Buyers Remorse on 670

jeff6475 · 26 Jun 2012 at 17:15

Should be ashamed of yourself how can you spend so much on 1 item when all those ppl in the 3rd world countries are starving think how much rice that would have got them.

Enjoy the card

ltnmzh · 26 Jun 2012 at 17:18

morpheus9394 said:
LOL - She does call my PC my 2nd wife

I bet it's actually your 1st wife.

BS Dave · 26 Jun 2012 at 17:19

said the man who'd changed his graphics card 4 times in as many months from his ipad

ukxenon · 26 Jun 2012 at 18:07

only time i have ever had buyer remorse was when i got a new headset,reason been i am partially deff in my left ear and it did not sound any better BUT the flip side was it was more comfortable.

Kurisu Makise · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:08

OptimaLnrg said:
£440 on a 3gb 580 in jan, pity me.

jesus!

teejay73 · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:21

OptimaLnrg said:
£440 on a 3gb 580 in jan, pity me.

Nevermind I paid £269 for my 3gb 580 "Phantom" in may :rolleyes:

Think it is a great little card tbh, Runs BF3 fine@ 1080p

Tea_Bag · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:36

OptimaLnrg said:
£440 on a 3gb 580 in jan, pity me.

not gonna be topped lol

Soundood · 26 Jun 2012 at 20:08

madtoady said:
I've just bought a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB for £319.00 and I'm already getting buyers remorse. I'm upgrading from my very classy ATI 4890 that lasted me 3 years.

Help me get over my buyers remorse! Do any of you get it?

just think of your kids starving for a month, just to pay for that, or your girlfriend having to scrub the next door neighbors house for money to pay bills.

your a wrong un

madtoady · 26 Jun 2012 at 20:15

soundood said:
just think of your kids starving for a month, just to pay for that, or your girlfriend having to scrub the next door neighbors house for money to pay bills.

your a wrong un

Sounds perfect to me!

OptimaLnrg · 26 Jun 2012 at 20:41

teejay73 said:
Nevermind I paid £269 for my 3gb 580 "Phantom" in may Think it is a great little card tbh, Runs BF3 fine@ 1080p

Yea it runs it ok on high I guess.

Can't overclock the crappy thing though or the stupid fans scream like mad.

andybird123 · 26 Jun 2012 at 20:46

OptimaLnrg said:
It's a gainward phantom too.

So, it's rubbish. But on the plus side it might hold more value for my imminent resale. *hopes*

with a sales patter like that you can't go wrong

madtoady · 26 Jun 2012 at 21:35

Well I feel allot better now guys and I'm sure I'll feel even more so tomorrow

barjoysee · 27 Jun 2012 at 00:25

OptimaLnrg said:
£440 on a 3gb 580 in jan, pity me.

Tea_Bag said:
not gonna be topped lol

You sure ...

....Price Ex Vat shown inc Vat 469.00 x 2 and 2 waterblocks..! was a couple of months before..but still.

OptimaLnrg · 27 Jun 2012 at 00:38

andybird123 said:
with a sales patter like that you can't go wrong

I'm an excellent salesman. Errrryone is gonna want my 950mhz heaven-capable phantom

:cool:

...

spixelspixel · 27 Jun 2012 at 00:43

barjoysee said:
You sure .......Price Ex Vat shown inc Vat 469.00 x 2 and 2 waterblocks..! was a couple of months before..but still.

saw someone on another forum trying to sell 2 3gb phantom 580's for 380 pounds each a few weeks ago, surprisingly he also had some EK blocks to go with them :cool:

madtoady · 28 Jun 2012 at 20:24

Awesome card is awesome!!!!

whyscotty · 28 Jun 2012 at 21:32

madtoady said:
Awesome card is awesome!!!!

I take it no more buyers remorse?

reflux · 28 Jun 2012 at 21:38

I used to upgrade to the MAXXXX... buying a new graphics card every other month. Then I found other things to spend money on. And realised that there's very little point in buying something to replace a GTX580 when it already runs everything on awesome @1920x1200.

madtoady · 28 Jun 2012 at 22:14

whyscotty said:
I take it no more buyers remorse?

Well, I can let you know properly tomorrow as I ordered 2 new monitors the other day and they are arriving tomorrow

Was using a pair of Advent (PC World) 1680x1050 LCD VGA monitors for the last 4 years or so. Had zero problems with them until I got my 670 as I had always used VGA to DVI-I adapters to plug into my GFX cards but didn't realize that this new card had DVI-D and DVI-I ports which meant I had to find new adapters to make my 2nd monitor work.

Wasn't that easy to find the right adaptor so I used it as an excuse to blow even more money and buy:

2x Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-051-IY

Along with an HDMI and DVI cable and I hope that they will give me an even bigger improvement.

Will going from VGA 1680x1050 make a nice upgrade when compared to my new screens?

Edit: Also, as I game on just 1 screen, does it matter if that particular monitor is HDMI or DVI? Thanks!

whyscotty · 28 Jun 2012 at 22:23

Never used HDMI so can't really comment,looks like a good monitor BTW :cool: