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advice on upgrading gpu + psu

P.B said:
the 7950 would walk over a 660 and has much better memory size and bandwidth if you can squeeze in an ssd like mentioned that should do wonders with a fresh install of windows 7, ssd's are cheap second hand especially the 1st gen even if there not the fastest will still make a joke out of a mechanical hdd
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this is the general feedback i seem to be getting about the 7950.
certainly with a fresh install of windows 7 and an upgrade from 4gb to 8gb, this would be great.

i was worried about bottle necking with i3 and the 7950, but i've read around that i shouldn't have too many issues, apart from playing gpu intensive games etc.

after i buy the 7950. it's on to the choice of psu, then, maybe an ssd?
two threads for the next week to get stuck into ;)
 
i also still have my hd 7950 from sapphire in that graphic card is just too good it can still play the newest games mostly on high-max settings on 1080p

i mostly just set the shadows on low and the fps go crazy :P
 
P.B said:
the 7950 would walk over a 660 and has much better memory size and bandwidth if you can squeeze in an ssd like mentioned that should do wonders with a fresh install of windows 7, ssd's are cheap second hand especially the 1st gen even if there not the fastest will still make ajoke out of a mechanical hdd
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i can't find out if my mobo is sata III compatible [googling is the Gigabyte H61MA-D3V sata III compatible? doesn't come up with anything very clear, but i could be missing it.]
 
peter tron said:
this is the general feedback i seem to be getting about the 7950.
certainly with a fresh install of windows 7 and an upgrade from 4gb to 8gb, this would be great.

i was worried about bottle necking with i3 and the 7950, but i've read around that i shouldn't have too many issues, apart from playing gpu intensive games etc.

after i buy the 7950. it's on to the choice of psu, then, maybe an ssd?
two threads for the next week to get stuck into ;)
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I'm running a 7950 with an i3 & have absolutely no problems. Hell, I even game at 1440p.
 
peter tron said:
i was speaking recently to member of the nvidia forum [greybear], and he told me that my psu readings in my bios were not brilliant.

5v - 5.000
12v - 12.024

apparently the above readings would be fine under load, but i was getting these readings idle.
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Better off putting the money in to a new card with a warranty or SSD then changing a PSU that is otherwise working fine. A small bit of variation in the volts reading is perfectly fine and I know it wasn't at load but if the PSU was working untoward you would get clear symptoms of shutting down or similar.
 
fx63007850 said:
hope he won it as its a cracker of a card, which should overclock to at least 1100/1500
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no, didn't get it :(

partly due to me pontificating (money's a bit tight).
it was there in the morning, 2 hours later when i was ready to pay...gone.

i'm looking at this on ebay:

AMD HD7950 Sapphire HD 7950 Flex Edition PN 299-1E219-001SA Dual-X 100352FLEX-2

£51 (£18 p+p?)

the seller mentions: Works perfectly, fans may need repair. (Fans still work-they just may wobble or not be as fast as others)?
 
i managed to grab a MSI GTX Geforce GTX 660 (OC edition), 1 year old for £60 [total].

another member of another forum said that i should "now it is a matter of how well it works.

do not try this card until the new PSU is in place?

earlier in this thread, it was mentioned that there was nothing wrong with the voltages of my psu when they were idle.
atm, i'm running my integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000 / 3000 off the mobo no problems/visual anomalies.
 
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