Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP today only price

zophiel · 12 Oct 2013 at 22:56

hmm might have to get the saw out then.

Ragnahex · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:58

i just bought this card for my mrs pc since my itchy buying finger is going haywire while waiting for my 290x preorder....

Andy321 · 13 Oct 2013 at 10:48

snips86x said:
If you have access to the MM, there as one going for £190.

Interested but I can't access the MM

Lostmyrag · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:07

Well they went fast

MoodyB · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:07

Wouldn't worry about ir as the one on the MM sold within 1hr, so its long gone.

littlepuppy · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:29

How many TOP's were put up!?

Great weekend deals, cant believe they have sold over 100 GPU's in just over 1 day.... Is that a record?

Gibbo · 13 Oct 2013 at 12:57

littlepuppy said:
How many TOP's were put up!?

Great weekend deals, cant believe they have sold over 100 GPU's in just over 1 day.... Is that a record?

Added another 60, don't miss out this time as that will be nearly 250 units sold this weekend!

We originally put 50 Tops up and 100 matrix, we added 50 more matrix yesterday and just added another 60 just.

If they sell out again over 250 sold plus cards from the rest of the range we offer. Hopefully we'd have done 1000 cards over the weekend in total.

ademcg · 13 Oct 2013 at 13:08

Anyone know how much an improvement I will see over my current card - ASUS GTX580 Direct CUII ?

Scrub that....just found this:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/517?vs=618

GTX580 still not too shabby a performer....hmmmm might wait.

Adam123 · 13 Oct 2013 at 13:54

Im waiting... tempted by the 280x Toxic tho, But definitely want to see what is going on the with 290x or the 770TI before I start buying stuff.

MrMarvelous · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:07

ademcg said:
Anyone know how much an improvement I will see over my current card - ASUS GTX580 Direct CUII ?

Scrub that....just found this:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/517?vs=618

GTX580 still not too shabby a performer....hmmmm might wait.

I went from a 1.5Gb 580 to a 7970 and the jump in performance was big, especially in games like Fallout 3 with loads of mods, WoW and Battlefield 3.

jak731 · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:23

Thought I would sleep on it and was relieved when they were all sold out this morning, now there are some more up and I'm tempted again!

scritchyrat · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:29

jak731 said:
Thought I would sleep on it and was relieved when they were all sold out this morning, now there are some more up and I'm tempted again!

Hah! That's exactly the same position I'm in

Someone tell me that it'd be pointless upgrading to one of these from a 670; please?

se_vietboi · 13 Oct 2013 at 16:59

ademcg said:
Anyone know how much an improvement I will see over my current card - ASUS GTX580 Direct CUII ?

Scrub that....just found this:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/517?vs=618

GTX580 still not too shabby a performer....hmmmm might wait.

580 still a good card but those benchmarks don't tell you everything especially if the drivers were old. A average overclocked 7970 is like almost twice the performance of a stock 580.

jak731 · 13 Oct 2013 at 19:58

Does anyone know if a xonar essence would fit in a slot above the platinum?

dandubi · 13 Oct 2013 at 22:37

Soooo tempted to upgrade my EVGA 570 SC but not able to purchase until tomorrow and the offer will be over

Sh4rkie · 13 Oct 2013 at 23:23

Well i caved in and went for the Matrix card, i can't see anything offering that level of value for money / performance for a while (that's the hope!).

dandubi · 14 Oct 2013 at 09:04

Got in this morning hoping to catch the graphics card before it went up in price but was just not quick enough!

Guess that has made my decision easier lol.

littlepuppy · 14 Oct 2013 at 10:05

The counter seemed to get stuck at 28.. I wonder if they sold more than they meant to... 289.99 now!

Gibbo · 14 Oct 2013 at 10:35

littlepuppy said:
The counter seemed to get stuck at 28.. I wonder if they sold more than they meant to... 289.99 now!

Yes we did!

We set about 160 to sell, we actually sold 283, oooops.

TOP's are now nearly gone, shall be no more offers on those.

On Matrix less than 200 left now, so any future offers won't be as good, so those who got one, well done.

littlepuppy · 14 Oct 2013 at 10:45

thanks for letting us know gibbo, i did take 2 for a slight "sideways" upgrade, but for the price it was a no brainer.. 2GB extra VRAM for free as far as Im concerned with a possible slight performance increase, oh and some nice lighting effects

Now just need to hide the boxes when they arrive for fear of being killed by a very angry wife!