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7990 or wait for new series?

Waiting will benefit you in two ways mate

If the new product is awesome - you get the latest greatest
Even if its not - the existing 7990 will fall in price

;)
 
Hi there

This is part of our upcoming AMD Friday Deals and I doubt you'll get better for the money this year:-


HIS HD 7990 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £479.99 inc VAT

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With more than twice the processing power of previous generation AMD discrete graphics cards, ATI Radeon HD 7900 Series graphics cards deliver a cinematic gaming experience and unprecedented performance.

Features:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- HD 7990 is a dual GPU card
- Core Clock Speed: 950MHz
- Core Boost Speed: 1000MHz
- Primitive Rate: 2 prim / clk
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 64 CU / 4096 ALU
- Texture Units: 256
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 64 / 256
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 2x384 bit / 6000MHz
- Load / Idle Board Power: <500W / <3W
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: DL-DVI-I, 4x Mini-Displayport
- 2yr Warranty


Only £479.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Is there any idea when this month the new series is getting announced?

I am incredibly impatient as I been waiting a while already to save up for the card...

When I listed the parts I wanted, I wasn't intending to spend too much on my system as I have not spent a lot of money on a build before, relying on either budget parts or hand me downs from my brother. I originally planned to get the 7950, however when saving up the money I made a decision that I will go to 7970 because it's not a great amount more expensive and I may as well spend that extra for a better experience.

Then the Overclockers sale came on and I decided, I could save a little extra and get the 7990. Then I read about the 9000 series being announced in September and released in October

Now I am thinking about the 9000 series. So I don't really want to be waiting TOO long for the 9000 series announcement because I been waiting very impatiently for a fair bit of time already to upgrade the card. With the price of the HIS 7990, it is almost too good to turn down, but I still have that curiosity over the 9000 and even if I get the 7990, until the 9000 series details are released I will have it stuck in the back of my head that I have made a mistake.

Yet, will the prices drop to below what that HIS 7990 is selling for now on the weekly offer? I wish I could just make a decision and deal with it. As easy as it sounds, I just can't seem to bloody do it.

If I keep waiting and waiting for certain criteria to be met before buying a card and with me constantly changing what the criteria is, I am worried if I don't just get a card now I will never get one.
 
BuzzLloydyear said:
Is there any idea when this month the new series is getting announced?

I am incredibly impatient as I been waiting a while already to save up for the card...

When I listed the parts I wanted, I wasn't intending to spend too much on my system as I have not spent a lot of money on a build before, relying on either budget parts or hand me downs from my brother. I originally planned to get the 7950, however when saving up the money I made a decision that I will go to 7970 because it's not a great amount more expensive and I may as well spend that extra for a better experience.

Then the Overclockers sale came on and I decided, I could save a little extra and get the 7990. Then I read about the 9000 series being announced in September and released in October

Now I am thinking about the 9000 series. So I don't really want to be waiting TOO long for the 9000 series announcement because I been waiting very impatiently for a fair bit of time already to upgrade the card. With the price of the HIS 7990, it is almost too good to turn down, but I still have that curiosity over the 9000 and even if I get the 7990, until the 9000 series details are released I will have it stuck in the back of my head that I have made a mistake.

Yet, will the prices drop to below what that HIS 7990 is selling for now on the weekly offer? I wish I could just make a decision and deal with it. As easy as it sounds, I just can't seem to bloody do it.

If I keep waiting and waiting for certain criteria to be met before buying a card and with me constantly changing what the criteria is, I am worried if I don't just get a card now I will never get one.
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Well I'd hazard a guess the top end 9 series will cost double or more than current 7970 prices, so up to you if you're willing to spend that much more.
 
I would wait If I was you I know Its hard with good offers about but you may regret it
If you buy now

I wish Amd would just say how good card is now and have card out on 25th instead of
p***ing about like they all do
 
BuzzLloydyear said:
Hi guys,

I will try and keep it as short as possible as I tend to ramble a lot, saying very little in return. It's a curse on my part, one that I have failed to break (see! I am at it already).

Anyway, on Thursday, it's pay day, which means I will be able to afford a 7990. The only thing is the allure of a 9000 series card is conflicting me.

Now I want a card as soon as possible as I have upgraded my rig recently and the 6950 is now the weak link in the chain. It's served me well, but I need to upgrade to make use of the rest of my system. I have games I purchased, but yet to play as I wanted to wait for the graphics card before starting.
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I'm in the same situation as you and I'm waiting. I'd feel pretty silly if I'd spent my money, only to find something better is out a few weeks later, and the card I'd bought it not only outdated, but is now a lot cheaper because it's been superseded.

If you only get a new graphics card every few years, I'd rather have a newer one at the beginning of it's life, than one that just getting to the end of it
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

This is part of our upcoming AMD Friday Deals and I doubt you'll get better for the money this year:-


HIS HD 7990 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £479.99 inc VAT

GX-084-HS_400.jpg


With more than twice the processing power of previous generation AMD discrete graphics cards, ATI Radeon HD 7900 Series graphics cards deliver a cinematic gaming experience and unprecedented performance.

Features:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- HD 7990 is a dual GPU card
- Core Clock Speed: 950MHz
- Core Boost Speed: 1000MHz
- Primitive Rate: 2 prim / clk
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 64 CU / 4096 ALU
- Texture Units: 256
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 64 / 256
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 2x384 bit / 6000MHz
- Load / Idle Board Power: <500W / <3W
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: DL-DVI-I, 4x Mini-Displayport
- 2yr Warranty


Only £479.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
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is this better then the 780?
 
I find it unlikely that there will be anything that beats the 7990 in the very near future, but you lose nothing by waiting for 3 weeks, then making an informed decision.
 
Killer price on this card for sure, hard to ignore even with the new cards around the corner. Can't see the 7990's replacement using less power either.

£1200 for 780 SLI or under £500 for this one, hmmm, tough choice !
 
Besty said:
Killer price on this card for sure, hard to ignore even with the new cards around the corner. Can't see the 7990's replacement using less power either.

£1200 for 780 SLI or under £500 for this one, hmmm, tough choice !
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Hardly £1200, you can pick up MSI 780's for £460 the other day. Still a big difference in price but £1200 is over exaggerating.
 
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