Geforce GTX 780, 770 coming in May

LtMatt · 22 May 2013 at 14:47

Broomstick changes his gpu purchasing decisions more often than i change underwear. FACT!

Boomstick777 · 22 May 2013 at 14:49

Darujhistan said:
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.

Yeah it's all AMD can do until they drop the next series of cards. They will hit Nvidia where it hurts, prices..

Just keep your eyes open for bargains over the next few weeks..

LtMatt said:
Broomstick changes his gpu purchasing decisions more often than i change underwear. FACT!

Haha ! Not really though, I bought into Titan hype and bought one regretted it and sold it. Ever since I've been waiting on some decent priced GPU's.. Found the 7950's lol. Happy for a year or so on these beauty's. I'll join the next gen when the prices aren't bonkers

NirK · 22 May 2013 at 14:50

I do not have a bias to either company but my personal experience has been that AMD have been a lot less reliable with worse drivers and less features. I expect other people may have had a similar experience. I WANT to like amd more because of the pricing but that is my experience unfortunately... It is one of these things that people never agree with / understand until they experience it. From my personal experince with them and what my freinds have said as well if the prices were similar I would go NV.

Boomstick777 · 22 May 2013 at 14:52

MegaMisFiT said:
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.

7950's will be ideal then, just keep your eyes open for bargains on AMD cards over the next few weeks. AMD will drop prices to compete with Nvidia's new 7XX series (6XX series) cards..

Boomstick777 · 22 May 2013 at 14:57

NirK said:
I do not have a bias to either company but my personal experience has been that AMD have been a lot less reliable with worse drivers and less features. I expect other people may have had a similar experience. I WANT to like amd more because of the pricing but that is my experience unfortunately... It is one of these things that people never agree with / understand until they experience it. From my personal experince with them and what my freinds have said as well if the prices were similar I would go NV.

The way I see it, is AMD have better cards VS price. Nvidia do better in SLI. AMD have better bundles and Nvidia have better marketing.

Drivers are moot as they always need new ones and both companies work hard to get them as good as possible.

AMD do seem to be getting really involved with game developers now so the marketing thing may work for AMD going forward..

Both are good but AMD offers so much more bang for buck right now that they get my money..

LtMatt · 22 May 2013 at 14:58

Boomstick777 said:
Haha ! Not really though, I bought into Titan hype and bought one regretted it and sold it. Ever since I've been waiting on some decent priced GPU's.. Found the 7950's lol. Happy for a year or so on these beauty's. I'll join the next gen when the prices aren't bonkers

Furry muff. I just have trouble keeping up with the amount of different gpu's i see you using.

NirK · 22 May 2013 at 14:59

Boomstick777 said:
The way I see it, is AMD have better cards VS price. Nvidia do better in SLI. AMD have better bundles and Nvidia have better marketing.

Drivers are moot as they always need new ones and both companies work hard to get them as good as possible.

AMD do seem to be getting really involved with game developers now so the marketing thing may work for AMD going forward..

Both are good but AMD offers so much more bang for buck right now that they get my money..

Basically Nvidia cards are better and have better marketing. But AMD offer very good value for money. Really though if AMD and NV were priced the same I doubt many people would buy AMD.

Darujhistan · 22 May 2013 at 15:01

Yeah it's all AMD can do until they drop the next series of cards. They will hit Nvidia where it hurts, prices..

Just keep your eyes open for bargains over the next few weeks..

Yum yum, my card has been selling for £130 on an auction site with trees.

humbug · 22 May 2013 at 15:01

Boomstick777 said:
7950's will be ideal then, just keep your eyes open for bargains on AMD cards over the next few weeks. AMD will drop prices to compete with Nvidia's new 7XX series (6XX series) cards..

The question is will they need to? the 7950 is already £230 / £250.

Even with idiots and shills trying as hard as they may to never desist banging on AMD's yesteryear Drivers and what not..... few will swallow not far from double the money for a GTX 680 re-badge!

Boomstick777 · 22 May 2013 at 15:01

LtMatt said:
Furry muff. I just have trouble keeping up with the amount of different gpu's i see you using.

I am a system builder so I do get to play with a lot of nice things from time to time. When it comes to my own rig I try and get best value VS performance. Sometimes the hype gets me though, Titan just wasn't that good to justify it's price for me. Was cool to try it out though. Will enjoy messing with these 7950's tbh, price is so much better. May just run 2 and give the other to my son. He's using a GTX 480 SOC atm..

LtMatt · 22 May 2013 at 15:06

Boomstick777 said:
I am a system builder so I do get to play with a lot of nice things from time to time. When it comes to my own rig I try and get best value VS performance. Sometimes the hype gets me though, Titan just wasn't that good to justify it's price for me. Was cool to try it out though. Will enjoy messing with these 7950's tbh, price is so much better. May just run 2 and give the other to my son. He's using a GTX 480 SOC atm..

Good stuff. Feel free to post up some benches in the 13.5 beta performance thread i posted further down the gpu section.

Bit off topic but i don't suppose you know of any recent 7950 xfire benches do you on the latest games?

ubersonic · 22 May 2013 at 15:12

humbug said:
People all over the internet on forums like this (though not this) need to stop the insane deluded Nvidia masturbation and utterly un-called for AMD hating..... for this is the result of that.

To be fair it isn't entirely un-called for, I.E I have never been a fanboy (since 3DFX died anyway

) but recently soured on AMD for the time being after I went though the process of buying a HD7950 boost only to have to switch to a GTX670 due to issues with AMD's drivers.

I still like AMD and will certainly give them a look in next time I'm upgrading GPU, but I do understand why people tout Nvidia's driver superiority and Physx because if they're important things to a prospective buyer then they're important.

EL_NEO · 22 May 2013 at 15:29

ubersonic said:
To be fair it isn't entirely un-called for, I.E I have never been a fanboy (since 3DFX died anyway ) but recently soured on AMD for the time being after I went though the process of buying a HD7950 boost only to have to switch to a GTX670 due to issues with AMD's drivers.

I still like AMD and will certainly give them a look in next time I'm upgrading GPU, but I do understand why people tout Nvidia's driver superiority and Physx because if they're important things to a prospective buyer then they're important.

+1

MegaMisFiT · 22 May 2013 at 15:29

LtMatt said:
Bit off topic but i don't suppose you know of any recent 7950 xfire benches do you on the latest games?

This.

NirK · 22 May 2013 at 15:30

Meh forget it deleted.

humbug · 22 May 2013 at 15:32

ha..ha here we go.... ^^

LtMatt · 22 May 2013 at 15:36

MegaMisFiT said:
This.

Probably not the best place to ask but ill be damned if i can find any and was hoping broom might of found some.

humbug said:
ha..ha here we go.... ^^

I almost posted a 'eating popcorn gif' after his previous post but i decided not to.

Suarez7 · 22 May 2013 at 15:38

Yeah NirK AMD cards always have problems, Nvidia never do, the world goes on and your case of PEBKAC gets worse each day.

MegaMisFiT · 22 May 2013 at 15:39

Probably not the best place to ask but then again the topic of the 7950 has overtaken this thread clearly

NirK · 22 May 2013 at 15:42

Suarez7 said:
Yeah NirK AMD cards always have problems, Nvidia never do, the world goes on and your case of PEBKAC gets worse each day.

Nope I didn't say that, I was posting MY experience.

Deleted the post because people will get all offended and wet their pants about it.

What is a PEBKAC? - "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair" - ah I see yes good work. Clearly you are a superior user to me I apologise.