advice on new card

[Garfo]

hi


i have about £165-70 to get new card question is what to get??


i have 560 GTX at mo on a 22 inc mon playing all types of games should i hold back??




many thank yous

 

[RetrogamerX]

Well most of the 670 deals seem to have all gone. Theirs a few in the lower £200ish range, but this 7950 is the best deal atm.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-203-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

If you want Nvidia then this is the cheap Nv card. The card is over £20 more.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-299-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

 

[Marine-RX179]

22" or 21.5" Monitor? If it is 22" then I think it is 1680x1050 res?

Anyway, what CPU you using? While the 560 is far from the faster card around now, but if your CPU is bottleneck it already, then there's little point upgrading your card.

 

[Garfo]

got i5 sandybridge 2nd gen and 16 gig of ddr 3

 

[Garfo]

also

1920x1080 screen res its a 120 mhz asus mon

 

[Marine-RX179]

also

1920x1080 screen res its a 120 mhz asus mon

If you are not bothered with 3D but just want games to benefit from the 120Hz monitor, then I think in that price range the HD7950 with the free days is the best deal at the moment (however, I'm not sure if the current MSI 7950 Twin FrozR III is problem free, as they seem to have lots of problem with the older batches).
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18534759

 

[RetrogamerX]

I'm not sure if the current MSI 7950 Twin FrozR III is problem free, as they seem to have lots of problem with the older batches

I went through 3 msi 7950 tf3 back before x-mas. That's the main reason why I left AMD to go Nv. Haven't looked back either.

 

[Garfo]

I went through 3 msi 7950 tf3 back before x-mas. That's the main reason why I left AMD to go Nv. Haven't looked back either.

really

 

[teppic]

The original MSI 7950 TF3 had fan issues, these have been resolved.

 

[Garfo]

are these any good?
XFX Radeon HD 7950 Double Dissipation

or are they the same probs with msi?

 

[RetrogamerX]

are these any good?
XFX Radeon HD 7950 Double Dissipation

or are they the same probs with msi?

NOOOOO!! Never buy XFX GPU's. Their RMA is Horrid!

That 7950 I linked you was £299 a few months back, now it's £175. Now that's a great deal. That 670 is also very cheap

 

[Garfo]

NOOOOO!! Never buy XFX GPU's. Their RMA is Horrid!

That 7950 I linked you was £299 a few months back, now it's £175. Now that's a great deal. That 670 is also very cheap

agh ok xfx are bad rma

so the msi 7950 has been fixed [fan iss] ?

 

[Garfo]

also would i see a big diff over my 560 v 7950 ?

 

[Marine-RX179]

also would i see a big diff over my 560 v 7950 ?

Should be roughly 70-80% faster, more if you overclock it.

 

[RetrogamerX]

agh ok xfx are bad rma

so the msi 7950 has been fixed [fan iss] ?

It might have been fixed , but I wouldn't touch it if you paid me. That 670 is good or the ref 7950.

 

[Garfo]

ok dokey cheers lads will keep me eyes on them 2

 

[teppic]

I don't think they'd still be selling the 7950 TF3 if it had serious issues or put a big NEW REVISION thing in the title, these problems are from months ago. You can always return it if there's an issue though.

 

[los]

It was only a diode as well mainly. Which is hardly a massive design change, just an uprated component needed.