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best graphic - max £360

absy84

absy84

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which graphic card is the best?

max spend £360

options:

Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ Edition 3GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 WINDFORCE 3X 2084MB GDRR5

happy to consider other suggestions?
 
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absy84 said:
happy to consider other suggestions?
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His 7950 IceQ on offer, save yourself a lot of cash.

I have a 7970 and a 7950 and you can't tell the difference ingame@1080p when both are overclocked and at 5760 res, the 7950 is faster than a 680.
 
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Got to admit, i have a 680 with a 15 2500k and a 7950 with a i7 920 both good cards,but the price difference i would deffo go the 7950 route.
i have run bf3 on total max @ 2560x1600 on the 7950 and this card can run it even though it dose drop to high 30s at times but still good game play,
Great card
 
 
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doesnt the windforce run cooler than the his under load?

The gigabyte is not voltage locked on the 7950 only the 7970.
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Probably a couple of centrigrade but it's also £22 more expensive and probably a touch louder.

Also heard they don't have proper VRM cooling...
 
thanks for the feedback. I'm even more confused than I was before.

For general home use and gaming - would you not suggest I spend £300 on a gpu then? I've budgeted for £1500 on my new build, so am happy to spend it on the basis i will need it for game play.

His 7970 IceQ is £335.99
Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ 3072MB GDDR5 PCI £399.95

what you guys suggest?
 
We suggest the 7950 as with a small overclock it can beat the performance of the other top end cards and shave 100 off of your cost.
 
Yeah don't be so quick to blow your money just because you have it. Put away for a future upgrade or something. If you want the best now then fine a 7970 but save some money and get a 7950, overclock it and be within 5% of a similarly clocked 7970.

I think that's the first decision to make and then settle on a make/model.
 
hey thanks, sounds like great advice.

Happy to go with 7950.

1. Can you suggest the best 7950 out at the moment please?
2. Assuming this is better than Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 WINDFORCE 3X 2084MB GDRR5?
 
The 670 is a bit faster out the box but the 7950 is a bit faster when overclocked on the latest drivers. There's next to nothing in it though and to illustrate this, if they were priced identically then you could toss a coin to choose.

I personally really like the HIS cards so I would get the 7950 IceQ Boost Edition or the Gigabyte Windforce 7950.

Both are really good cards. Normally the MSI ones are good but there's a dodgy batch out at the moment so I would avoid.
 
thanks.

Im really new to all of this and may not ever get around to overclocking. what would you suggest I do? still go with the 7950 over 670?
 
The 670 is more expensive for essentially the same/bit less performance. Overclocking is quite simple and people will help you. You adjust the voltage a touch, set the clock speed to say 1100 and put the memory speed to 1500 and test for stability. Do that by playing some games or letting Heaven loop or something.

You can probably apply more voltage than you actually need with a core speed of 1100 as well to make it quicker to test and keep temperatures more than fine. By applying more volts than you need just means the card is highly likely to be stable straight away rather than finding the sweet spot. It'll mean it runs a tiny bit hotter than it could do but isn't likely to be any where near being considered "hot".

Takes an evening tops to get set and then it's sorted. :)
 
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