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Nvidia cards - compatibility question

Quote from Tom's Hardware:

How’s this for perspective? Last generation, Nvidia’s dual-GPU flagship sold for somewhere around $700. Before that, the GeForce GTX 295 was a $500 board. If you want the pinnacle of graphics performance today, the GeForce GTX 690 will cost you at least $1000—more if your vendor of choice is marking it up, as many are right now.
 
Nvidia GTX 670 is kinda expensive compared to AMD/ATI offerings, but if you overlock it, all you need is it boosting to around 1230MHz to be on par with a stock GTX 680.

My first GTX 670 2GB overclock boosted to 1280Mhz, and my second 1350MHz.
 
Rusty0611 said:
Are those BLOPS2 FPS figures right? I'm 125 FPS capped at all points with an overclocked 7950...
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They do seem a bit low, the previous black ops, (same old cod engine as bo2) ran at 80+ for me on a single gtx 470. Had to disable sli as it was to buggy in that game.
 
buachille said:
Yeah but back when I bought the 295 it was nowhere near that price.
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I think these days nvidia are just plain greedy

I used to have some GTX 295s when I got mine they were £370.00 each, pricing wise nvidia these days really do take the p£$s.
 
Kaapstad said:
I used to have some GTX 295s when I got mine they were £370.00 each, pricing wise nvidia these days really do take the p£$s.
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Bought one on release day - £420 :eek:
 
Kaapstad said:
I think these days nvidia are just plain greedy

I used to have some GTX 295s when I got mine they were £370.00 each, pricing wise nvidia these days really do take the p£$s.
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That's exactly what I was thinking.

I've had ATI cards before and used to find upgrading drivers, and the control panel annoying, so I kind of went all nvidia.

I gather I should reconsider - is that what you are saying??

Would an upgrade from a gtx295 to a 7950 give a big jump in performance??
 
It would be a very nice jump in performance. I went from sli gtx 275's, (very similair to a 295). Then gtx 470 sli, now on a single gtx 670. The performance increase is extremely good. And you get to utilise the latest DX11 eye candy in games.
 
buachille said:
I bought one of these - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-194-EA
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That will give you a decent bump over a GTX295 but that's a lot of money, you would have been better off with the basic 2Gb model. The reason being by the time the majority of games require the 4Gb of VRAM that card won't have enough grunt to draw the textures anyway. 4Gb really only come into it's own for those users who do multi monitor gaming.

I would strongly suggest you buy one of these instead (or the AMD alternative which costs less and comes with some decent games). It's not to late to change you mind as your order won't be processed until Monday.
 
Freddie1980 said:
That will give you a decent bump over a GTX295 but that's a lot of money, you would have been better off with the basic 2Gb model. The reason being by the time the majority of games require the 4Gb of VRAM that card won't have enough grunt to draw the textures anyway. 4Gb really only come into it's own for those users who do multi monitor gaming.

I would strongly suggest you buy one of these instead (or the AMD alternative which costs less and comes with some decent games). It's not to late to change you mind as your order won't be processed until Monday.
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+1

These cards are not worth the Premium as they no longer have
the Evbot connector to allow you to overvolt your cards. :(

Don't get me wrong they are a quality card and run very cool and quiet,
another plus is the EVGA warranty. :)

If you must go Nvidia depending on what resolution your using,
a 660/670 may be the way to go

If you are not tied to Nvidia, then AMD offerings are well worth considering
 
Freddie1980 said:
That will give you a decent bump over a GTX295 but that's a lot of money, you would have been better off with the basic 2Gb model. The reason being by the time the majority of games require the 4Gb of VRAM that card won't have enough grunt to draw the textures anyway. 4Gb really only come into it's own for those users who do multi monitor gaming.

I would strongly suggest you buy one of these instead (or the AMD alternative which costs less and comes with some decent games). It's not to late to change you mind as your order won't be processed until Monday.
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I bought this particular card because I have a 2560 x 1600 monitor (30") and I like to use native resolution in games, and I do video editing and use photoshop.

I guessed that the extra vram would help with video editing and photoshop (photoshop now configured to use gpu), and thought it might help with the large res of my monitor, but like I said I was guessing. If i'm wrong I'll phone ocuk and order the 2gb one you've recommended.

Thanks for your advice.
 
If I do cancel this and switch to another card, who's the best person on the forum to contact today, as they will probably process it first thing Monday morning before I get through on the phone.
 
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