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Anybody else thinking of skiping 680/7970 cards?

I skipped the last cycle of graphics card, and only recently upgrade to an i7 2600k in....... September I think it was.

I've just bought a 7970, only because I could get it new for the equivalent of £300.
I doubt I'll be investing again until the next "big" thing, as these minor jumps every 6 months just are not worth bothering with.
 
I've just bought a 3D monitor with the Nvidia vision bundle and I believe enabling 3D can half your frame rates depending on the game - so there is a third scenario in which an GPU upgrade makes sense (besides multi-screen/massive resolution). I have a 580 and will see how it performs before I consider upgrading.
 
I will never spend over £200 on a graphics card now for the PC

The games just don't warranty it

I can play BF3, everything on ULTRA with the max AA at 2560*1440 using a single 7850 which cost me £189.99. Imagine my surprise when I forgot to click on Asus GPUTweak to apply the OC and it still ran smooth as silk

Suppose you would need extra oomph with eyefinity though
 
I'm not getting a gtx680 (or any 6xx series) because cuda's been nerfed and I need cuda. Going to grab a 570 when the lesser 6xx cards come out as hopefully they'll get a bit of a price drop :)

I'm not expecting 'big kepler' to go into gaming cards to be honest, I'm expecting that to be quadro/tesla which I don't mind but I'm not after a quadro until I build a new pc :)
 
I picked up a 7970 to replace my GTX580 and don't regret it so far, although I wouldn't have bothered if not for the price drop.
 
glen8 said:
I will never spend over £200 on a graphics card now for the PC

The games just don't warranty it

I can play BF3, everything on ULTRA with the max AA at 2560*1440 using a single 7850 which cost me £189.99. Imagine my surprise when I forgot to click on Asus GPUTweak to apply the OC and it still ran smooth as silk

Suppose you would need extra oomph with eyefinity though
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How many frames per hour do you get?
 
Im using my 560ti 2gig msi card and dont have a problem with any game, dont think ill be getting a 7xxx or 680. I might look at a second 560ti to sli 560tis maybe next year if i get a new mobo and cpu depending on prices. At the minute i treated myself to a ssd which should arrive next week along with a new gaming keyboard and mouse.
 
I cancelled my order for a 680 after realising that for my gaming needs (wow/Diablo) my 460gtx is more then enough at 1200p + 60fps, but saying that Blizzards games are renowned for being able to run on most systems - mass market appeal an all.

But saying that even if I had to upgrade for more grunt I would most likely wait for a 660/670 or take up ATI's awesome show on the 7850, and I haven't had a ATI since the X800XT days...
 
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Im using my 560ti 2gig msi card and dont have a problem with any game, dont think ill be getting a 7xxx or 680. I might look at a second 560ti to sli 560tis maybe next year if i get a new mobo and cpu depending on prices. At the minute i treated myself to a ssd which should arrive next week along with a new gaming keyboard and mouse.
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Yeah but you're blatently poor given your specs in the sig. Mine are outdated and don't actually have the setup in sig and still beats yours. ;)
 
Nope, I've been itching to go back to Nvidia and the GTX 680 is an absolute beast. My 5850 has served me well but it's time to upgrade, I just wish ocUK could shave off a little, oh and get some in stock! :D
 
It's been about 3 years on my 4870x2 iirc and I've been waiting on the 680 for a few months now, I also waited for the 10% off and managed to grab one for £322 (<3 no vat and custom didn't stop it for gst). Like a bawss.
Absolutely loving the performance I get again and people able to play things on max without a worry in the world so far :D I should be so lucky if it lasts 3 years again.
 
ndaar;21736004[B said:
]Im using my 560ti 2gig msi card[/B] and dont have a problem with any game, dont think ill be getting a 7xxx or 680. I might look at a second 560ti to sli 560tis maybe next year if i get a new mobo and cpu depending on prices. At the minute i treated myself to a ssd which should arrive next week along with a new gaming keyboard and mouse.
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Hi,

What res do you play at?

What games do you play and at what settings and FPS?

I have been thinking about buying that card and SLI'ing later.

I have a 24" monitor already the latest BenQ which is awesome. Rest of system will be bought when I finish UNI on Jun 8th.

Cheers.
 
I was planning on skipping this generation again but the 10% + radeon price drop made me bought a 7970 to replace a 4870. Hoping to keep the card for another 4years or so like my 4870 did
 
FWIW, I have just ordered a 680 as I am upgrading from a 6850 thus being a rather large upgrade.

However after looking at TONS of benchmarks if I already had a card like a 7870or higher, or 570 etc I probably wouldn't have upgraded.

Also think that the 680 is mid range Keplar (power consumption, 256bit bus etc) so if you have a high end-ish card already I would probably wait....
 
I don't really need the performance boost, an overclocked 480 does a great job. In fact, it's possibly the best gpu I've ever had. Though, even if I did need / want the extra grunt of a 7970 or 680, I wouldn't be able to seeing as I'd need a new cpu and mobo first. Tbh I'm already bottlenecked, though I wouldn't say significantly unless you factor in overclocking, which gives me virtually zero gains with this card and likewise the same with previous cards running in the same system. When I next do a system overhaul then a second SOC 480 to run in sli will be tempting, as long as I can find one for a fair price.
 
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