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Geforce GTX 780, 770 coming in May

MegaMisFiT said:
I'd like to see how 3 of those things perform. I'm planning on getting two and I think that's enough to own pretty much anything out there atm.

What's the cooling like when you crossfire those cards? I heard they were bad at crossfire cooling on some other forums.

Thanks!
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Two will be enough for any current games, the Windforce cards run very cool, they are triple fan coolers so the heat is dispelled into the case rather than out of the back, that might be where other people were getting heat build up, as long as your PC has intake and outake fans these will run much cooler than 'stock' air cooling, and the case fans will dump the heat out of the case.

At £200 7950 is easily best option right now, especially when you consider the game bundled as well.. Then in a year or so could pick up some cheap Nvidia 7XX cards or AMD's new cards as they will have been out a while and prices dropped. Might be the best approach to avoid launch price hikes..
 
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IvanDobskey said:
Damn, deal on 7950's has run out now :( no more stock. Curse my indecision :o

Looks like wait and see what insane price nvidia are asking for their rebranded 680's then.
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Expect more price drops from AMD soon, don't be surprised to see HD 7970's down to £275 and more 7950's at £199 and less...

AMD price drop the old 7XXX series before moving onto next gen cards. Nvidia decided to rebrand the old 6XX series and increase the price :p. Your decision on which is better value..
 
Boomstick777 said:
Expect more price drops from AMD soon, don't be surprised to see HD 7970's down to £275 and more 7950's at £199 and less...

AMD price drop the old 7XXX series before moving onto next gen cards. Nvidia decided to rebrand the old 6XX series and increase the price :p. Your decision on which is better value..
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I saw this yesterday on another website but it was only for a short while. The stock ran out pretty soon afterward
 
ubersonic said:
The first Core2 Duo's were half the speed of the Pentium D's they replaced, MHz isn't everything.
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Yeah I don't get your analogy, it's like comparing apples and oranges so I don't agree. We have single GPU cards that are GHz clocked already. Subsequent cards should build on this not go backwards. Just my opinion. I understand that the 780 compensates for this in other areas, but as an enthusiast, I don't want compensation, just obscene performance. :p
 
Boomstick777 said:
Two will be enough for any current games, the Windforce cards run very cool, they are triple fan coolers so the heat is dispelled into the case rather than out of the back, that might be where other people were getting heat build up, as long as your PC has intake and outake fans these will run much cooler than 'stock' air cooling, and the case fans will dump the heat out of the case.

At £200 7950 is easily best option right now, especially when you consider the game bundled as well.. Then in a year or so could pick up some cheap Nvidia 7XX cards or AMD's new cards as they will have been out a while and prices dropped. Might be the best approach to avoid launch price hikes..
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Nice. I have the Cosmos 1100 with tons of fans so that's not a problem for me.

As for the cards I expect to keep them for a good 3 years or so. I ain't much of a jumper from one card to the next to get a bit of performance boost, I want to grab a good pair of crossfire cards and keep em. I currently have the 5970 which is a nightmare and nearly broke so I'm looking for something good now. I've searched for quite a while and the gigabyte 7950 is the one that stood out for me in all areas.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Expect more price drops from AMD soon, don't be surprised to see HD 7970's down to £275 and more 7950's at £199 and less...

AMD price drop the old 7XXX series before moving onto next gen cards. Nvidia decided to rebrand the old 6XX series and increase the price :p. Your decision on which is better value..
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You really think so?

I might hang on a little then I'd be ecstatic to get a non-ref HIS or Sapphire 7950 for £200 with 3-4 free games.
 
This doesn't look good for any of us really.

Say they do release the 780 at £675, i can see AMD jacking their prices up for their next gen cards. Probably something like £600 for the 8970 or 9970 what ever it might be.
 
Darrensen said:
This doesn't look good for any of us really.

Say they do release the 780 at £675, i can see AMD jacking their prices up for their next gen cards. Probably something like £600 for the 8970 or 9970 what ever it might be.
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Hmmm probably wont be too bad because their selling point is value for money so if they do not offer that anymore then nobody will buy them. I highly doubt they would charge more than about £450 for the 8970...

Nvidia really are taking the p*** with the current pricing but people keep buying them :/ People should vote with their wallets and not buy them but there are too many people with more money than sense!
 
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humbug said:
I make that £675 with VAT, why not eh? the GTX Titan sold by the masses @ £1'000
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humbug said:
AMD don't have that kind of brand pull, if they did i'm sure they would.... though they might still try.
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Exactly this, Nvidia aren't stupid, they know they can get away with high pricing. AMD however can't, if it wasn't for the free game bundles I think their sales would be even lower, much lower. It's a shame many still see AMD as being poor and nvidia the master race.
 
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