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HD7950 Crossfire Upgrade

xTommy92

xTommy92

xTommy92

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Hi Guys,

I have had crossfire HD7950's for a little while now and am looking at an upgrade soon. I have been eyeing up either the RX 480, 290 or R9 Fury. I have little knowledge with these new cards and am looking to get out of crossfire for the time being. I am running a 1080p 144hz monitor so higher frames are always nice.

What do you guys recommend?

Thanks,
Tom
 
Cheers for the help guys, I've seen the benchmarks and the fury seems to come out on top. So going for a fury card that has 8gb Vram would be best right, or does it not make much difference?

I saw that card on today only but I am going to wait till Insomnia 58 and see what's on, just trying to get some info prior to it really. ;)

Tom
 
Fury cards only come in 4gb as far as i know. For 1080p144hz you wont need more than 4 though as i imagine you dont use frame scaling if your after high fps.
 
Second hand 980Ti is well worth a look.

None of the cards you mention will actually give you a much more performance than your current setup (when it works properly).

I just moved from a 7990 (dual 7970s in essence) to a 980Ti so am relatively well placed to advise :)
 
Nice, crossfire does seem to be a little temperamental. I may hang of a little then and wait for a nice deal if the performance increase won't be that big.
 
Lokken86 said:
Fury Nitro for 290 is a very good price.
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Not really, it's simply not selling as people don't want a £300 ish card with only 4GB VRAM this late into 2016.

If it was selling well, it wouldn't have been reduced this much. Fury's are EOL, AMD are not making anymore, for good reason. Even their mid range RX480 has 8GB VRAM, that should tell you something....
 
xTommy92 said:
Cheers for the help guys, I've seen the benchmarks and the fury seems to come out on top. So going for a fury card that has 8gb Vram would be best right, or does it not make much difference?

I saw that card on today only but I am going to wait till Insomnia 58 and see what's on, just trying to get some info prior to it really. ;)

Tom
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See what 1070s they have on offer at that time, thats gonna be a nice upgrade for you, should be higher FPS all around.

I remember my 7950xfire used to get about the same benchmark scores as a 980ti but in games a single card would feel much smoother.
 
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BluD said:
See what 1070s they have on offer at that time, thats gonna be a nice upgrade for you, should be higher FPS all around.

I remember my 7950xfire used to get about the same benchmark scores as a 980ti but in games a single card would feel much smoother.
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It's absolutely night and day how much smoother a single card is. Even in games where my 7990 worked well and gave a similar FPS to my 980Ti it just feels much nicer on the 980Ti. Then there is the raft of a games that stutter/flicker or don't support Xfire.
 
Dave2150 said:
Not really, it's simply not selling as people don't want a £300 ish card with only 4GB VRAM this late into 2016.

If it was selling well, it wouldn't have been reduced this much. Fury's are EOL, AMD are not making anymore, for good reason. Even their mid range RX480 has 8GB VRAM, that should tell you something....
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I seem to remember Gibbo saying that he had to order extra Fury Cards from Sapphire because the first batch sold out quickly... so yes... they are selling
 
xTommy92 said:
Hi Guys,

I have had crossfire HD7950's for a little while now and am looking at an upgrade soon. I have been eyeing up either the RX 480, 290 or R9 Fury. I have little knowledge with these new cards and am looking to get out of crossfire for the time being. I am running a 1080p 144hz monitor so higher frames are always nice.

What do you guys recommend?

Thanks,
Tom
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Wait for Vega.

A new gen with a die shrink release is due within 6 months and I'm guessing the 7950's still do okay so wait for that and then you'll have something that'll still be standing 5 years down the road.
 
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