*** AMD FRIDAY: SO WHO WANTS A FREE BURGER & SOME EPIC AMD DEALS??? ***

[teppic]

I could send it by collect+ insured, that's about £6 I think, and easier than going to the PO.

The plan was to get a GTX 670 until the 9970 came out, and wait for it to fall in price. But with a 7990 I'd not need to bother.

 

[teppic]

A HD 7990 has more than twice the performance of a GTX 670 iirc, come on teppic you know you want that beast of a card.

You just want more Unigine benches

 

[Kaapstad]

You just want more Unigine benches

Now you mention it one of the HD 7990s thrashed my GTX 690.

20. Score 2055, GPU 7970 x 2 @1220/1700, CPU 3770k @4.6, vonex
21. Score 2050, GPU 7990 x 1 @1225/1775, CPU 3930k @4.8, Catanonia
22. Score 2025, GPU 7950 x 2 @1150/1625, CPU 2600k @4.8, iTek
23. Score 2001, GPU 680 x 2 @1254/1750, CPU 3770k @4.8, PCZ
24. Score 1977, GPU 7950 x 2 @1180/1700, CPU 3770k @4.5, Drangueos
25. Score 1967, GPU 690 x 1 @1160/1750, CPU 3960X @5.0, Kaapstad
26. Score 1950, GPU 770 x 2 @1150/1752, CPU 3770k @4.2, RetrogamerX
27. Score 1929, GPU 7950 x 2 @1200/1600, CPU 3770k @4.6, tommybhoy

ARRGH lol.

 

[teppic]

Do I get to wear a special badge if I get the 7990?

 

[Buckster]

the 7970 is a GHz clocked version not a GHz edition I think ? memory not at 6000 ?

 

[LtMatt]

Now you mention it one of the HD 7990s thrashed my GTX 690.




ARRGH lol.

The one that didn't beat your 690 was the old/fake p) 7990 as well.

 

[David Bisset]

Ordered the 6450 for the HTPC, however no mention of the games on my order confirmation.

Have they all gone now?

Think you don't qualify lookin at the OP....
'Also when you buy a 7750 or higher from the above cards you will get the following FREE Games worth well over £100'...

 

[Puzzled]

Think you don't qualify lookin at the OP....
'Also when you buy a 7750 or higher from the above cards you will get the following FREE Games worth well over £100'...

Hmm doesn't say that in the GD thread:

FREE GAMES - ONLY WHILST STOCK LAST!!


Also when you buy one of these cards you will get the following FREE Games worth well over £100:-
- Farcry3
- Farcry 3 Blood
- Crysis 3
- Tomb Raider
- Bioshock Infinite
- SimCity

These games are limited to the first 250 orders placed, as such we strongly advice you order quickly to ensure you get all the games listed above, and yes these games are with all the cards, even the 6450!


Oh and of course a FREE BURGER!!!**

 

[Marine-RX179]

Ordered the 6450 for the HTPC, however no mention of the games on my order confirmation.

Have they all gone now?

If you ordered after 17:00, then you won't be getting the games.

 

[teppic]

I guess they got way too many people ordering the 6450 since the games were worth more than the card.

 

[weeble]

Grr. Decisions..decisions!
MSI 6950 currently one week into RMA process.
Do I
1. Wait for RMA to complete - potentially 3 weeks to go.
2. Gamble that they might send a 7950 back.
3. Buy the 7950 here (and keep Mrs happy with less fan noise)
4. Buy the 7970.

How long will these roughly be at these prices?

 

[cjph]

Hi all
Am in two minds on this offer. My old mobo (p67a-ud3-b3) has two pciex (2.0) lanes, which degrade to 4x 4x when in crossfire mode according to the specs. So adding another 7950 might hit performance quite a lot-anyone have direct experience (have read a lot of the stuff online but most refers to crossfire of older 5xx0 GPUs where bandwidth was still not too big an issue) ? If the hit was too bad I could either get a 7990 for the current board or swap for a newer (z55?) mobo, CPU and second 7950 for the same price ish.

Am gearing up for BF4 and Arma 3 (CPU intensive) over three screens.
cj

 

[LtMatt]

Hi all
Am in two minds on this offer. My oljd mobo (p67a-ud3-b3) has two pciex (2.0) lanes, which degrade to 4x 4x when in crossfire mode according to the specs. So adding another 7950 might hit performance quite a lot-anyone have direct experience (have read a lot of the stuff online but most refers to crossfire of older 5xx0 GPUs where bandwidth was still not too big an issue) ? If the hit was too bad I could either get a 7990 for the current board or swap for a newer (z55?) mobo, CPU and second 7950 for the same price ish.

Am gearing up for BF4 and Arma 3 (CPU intensive) over three screens.
cj

You're looking at about 5% performance hit maybe a bit more. What you will find is the gpu in the x4 slot works around 80-90% usage. I'd still recommend crossfire to someone with a motherboard like this, but you should make sure the next thing you upgrade is the mobo as soon as you can to get the most from your gpu's.

 

[wazza300]

don't the z68 boards do 8x8x ? pretty sure they do,would be cheapest option,plus you have onboard graphics for when your cards go poof from all that overclocking

 

[rolypolyman]

That Msi TF III 7950 is so worth the £14 over the cheaper version, however I have decided I can manage fine with one 7950 until xmas when I will re-evaluate and see what price the 9950 are and how they perform. I'm so tempted to xfire but bottom line is I don't need the performance.

 

[cjph]

Thanks all - I think I will try a CF 7950 setup on the current mobo and look to a beefier mobo when the performance needs of BF4 and Arma3 are clearer. The 7950 price is too good to pass up imho.

cj

 

[RetrogamerX]

Good to see everyone happy at all these deals, weather Nvidia or AMD. I will say those 7990 cards are very cheap. It should have been at that price from the start.

I'll wait for either the new AMD or 800 series before upgrading again, but tbh I'm very happy with what I have right now.

 

[Gerard]

Any free sample 7990's going?

 

[pgi947]

Are we going to see some tech lab 7990's for say, £630-640???

As it is the tech lab 7990's are £1k+!!

Edit: hmm 7990 QF and forget about benching? Toughy

 

[Diagro]

Nay I think they will be around 650 for the tech labs