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Assistance with choosing a new card.

Clock that cpu of yours up and make the most out of either:

1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £229.99


As you mentioned two titles that make use of Advanced PhysX, then 670 is the card to give max IQ in that case.

The 2GB version is £14 less, personally, right or wrong I wouldn't take the chance on 2GB myself.

Should still get Batman: Arkham Origins which is another Advanced PhysX title and Splinter Cell Blacklist games.

Or if you want cheaper but minus the Advance PhysX:

1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **Voltage Unlocked** £191.99


This should come with Bioshock Infinite, Farcry3 Blood Dragon and Crysis 3 and if you are lucky(some got them also last week), you might get the AMD Radeon GOLD Reward Ticket also(another 3 games you pick from a list).



If you don't like to OC, the 670 may be the better choice as it (mostly)does it for you, on the other hand, the 7950 has a hefty OC potential as it's lower clocked in comparison out the box.


If you don't want to OC your cpu, then keep what you have as the above cards may be wasted in your system.
 
tommybhoy said:
Clock that cpu of yours up and make the most out of either:

1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £229.99


As you mentioned two titles that make use of Advanced PhysX, then 670 is the card to give max IQ in that case.

The 2GB version is £14 less, personally, right or wrong I wouldn't take the chance on 2GB myself.

Should still get Batman: Arkham Origins which is another Advanced PhysX title and Splinter Cell Blacklist games.

Or if you want cheaper but minus the Advance PhysX:

1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **Voltage Unlocked** £191.99


This should come with Bioshock Infinite, Farcry3 Blood Dragon and Crysis 3 and if you are lucky(some got them also last week), you might get the AMD Radeon GOLD Reward Ticket also(another 3 games you pick from a list).



If you don't like to OC, the 670 may be the better choice as it (mostly)does it for you, on the other hand, the 7950 has a hefty OC potential as it's lower clocked in comparison out the box.


If you don't want to OC your cpu, then keep what you have as the above cards may be wasted in your system.
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Hmm i see. My pc was overclocked to 3.8, but i replaced the RAM and it reset back to 2.8. I have no idea how to get it back to what it was, since i'd need to change a bunch of things because of the ram right?

Checked out the comparisons on google and they're not as great as i thought, which is to be expected.

Id be willing to push my cost range to £250-£300 since I'd like a card which is a big improvement for the new few years though i realise my PC is kinda, meh. I guess i may just keep it as it is.
 
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to be honest Malmortius its possible your 6950 is being held back by your cpu. The best GPU you could get for your budget right now would be the 7970, which is around £240, that being said id put money on your cpu being a bottleneck if you bought that card.

Might be worth upgrading your cpu first.
 
CSA said:
Im not really sure where you got "double the performance" from but nearly every benchmark ive read suggests merely a 10 to 30fps increase depending on the game and res
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I don't know where you got this 10 to 30fps, maybe old benchmarks with old drivers plus both cards on default clocks?

Get any 7950, even the "old" ones non boost editions, almost all of them will do 1100mhz (even a reference one single cooler that I had used to do) and see if it will not be double of the performance.
 
Uh guys i really need this question answering. I added 4GB ram to make 8GB, will i have to change anything on my overclock because of that?

When i added the RAM, thats when it reset.
 
CSA said:
what motherboard do you have Malmortius ?

on my i5 750 i simply upped my cpu ratio to 19 or 20 then upped the base clock,try for around 3.5ghz first,may need to up the vcore but try not to go over 1.3,start at 1.2 , its possible it wont OC aswell with all 4 ram dimms filled so 3.5 should be a good starting point

http://apcmag.com/overclocking-101-our-step-by-step-guide-to-maximising-your-pcs-speed.htm?page=4
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Not sure of the motherboard, ill check later when i open the case.

Think i should just remove the RAM i added? I doubt anything would use 8GB anyway. That way it'd be much easier to put it back.
 
CSA said:
Have you got a source to back that up ? benchmarks that show a 7950 any edition being twice as fast as a 6950 please :)
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18485414
First benchmark thread on these forums I looked at... two 6950s both scoring ~4200
7950s scoring up to 9700, well over double.

To be fair the 7950s seem to cluster mostly just under 8k so a little less than twice as fast on average.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18489026
Second benchmark threads I've looked at...
Here we see 6950s scoring ~1100, 7950s scoring ~2200, double once more. Again, the average is a bit lower, around the 2k mark. Still not a million miles off double.

I've not checked all the other benchmark threads but still not a crazy statement to make by any means.
 
Thanks Dave, I'm debating on getting a 7950 or waiting till new releases come out so I'm after all the info I can get :)
 
CSA said:
what motherboard do you have Malmortius ?

on my i5 750 i simply upped my cpu ratio to 19 or 20 then upped the base clock,try for around 3.5ghz first,may need to up the vcore but try not to go over 1.3,start at 1.2 , its possible it wont OC aswell with all 4 ram dimms filled so 3.5 should be a good starting point

http://apcmag.com/overclocking-101-our-step-by-step-guide-to-maximising-your-pcs-speed.htm?page=4
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My motherboard is Gigabyte. Should i remove 2 sticks of ram so its back to 4GB (Which it was at when i bought it) and reset the overclock profile to what it was? I mean im not even sure im using the extra 4GB at all, but dropping to 2.8 from 3.8 is probably huge.
 
There's a very good deal on a Powercolour PCS+ 7950 on a large website beginning with an e right now. Good cooler and should be hynix memory - 177 delivered. I just bought one to replace my returned VTX 7950 which had bad elpida chips. Was replaced by a single fan XFX card by the place I got my build from, the cheek of it. The PC card is factory clocked at 880, uses no silly boost technology and is voltage unlocked. I doubt anyone can beat it for price/performance right now.
 
And my question frustratingly still hasn't been answered. I had 4GB ram when i got my over clocked computer, and i added 4gb to make 8GB and it reset the overclock.

If i try to reset the overclock to the original profile, will the 8GB effect it at all? I don't want to damage my computer, and i don't know a huge amount so CPU ratios and base clocks just confuses me.
 
On the latest drivers, the 7950 is about 50-60% faster than a 6950, with both at stock. Obviously if you overclock the 7950 you'll get a lot higher, but it'd be 70-80% faster, not twice as fast.
 
Drangueos said:
like i said, old benchmarks..

I had a 6950 and I have a 7950, so I'm not talking about internet benchmarks.. I'm talking about my own experience with both cards, both Overclocked.
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Well I have a 6970 and should have a 7970 with me by tomorrow,so in theory i should expect the 7 to be twice as fast as the 6 going off your logic ? i'll test myself during the week and find out ;)
 
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