970 & 7850 included if you search for them. Most people however, find all of these cards to be great.
 
The fact 7850 Crossfire nails the 7970 is testament to "there's something wrong with the 7970" Maybe they dropped the ball somewhere, starved it of some things.
2048 shaders @ 925MHZ, the 7850's are 1025 @ 850 or whatnot.
 
Martini1991 said:
The fact 7850 Crossfire nails the 7970 is testament to "there's something wrong with the 7970" Maybe they dropped the ball somewhere, starved it of some things.
2048 shaders @ 925MHZ, the 7850's are 1025 @ 850 or whatnot.
Click to expand...

Or maybe CF is now just as good as single cards? I only see references of past problems with CF, I do not see many people having issues at present especially with the more developed drivers.

Is CF now of more reliability AND value than the latest GPU's? A point worth seriously considering.

Most issues with CF are 'technical' due to user inexperience, whilst most new card issues are driver related. Older cards = more developed drivers = just as reliable CF?
 
Martini1991 said:
The fact 7850 Crossfire nails the 7970 is testament to "there's something wrong with the 7970" Maybe they dropped the ball somewhere, starved it of some things.
2048 shaders @ 925MHZ, the 7850's are 1025 @ 850 or whatnot.
Click to expand...

Um crossfire HD 6850's beat the HD 6970 aswell :rolleyes:

This is the way crossfire works lol, doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the 6970 or 7970, just means the 68XX 78XX cards scale very well.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=302
 
chilipeppersc said:
Or maybe CF is now just as good as single cards? I only see references of past problems with CF, I do not see many people having issues at present especially with the more developed drivers.

Is CF now of more reliability AND value than the latest GPU's? A point worth seriously considering.

Most issues with CF are 'technical' due to user inexperience, whilst most new card issues are driver related. Older cards = more developed drivers = just as reliable CF?
Click to expand...

They're besting the 7970 by, I think it's 20+%?
That's 120+% of a 7970 with the same amount of shaders.

The 5770/5870 was the same, except the 5770 Crossfire was about on par/just better than the 5870, not quite a way ahead.

My point being, the 7970's performance isn't limited by its shader count, likely something else.
 
Last edited:
555BUK said:
Ahh, and you have experienced this yourself? I own a 680, a 7850, and have played with 7850 Crossfire, plus have a second 7850 on order. IMHO, 7850 Crossfire is noticeably faster and smoother that my GTX 680 within BF3 and SKYRIM, the two games I play most atm.

You can find problems with any card, GTX680, 7970 & 7850 included if you search for them. Most people however, find all of these cards to be great.
Click to expand...

True enough, and I'm sure CF works for a number of people on 7xxx series cards, however I'm long in the tooth on this forum and I can't quite remember the same number of people reporting issues with another series coupled with both Anand and HardOCP experiencing problems, that's why I say to be on the safe side just don't risk it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom