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Best upgrade from a 7950
- Thread starter WilliamC
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Yeah, you and i are a couple of the few who can cut through all the crap.
Yup look that up and then see what version of windows your using as well, if it isn't windows 10, remember to use the directX11 numbers for both AMD and NVidia.
Yup look that up and then see what version of windows your using as well, if it isn't windows 10, remember to use the directX11 numbers for both AMD and NVidia.
I think most gamers will be going to Windows 10 before the first year's free offer of Windows 10 is over. The DX11 figures won't matter by next year when more games will be using DX12, especially the console ports. Any gpu which doesn't support true hardware Async Shaders may well be outdated by then.
I guess Nvidia know how to get their loyal customers to upgrade every year. Good for business, bad for the customer's wallet.
Having used the 970 and 290X (effectively a 390X but with 4GB VRAM) and taking into consideration that you want to avoid AMD this time, a GTX 970 is a no brainer. Plus you get ALL the GameWorks effects plus simple DSR options, plus ShadowPlay for simplistic recording (even on DX12/W10).
The 290X I had was a good card but the feature set of the 970 just made it that bit better overall for me.
The 290X I had was a good card but the feature set of the 970 just made it that bit better overall for me.
From what I can understand right now Nvidia cards aren't supporting it or aren't making it public whether it doesn't or not so the AMD cards will work better with DX12? So basically making AMD more future proof?
isnt leagues its twice as slow
7950 to 970 is a diagonal upward sidegrade imo about a 30% upgrade at 1080p certainly not double the performance.
A second 7950 for £50-£60 would be a better more cost effective upgrade.
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yes as you can see it's not double like how you do the non 1ghz 7970 vs a ftw 970 as well lol
all 7950 will do 1ghz with ease
I found my overclocked xfire 7950s game roughly the same bench results as the top overclocked single 980s on the forum.
Im suprised at the power comsumption of the 970, i thought they were supposed to use a lot less.
I still think if hes building a new system a 970 would be an ok upgrade, personally i would save a bit more and grab a 980ti.
Im suprised at the power comsumption of the 970, i thought they were supposed to use a lot less.
I still think if hes building a new system a 970 would be an ok upgrade, personally i would save a bit more and grab a 980ti.
heaven bench 1080p gtx 970 = 60-70 fps
7950 @ 1100 mhz = 45-50 fps
not double the performance by any stretch of the imagination I only mention the overclock because all 7950 overclock pretty much to 1100/1575
I know the gtx 970 can be clocked too but just saying it's not going to be as massive an upgrade as you might think.
I say gtx 980 too.
7950 @ 1100 mhz = 45-50 fps
not double the performance by any stretch of the imagination I only mention the overclock because all 7950 overclock pretty much to 1100/1575
I know the gtx 970 can be clocked too but just saying it's not going to be as massive an upgrade as you might think.
I say gtx 980 too.
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I think there was a massive variation in the overclock potential in the 7950s, i had 3 and 2 of them would do 1250/1750 and one would do 1315/2000 but i did read of some poor sods not even managing 950mhz on theirs and no overclock at all on the vmem.
