6970 to 7970 Worth it

bells · 1 Jun 2013 at 16:58

Is it worth upgrading from my 6970 to a 7970 or wait for 8000 series ?

Born_2_Kill_83 · 1 Jun 2013 at 17:14

The 8000 series is now going to be with us by the release on BF4 so not long to wait, at the same time your 6970 must really be struggling. Saying that there isnt many titles comming out before the next set of games hit us in Oct/Nov this year.

I recently just upgraded to CF7970, as its the fastest solution there is by some way currently for under £600, option maybe? Then you wouldnt have to worry much about the 8000 series.

mgsdetail · 1 Jun 2013 at 17:30

I've changed from sli 8800gxt to one 7970 and has made a great diffrence.

se_vietboi · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:42

Its like 30% faster for a regular 7970, 40-45%% with a Ghz Edition and when overclocked further (which pretty much anyone with a 7800 or 7900 card do) the gap widens even more. Would you want this for the price?

Nuclear Fusion · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:47

If you were to go with a current gen card, you'd be better off going with a 7950 as it is only about 5% slower clock for clock, but significantly less than a 7970. Otherwise, if your 6970 giving good performance still, you may as well hold out for the next gen.

EL_JOCK · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:59

Hi OP,

I'm still rocking the 6970 & its doing its job, its even running Grid 2 in eyefinity at an ok level of detail (high ish) & it feels fast & smooth. In my view there is nothing out of much worth bewteen now and oct / nov, so whilst its always nice to get new things hold out if you can, thats my plan.

bells · 1 Jun 2013 at 19:41

Cheers guys while the 6970 is doing fine i will wait for the 8000 series as i would like a better performance upgrade and i cant justifi Nvidia prices at the moment

Tonester0011 · 1 Jun 2013 at 19:44

Huge upgrade from the 6970, if rumours are to be believed i would be more inclined to wait till BF4 release for the new cards though.

RSRAVI · 1 Jun 2013 at 19:56

Tonester0011 said:
Huge upgrade from the 6970, if rumours are to be believed i would be more inclined to wait till BF4 release for the new cards though.

really

C64 · 1 Jun 2013 at 21:29

People don't realize I think that we are going to be stuck in a cycle again where the games are going to be console ports/engines limited because the games have to work on consoles.

So all this power isn't going to be needed apart from a few niche titles which will only need it if you want to run maximum details anti aliasing etc at high res.

I'd hang on to the 6970 or even buy another 6970 if you see one on the cheap and have the power supply to use it.

Xfire 6970 is slightly faster than a 7970.

Geekazoid · 2 Jun 2013 at 01:17

Hold on to your 6970 till the 8 series.

If rumours are true about it. It should destroy the Titan.

I am still rocking my 2 6970's CF but if the upgrade itch is too much and you want to get rid of you 6970 drop me a pm ;-)

spoffle · 2 Jun 2013 at 02:33

C64 said:
People don't realize I think that we are going to be stuck in a cycle again where the games are going to be console ports/engines limited because the games have to work on consoles.

Because it doesn't work like that.

se_vietboi · 2 Jun 2013 at 10:19

spoffle said:
Because it doesn't work like that.

Yeah when I read it I was like "huh?!" lol.

ashmanuk67 · 2 Jun 2013 at 13:39

Hope you guys don't mind me asking but what would a fair price be to sell a 6970?
I have two in Xfire and was just reading up on the GTX780 now that looks a nice card and I would gather run better than what I have???

rubin1961 · 2 Jun 2013 at 13:54

You need access to mm for your answer

Calin Banc · 2 Jun 2013 at 14:43

bells said:
Is it worth upgrading from my 6970 to a 7970 or wait for 8000 series ?

You should see about 50-70% more, even close to 100% in certain games (compared to a 7970 GHz ed). As time goes by and DX11 is the new dx9, probably more often than not 7970 will sit closer to 100%.

C64 · 5 Jun 2013 at 20:42

se_vietboi said:
Yeah when I read it I was like "huh?!" lol.

But it does work like that were already seeing the usual pattern of NO PC VERSION on good games.

Games are built for console then made for pc not the other way round how can you deny this when so many games on pc have that console FOV ?

ashmanuk67 · 5 Jun 2013 at 21:57

C64 said:
But it does work like that were already seeing the usual pattern of NO PC VERSION on good games.

Games are built for console then made for pc not the other way round how can you deny this when so many games on pc have that console FOV ?

This is so very true ;( I was looking for a new PC game today so went to HMV only console games went to GAME they had PC games but boy what a dreadful range they had "Train sims anyone"

I love my PC gaming and i have been doing it for many years now but seems its all going down the pan.

GAME OVER

Tonester0011 · 5 Jun 2013 at 22:18

ashmanuk67 said:
This is so very true ;( I was looking for a new PC game today so went to HMV only console games went to GAME they had PC games but boy what a dreadful range they had "Train sims anyone"

I love my PC gaming and i have been doing it for many years now but seems its all going down the pan.

GAME OVER

People still buy physical copies?

Digital is where it's at for PC games, and PC gaming is bigger than ever tbh. Cheap parts, loads of games and games that come with controller support very easy for couch gamers.

Puppetmaster · 5 Jun 2013 at 23:46

Why do people keep referring to the 8000 series? I thought that was just a rebrand of the 7000's for OEM's and mobile gpu's and the 9000 was the next line of desktop cards?