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AMD's 7970
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Soldato
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Just as i was expecting around the £500 mark. :/
OcUK value card @ £419.99 on pre-order, appart from that the rest are well overpriced
This. There are other shops too
Still, good deal faster than a GTX580 3GB and can be had for similar monies
Caporegime
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Waiting to see what happens with the 7950, the much lower pricing on that and hopefully if they haven't neutered its overclocking potential then when you can get a 1100-1300Mhz capable 7950 with a quiet msi type cooler for around £300, 580/570/6970/6950 pricing has to crash badly.
Thing is this card really is good, its just tamed by tdp targets(for a reason I can both understand in some ways and think is absurd in another).
Say the 7950 ends up with value versions around the £325 mark, then Nvidia and AMD do a range of price drops on lower cards and the 7970/50 follow suit not long after to be more reasonable.
I might be tempted by a 7950 around the £300 mark IF they aren't screwed up in terms of potential clock speed vs the 7970, AIB's might well screw the pcb's/power etc to limit the clock speed. We'll have to see how that pans out. £420 for a gpu, no thanks though, I'll quite happily pick up a 2nd 6950/70 from the MM for probably closer to £100 than £200. So, can't lose really.
Thing is this card really is good, its just tamed by tdp targets(for a reason I can both understand in some ways and think is absurd in another).
Say the 7950 ends up with value versions around the £325 mark, then Nvidia and AMD do a range of price drops on lower cards and the 7970/50 follow suit not long after to be more reasonable.
I might be tempted by a 7950 around the £300 mark IF they aren't screwed up in terms of potential clock speed vs the 7970, AIB's might well screw the pcb's/power etc to limit the clock speed. We'll have to see how that pans out. £420 for a gpu, no thanks though, I'll quite happily pick up a 2nd 6950/70 from the MM for probably closer to £100 than £200. So, can't lose really.