Bad time to buy a 7950?

adey · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:04

I'm just about to order the parts for a i5-4670k haswell build (from overclockers) and the only thing i'm not 100% sure on is a 7950.

I have about 200 ish to spend on a GPU and wonderd what people thoughts were on buying a 7950 with the release of the 8000 imminent?

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:04

I don't think the 8000 series will be here until the 25th of October.

adey · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:08

Oh right i thought they were closer than that, i'll go ahead and order tonight.

Thanks

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:12

adey said:
Oh right i thought they were closer than that, i'll go ahead and order tonight.

Thanks

Nay bother.

RetrogamerX · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:17

LtMatt said:
I don't think the 8000 series will be here until the 25th of October.

It's only 4 months away. I would wait tbh

Tonester0011 · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:45

I would wait to see what they announce at E3, if the extra performance isn't worth the wait then grab a 7950.

Darujhistan · 10 Jun 2013 at 18:47

RetrogamerX said:
It's only 4 months away. I would wait tbh

Why would anyone building now wait FOUR MONTHS?

~Mike~ · 10 Jun 2013 at 18:56

LtMatt said:
I don't think the 8000 series will be here until the 25th of October.

I would've thought it would be a little earlier than that? BF4 is out on the 29th so it would make sense for people to have the cards a bit before the release.

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 18:56

Darujhistan said:
Why would anyone building now wait FOUR MONTHS?

Yeah it was too long for me to wait.

IC3 · 10 Jun 2013 at 18:58

Remember that the price will be much higher then the gains in performance you get. Also they will probably be late with cards and High End will come out first, so in my opinion. I would just grab an 7950 and overclock it to 1100/1500.

I would go Gigabyte, HIS or Sapphire.

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:08

IC3 said:
I would just grab an 7950 and overclock it to 1100/1500.

I would go Gigabyte, HIS or Sapphire.

HIS 7950 Ice-Q Crossfire has impressed me.

se_vietboi · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:11

Its gonna take a while by the look of things so I'd get one now.

RetrogamerX · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:19

LtMatt said:
Yeah it was too long for me to wait.

You guys have no patience.

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:21

RetrogamerX said:
You guys have no patience.

Live for today man!

RetrogamerX · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:24

LtMatt said:
Live for today man!

lol. I used to say that. I got old

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:36

RetrogamerX said:
lol. I used to say that. I got old

Even more reason. You could pop your clogs any time gramps.

Drangueos · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:39

If you always wait for the next cpu, gpu or what ever is to come out, you will never buy anything... because always something new is coming...

RetrogamerX · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:41

LtMatt said:
Even more reason. You could pop your clogs any time gramps.

lol. Ok son...

Five.Stars · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:41

Price to performance wise, I would say this is an excellent time to be buying a 7950. With the Never Settle Reloaded bundle you can pick up a 7950 with a good cooler for slightly over £200.

For around £480 can crossfire 2 of them. With 6 game codes to sell. That is incredible value.

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:54

Five.Stars said:
Price to performance wise, I would say this is an excellent time to be buying a 7950. With the Never Settle Reloaded bundle you can pick up a 7950 with a good cooler for slightly over £200.

For around £480 can crossfire 2 of them. With 6 game codes to sell. That is incredible value.

Ocuk will price match HIS 7950 Ice-Q's for £230 as they can be had somewhere in the world for that price. I've also rma'd one dodgy card so currently ive spent £460 and i have 12 games to sell to recoup money. I reckon im looking at around £380, maybe more/less once ive sold the games. Titan beating performance for less than half the price. To quote carley from the valleys, partial!