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Best Card for 1440p

sBold

sBold

sBold

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Hi Guys

Would really appreciate some help finishing my first build.

I've got around £350-£400 for a gpu right now but I'm finding it really hard to pick the best card for that budget. I will be picking up a 1440 res monitor soon and will be gaming primarily on that.

I'm torn between getting a 7970 GHZ or a 770 (4gb ?).

I might be tempted to pick up a 9970 after release depending on how good they are, so resale value could be important.

Thanks for any help
 
I have a 7970 and that does really well on everything I throw at it including bf3 and coh2. I can't have every option ticked but then I never expected to with a single card solution.

Rome tw2 is going to be the test for me. If I can play that with some bells and whistles I will def wait for a significant upgrade to appear. Hope that helps
 
carlazai said:
I have a 7970 and that does really well on everything I throw at it including bf3 and coh2. I can't have every option ticked but then I never expected to with a single card solution.

Rome tw2 is going to be the test for me. If I can play that with some bells and whistles I will def wait for a significant upgrade to appear. Hope that helps
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Thanks, I cant wait for Rome aswell. If i can max that out 1440 id be a happy man.

Which 7970 do you have ?
 
Depending on how long you want to keep that card the extra 1gb of VRAM on the 7970 may be benificial to you but the 4gb 770 is a waste, as bandwidth and horsepower would come into it before you needed 4gb of VRAM. Unless you plan on adding a second 770 down the line just opt for the 2gb version.
 
No issues here with a single 7970 clocked at 1089/1656 MHz (stock cooling).

There's only a handful of games that I'm not able to "max out" and most work remarkably well with a little tweaking. I don't use excessive amounts of AA, since it's often redundant at this resolution.
 
teppic said:
A 7970 for a single card (cheaper), or two GTX 760s for SLI (£400ish).
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I would say 7970 as the 760s could become dated quite quickly by the end of the year with only 2gb of VRAM plus there is no upgrade potential at all. At least he could pop another 7970 in later if he chose to. Not ****ging the 760 off I just think that buying 2 mid range cards together isnt the best idea. One top end now and another later would be my +1 :)
 
I'd go for the single 7970 for the simplicity (mine performs brilliantly at everything I throw at it, at 1920x1200), but 2x760 would outperform it in current games, and they'd be pretty easy to sell later, so I think it's an option.
 
sBold said:
Hi Guys

Would really appreciate some help finishing my first build.

I've got around £350-£400 for a gpu right now but I'm finding it really hard to pick the best card for that budget. I will be picking up a 1440 res monitor soon and will be gaming primarily on that.

I'm torn between getting a 7970 GHZ or a 770 (4gb ?).

I might be tempted to pick up a 9970 after release depending on how good they are, so resale value could be important.

Thanks for any help
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7970 ghz for 1440p.

Battlefield 3 - Ultra Preset MSAA x4 - FOV 80
Bioshock - Ultra Preset
Crysis 3 - Very High preset on system and texture - MSAA x0
Dirt Showdown - Ultra Preset - MSAA X4
Farcry 3 - Ultra Preset - MSAA x0 - FOV 80
Hitman - Ultra Preset - MSAA x0
Sleeping Dogs - Ultra Preset - SSAA High
Tomb Raider - Ultra Preset - TressFX

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teppic said:
I'd go for the single 7970 for the simplicity (mine performs brilliantly at everything I throw at it, at 1920x1200), but 2x760 would outperform it in current games, and they'd be pretty easy to sell later, so I think it's an option.
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It would unless you have problems or the game does not support sli/crossfire then you have an under powered single card for that res.
 
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