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GTX470 upgrade to HD7950 worth it?

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Hi guys,
pretty sure my gtx470 is dying (screen corrupting and rebooting frequently) and am considdering an upgrade.
I've been out the video card loop for a while but reading up it looks that the R9 280 is pretty much a rebranded 7970, which in turn is a slightly higher clocked 7950..?
What I want to know really is if the 7950 a decent upgrade from my 470?
Or is the 7970 the way to go?
Or something else entirely!?
Not fussed about AMD or Nvidia.
I can't really justify spending any more than £150 inc vat really as I'm not gaming *that* much other than Titanfall and perhaps GTA V.

Game at 1080p on a 2500k, 8gb with a 650w corsair psu. Oh, and the case is a bitfenix neos so would have to fit in that!

Not worried about 2nd hand or refurb btw.

Cheers.
 
Out the box 7950 is a fair bit faster and has more VRAM, 470s generally clock like monsters (to put it into perspective 607 out the box core goes straight to 800 in most cases - before your truly overclocking) and can make up a lot of room but OC v OC the 7950 would still edge it.

EDIT: Long and short of it is an upgrade and generally a fairly worthwhile upgrade.
 
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I can't recommend the 7950 enough. I had one before my 780 and it handled everything I threw at it. It clocked like a lunatic too. £100 well spent.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
7950 wouldn't edge it, it would win by a mile.
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Stock yeah the difference is huge and the 7950 is no overclocking slouch but the 470s were hilariously underclocked out the box (probably due to the heat and noise) - if you didn't mind a bit of heat and noise 840MHz was often attainable on the stock cooler and 3rd party coolers would net you 900odd before you hit the wall at 1.1v.

If it wasn't for 1.28GB VRAM being stupidly lacking these days I'd likely still be running my 470 SLI setup.
 
Thanks for the input guys. Just won an auction for a 7950 for ~£90. Seems the 7970s go for ~£130.
Shame I missed the refurb 7950s a few weeks ago as they were going for £100 iirc but you snooze you lose I guess!
 
Rroff said:
Stock yeah the difference is huge and the 7950 is no overclocking slouch but the 470s were hilariously underclocked out the box (probably due to the heat and noise) - if you didn't mind a bit of heat and noise 840MHz was often attainable on the stock cooler and 3rd party coolers would net you 900odd before you hit the wall at 1.1v.

If it wasn't for 1.28GB VRAM being stupidly lacking these days I'd likely still be running my 470 SLI setup.
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The comparison is against the non boost 7950 which came in at 800 on the core. A lot of these were able to reach 1200 core and some above which is an overclock of 50%. So in essence more of an overclocking beast than the gtx470.
 
TheRealDeal said:
The comparison is against the non boost 7950 which came in at 800 on the core. A lot of these were able to reach 1200 core and some above which is an overclock of 50%. So in essence more of an overclocking beast than the gtx470.
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Yep my Vapor-X overclocked to 1200Mhz. Nice cards.
 
thefogo said:
Yep my Vapor-X overclocked to 1200Mhz. Nice cards.
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I'm using my vapor-x @ 1200MHz right now after returning the gtx 970. I'm amazed the card can play SoM at 55-60fps on ultra settings. :eek:

Will be using it until the 300 series come out unless I can get a good deal on a 2nd hand 290/X although it looks like prices have gone up over the last few weeks.
 
Rroff said:
Out the box 7950 is a fair bit faster and has more VRAM, 470s generally clock like monsters (to put it into perspective 607 out the box core goes straight to 800 in most cases - before your truly overclocking) and can make up a lot of room but OC v OC the 7950 would still edge it.

EDIT: Long and short of it is an upgrade and generally a fairly worthwhile upgrade.
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GTX470 is a pants compared to the 7950. Except if someone sticks with games from up to 5 years ago at 1080p.

No current game will run on the GTX470 without cutting down the setting to low if not ultra low. And that is because of the VRAM.

I had GTX560 SLI up to last year, and was running out of steam. A single 7950 was far superior when I bought it.
 
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