7950 upgrade

[Tom.p]

hi just after a bit of advise. what would be a good upgrade from a gigabyte 7950?

 

[Doco]

Any reason you want the upgrade? Certain games your 7950 struggles on? - Could always drop in a second 7950 and go crossfire (the route I took, though the prices did seem to increase for a bit because of the bitcoin/litecoin craze and might still be at a higher price)

 

[psychas]

overclock it if you didn't already , i sold my 7950 bought 770 higher performance but kinda side grade and had to lash out 100+ £ not worth it, in other hand ,you can sell your 7950 for much more as people are mad about mining past few months.

Originally Posted by NoNameNoNumber View Post
Sold mine for £312, Added £8 and bought a 780

 

[Tom.p]

I was just looking at a couple of new cards on the over clockers website. I suppose my 7950 doesn't struggle Its running 1150/1475 at the moment.
I cant add another to the system as I am using itx board.
would like to add water cooling to a graphics card.

 

[4737Joker]

I upgraded from a 7950 to a 290 and to be fair unless your looking at the Fps meter you wouldn't notice, 7950 are excellent cards

 

[OvEr_KiLL]

i will be upgrading my 7950 to a 290 with custom cooler soon
clocked at 1100 1400

 

[Tom.p]

What fps are you getting over the 7950 with the 290?

 

[kronos13]

I upgraded from a 7950 to a 290 and to be fair unless your looking at the Fps meter you wouldn't notice, 7950 are excellent cards

I'm also looking to upgrade from my 7950 to a 290, Joker are you saying this in not worth it then?

 

[almighty15]

Get a GTX 780, overvolt it and wtahc it detroy pretty much everything.

My 780 is keeping up and even surpassing my old 7950's in Crossfire.

 

[4737Joker]

Graphics card upgrades are only worth doing if the card can't actually handle the game/games your playing on the settings you wish to play at.

I was running BF4 on ultra @1080p with aa off and was hitting 60-80 fps most of the time, no stutter or noticable drops in FPS. The only reasons i upgraded is i had money burning a whole in my pocket and i wanted to push 120fps as i have a 144hz screen. Plus i was watercooling so i figured if i was spending money on a block i may aswell have a new card

It has been worth it for me as i am getting the most out of my monitor. fps is normally around 110, if i remember i'll run fraps later.

edit: to be fair if you can sell your 7950 for over 200 on a popular auction site and then sell the games from the 290 it will be a cheap upgrade.

 

[Drizmod]

If you are ging to upgrade from a 7950 then now is the best time to do so as you probably wont get a better price for selling them than now. In a few months time with the crypto coin difficulty increasing there may be less demand for these cards. Ive seen 7950s go for more than £300

 

[kronos13]

Yeap, that's what I was thinking as well. So will see, maybe I can get a good price for mine.

Thanks Joker, am also in a similar situation as you so will see what I do next.