AMD 8000 series

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:55

Rusty0611 said:
Kind of.

It would literally take about 20 seconds to replicate what the GHz edition is doing with MSI Afterburner so I don't personally think it's worth anything.

No.

i had always thought that any overclocked component would void the warranty, which components's warranty gets void when overclocked ?, im sure it will with the CPU

wazza300 · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:57

most if not all 7970's will do 1000/1050 core and 1500 memory at stock voltage for example mine does that on 1.112v

the ghz editions will be locked at 1.25v apart from those that arnt locked,msi ect

its just a case of moving the core and memory slider in ccc saving/exiting

Rusty0611 · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:57

hakank68 said:
i had always thought that any overclocked component would void the warranty, which components's warranty gets void when overclocked ?, im sure it will with the CPU

There's no way for them to tell if it's been overclocked anyway but overclocking doesn't void the warranty.

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:58

Rusty0611 said:
There's no way for them to tell if it's been overclocked anyway but overclocking doesn't void the warranty.

oh, thanks for clearing it up

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:00

wazza300 said:
most if not all 7970's will do 1000/1050 core and 1500 memory at stock voltage for example mine does that on 1.112v

the ghz editions will be locked at 1.25v apart from those that arnt locked,msi ect

its just a case of moving the core and memory slider in ccc saving/exiting

do you get similar 'ghz' versions for NVIDIA gpu's ?

wazza300 · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:01

not sure on Nvidia,i think it has

Rusty0611 · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:02

nVidia 600 series auto boosts to a clock speed depending on what kind of chip you've got. They can then be overclocked further like the 7000 series.

i.e. how good it is

JCX50 · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:22

I personally would go for a 7xxx series because they might push the cards back again, Who knows

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:54

when the 8xxxx series is released the 7xxxx series will probably drop a lot in price, well hopefully

Drangueos · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:59

hakank68 said:
when the 8xxxx series is released the 7xxxx series will probably drop a lot in price, well hopefully

yeah... i just sold my 2x 7950... but I need something to replace them...
and I don't know how long I can wait, maybe 2 or 3......
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Drangueos · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:00

I really don't know if I go for 2x 7970 or just one for the moment and wait a little.

IvanDobskey · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:28

So how much faster would a standard 7970 be over my 480?

Bacon? · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:32

As discussed before around 200% the performance of a 480, more once overclocked.

And as the AMD rep said. The 7*** series is the focus this year, don't expect the 8*** series until next year earliest.

Wucked · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:40

IvanDobskey said:
So how much faster would a standard 7970 be over my 480?

I can't link the charts because they're on a competitor website, but like others have already said, it looks to be around double the performance.

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:42

Drangueos said:
I really don't know if I go for 2x 7970 or just one for the moment and wait a little.

is there a big difference between a single 7950 and a dual 7950 ?

Martini1991 · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:49

hakank68 said:
when the 8xxxx series is released the 7xxxx series will probably drop a lot in price, well hopefully

That never really happens though.
We've had the Sapphire Extreme 58XX stock (30's and 50's) once about mid way through the 6XXX?

Bacon? · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:51

Agreed Martini, prices for new products will stay the same as production will most likely just stop, second hand prices will prolly be fairly high because of the demand etc.

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:56

Martini1991 said:
That never really happens though.
We've had the Sapphire Extreme 58XX stock (30's and 50's) once about mid way through the 6XXX?

thats crap tbh, as soon as a new game comes out the older version drops down in price by loads :
:mad:

Bacon? · 21 Mar 2013 at 18:00

Do they? I've never seen the old games drop in price. Just fade out from the market. All the COD's and C&C's in my history have done this.

hakank68 · 21 Mar 2013 at 18:10

Bacon? said:
Do they? I've never seen the old games drop in price. Just fade out from the market. All the COD's and C&C's in my history have done this.

i went to gamestation a couple of years ago to trade in my fifa 10 just before fifa 11 came out and they offered something like £10-£15 so i didnt trade it in however when i went about 2 weeks late when fifa 11 came out they offered £4:50 which was ridiculous as id payed £40 when it first came out