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AMD 8000 series
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Rumours are all over the place.
But given we're on the same 28nm process, progression won't be huge anyway.
So you'd be pretty safe getting a current 7XXX GPU.
But given we're on the same 28nm process, progression won't be huge anyway.
So you'd be pretty safe getting a current 7XXX GPU.
is it worth waiting though, although im saving up a little more im not too patient to wait :S
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There are runours that the HD7790 being launched tomorrow is a GCN2 based card.
even if i dont buy the 8000 series, it will probably put the price of the 7000 series down by a bit which may save a bit of money
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I'll fist myself if it's more than 30% gains.
i wonder how much its gonna cost ?
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Even 29.995% average gains at the same price point is pretty decent
29% in almost 2 years is slow progression (As the rumours put it late 2013) or if it's come earlier, a year and a half for 29% isn't decent.
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Between £90 to £120 I suspect.
The 8xxx series is ready, taped out and done. Would not be surprised if boards are manufactured already. The lack of appearance is a business decision rather than production
Edit: Some need for the extra oomph would be good too. I know some run huge Eyefinity resolutions etc but for 99% of us, the games just aren't worth it IMO
Edit: Some need for the extra oomph would be good too. I know some run huge Eyefinity resolutions etc but for 99% of us, the games just aren't worth it IMO
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So, I assume you were also pegging at 30% gains, but I called it not a huge jump, and you called it a decent jump 
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Decent progression would be at least 50% for my standards, and a huge jump would be 90%.
?Decent progression would be at least 50% for my standards, and a huge jump would be 90%.
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A 30% jump would make it very attractive to me as it would mean a 60-70% jump over my gtx480. Current cards only offer around 35% increase so a lot of money for not such a big gain.
Mhhh I think it's a lot more than 35% over a 480 on today's drivers.
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I doubt it's any more than 40% though, unless you want to pay silly money for a Titan (I don't like dual gpu's).
Amazing how well the 480 has stood up really. It's 3 years old and still there is nothing that really kills it.
But I do find myself needing a little more grunt with some of the recent games. Will wait until I can buy something that is at least 60% faster and around the £250 mark though.
Amazing how well the 480 has stood up really. It's 3 years old and still there is nothing that really kills it.
But I do find myself needing a little more grunt with some of the recent games. Will wait until I can buy something that is at least 60% faster and around the £250 mark though.
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A 7970 ghz edition would probably be a 80-90% improvement on the latest drivers over your 480.
