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**** CRAZIEST PRE-ORDER SPECIAL EVER! MSI GTX 670 POWER EDITION ONLY £199.99 Inc. VAT!!!! *****

Has the eta just slipped from the 5th to the 6th or is it just me?

Not that it really matters.
 
se_vietboi said:
Yes. x2-3 the speed.
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It is more like just x2~x2.2, not triple.

How we all wish it really was tripling the speed of the 5850, but the performance gain over the last few gens had been at too slow a pace. Taking both sides nearly 4 years to double 5850's performance at £200 price point is less than impressive to be honest...both the GTX670 and 7950 should had been at this price point at at least 1 year ago.

While this is a good price for a GTX670, as someone already mention it's nowhere compariable to the "crazy OMG GTX480 deal" back at £200 back then. You'd thought you'd be getting a GTX680 instead of a GTX670 at this price by now :P
 
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Marine-RX179 said:
It is more like just x2~x2.2, not triple.

How we all wish it really was tripling the speed of the 5850, but the performance gain over the last few gens had been at too slow a pace. Taking both sides nearly 4 years to double 5850's performance at £200 price point is less than impressive to be honest...both the GTX670 and 7950 should had been at this price point at at least 1 year ago.

While this is a good price for a GTX670, as someone already mention it's nowhere compariable to the "crazy OMG GTX480 deal" back at £200 back then. You'd thought you'd be getting a GTX680 instead of a GTX670 at this price by now :P
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Some could say ATI's pricing of the HD 5850 was too low to start with and they missed a trick. :P (Not that we are complaining)

I think this deal is just as good as the GTX 480, as the GTX 670 has a few advantages over the GTX 480 that will make it more accessible.

Lower power requirements meaning more people can upgrade to it or go sli without having to replace their PSU. And as it has a lower power requirement it also produces lower levels of heat and noise again making it suitable for a bigger range of cases.

I have ordered one for sli.
 
Id certainly agree that the 670 was way too expensive when first released. Iirc my first wf cost me £380.00 on release, picked up the second one a year later for £210.00 second hand. Tbh the 670 was a nice upgrade from the 470's i had in sli as regards to heat, noise and power consumption. Performance wasnt that much of an increase.
 
I'm going to order one these now I have decided just for sli as I already have one.

But at the moment I am only running a 60hz monitor so would 2x msi 670 in sli getting 100 avg in most games I play be point less? or would it best to buy another monitor that supports 144hz ect?
 
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Kyle1987 said:
I'm going to order one these now I have decided just for sli as I already have one.

But at the moment I am only running a 60hz monitor so would 2x msi 670 in sli getting 100 min age in most games be point less? or would it best to buy another monitor that supports 144hz ect?
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If you're getting over 60fps in all the games you play, it might be better to hold out for an upgrade. On one 670 though you won't get near 60fps in some recent games at max settings, e.g. Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 3.
 
teppic said:
If you're getting over 60fps in all the games you play, it might be better to hold out for an upgrade. On one 670 though you won't get near 60fps in some recent games at max settings, e.g. Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 3.
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My single msi gtx 670 pe oc get an average of 54.2 FPS on max settings on tomb raider.

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That is why I asked if I put a second msi 670 for sli would I need to get a 120/144hz monitor? to fully use them?
 
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Kyle1987 said:
My single msi gtx 670 pe oc get an average of 54.2 FPS on max settings on tomb raider.

That is why I asked if I put a second msi 670 for sli would I need to get a 120/144hz monitor? to fully use them?
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FXAA isn't max settings - if you put regular AA on it'll fall massively.
 
teppic said:
If you're getting over 60fps in all the games you play, it might be better to hold out for an upgrade. On one 670 though you won't get near 60fps in some recent games at max settings, e.g. Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 3.
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Very true mate, crysis 3 on a single 670 is a laggy mess. Ive only played it briefly on my sli setup. Auto sets to very high, even then it fairly taxes both cards.

Btw mate, i see you have the gigabyte Z87 oc board, ive got a 4770k coming this week. Looks like a nice board, kinda stuck between it and the asus maximus VI hero. Id appreciate your findings/opinions. Sorry to take the thread of topic.
 
my system which i got built from ocuk a good few years ago

q6600 @ 2.4ghz (i have a 3.31ghz oc in bios but my tuniq tower 120 is abit old now and i dont trust it so i use stock ghz

4gb ram
250gts 1gb (my 8800gtx died)
antec 900 case
abit ip35 pro
1000w ocz psu with a tiny loud ass fan

a few questions

1. how big of a jump would this card be from a 250gts even at stock cpu speed
2. will the card fit in a antec 900 case
3. will there be much of a bottleneck?

and a final question if i may

since my pc was prebuilt by ocuk and the cpu cooler being a tuniq tower 120 how easy would this be to remove and replace? does it have a special backplate or anything or can i simply clip a new cpu cooler on? and would i need to remove the motherboard to do this? as i dont think i could manage this

thanks all
 
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Braka said:
my system which i got built from ocuk a good few years ago

q6600 @ 2.4ghz (i have a 3.31ghz oc in bios but my tuniq tower 120 is abit old now and i dont trust it so i use stock ghz

4gb ram
250gts 1gb (my 8800gtx died)
antec 900 case
abit ip35 pro
1000w ocz psu with a tiny loud ass fan

a few questions

1. how big of a jump would this card be from a 250gts even at stock cpu speed
2. will the card fit in a antec 900 case
3. will there be much of a bottleneck?

and a final question if i may

since my pc was prebuilt by ocuk and the cpu cooler being a tuniq tower 120 how easy would this be to remove and replace? does it have a special backplate or anything or can i simply clip a new cpu cooler on? and would i need to remove the motherboard to do this? as i dont think i could manage this

thanks all
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I use to have a Q6600 running at 3.60GHz, and even at that speed, my 5850 (around twice the speed of the GTS250) was frequently getting bottlenecked, in many games with GPU usage dipping down to only 60-80% range, and frame rate dropping to 20-25fps. After upgrading to my i5 2500K (and overclocked), the GPU usage hardly ever dip below 99% anymore, except for Guild Wars 2 (which is insanely CPU intensive is some parts i.e. 40 people fighting dragon plus its minions).

Between your overclocked Q6600 and the GTS250, your GTS250 is indeed the weaker link so it should be upgraded first...with that said, I think you should just pick up a 2nd hand 5850/5870/GTX470...or 7850 2GB at sub £100. I don't see much reason for you to spend over £100 extra for a card that do 50-80+fps in most games, only to pair it with a CPU/platform that can only deliver 20-45fps on average, meaning a GTX670 with you system would barely be delivering better frame rate than a 5870/GTX470. Unless you are planning on upgrading the rest of your system shortly after, I wouldn't recommend getting the GTX670.
 
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teppic said:
FXAA isn't max settings - if you put regular AA on it'll fall massively.
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Ah sorry i didnt know that aa was better there is couple to pick from and i just left that as it was. What is the difference between them? And i guess you learn thing new every day . well i guess i will try it with aa on :) see what happens
 
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