Is the 7990 worth it?

spankingtexan · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:13

RetrogamerX said:
I was going to sell my 770's,but I've had had a rethink. My 770's while too powerful for my needs do everything I want them to do. I would be crazy to sell them. I did have a buyer for my 770's yesterday, but he backed out. I felt relieved he backed out. Why would I sell the best GPU's I've ever owned. I must have had a crazy moment yesterday to even think about selling them. Also the AMD news seems a bit disappointing. So there's no need to sell now.

You'll lose sleep with that BF4 2GB running round your brain, flog em, get two 780's and sleep tight.

Make · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:16

Hm... so 7990's go from Expensive as hell to cheap as hell, and then back to expensive as hell?

And yes OP there is no point upgrading or downgrading from that setup, you can just slap them in your new PC if you ever do upgrade and they'll still last you a long while unless you decide to change for 4k res or 144fps or something like that.

RetrogamerX · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:28

spankingtexan said:
You'll lose sleep with that BF4 2GB running round your brain, flog em, get two 780's and sleep tight.

BF4 will play just fine on my cards. My 770's with slight OC I get 780 preformancel. No need to pay loads where the 770 can do the same thing.

spankingtexan · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:31

Grab a 7990 now for £500 wait a couple of weeks then sell on for £550 when the prices goes up.

spankingtexan · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:33

RetrogamerX said:
BF4 will play just fine on my cards. My 770's with slight OC I get 780 preformancel. No need to pay loads where the 770 can do the same thing.

Of course it will, just joking, I agree, there's no need to touch your rig it'll hammer everything thrown at it.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:56

RetrogamerX said:
I was going to sell my 770's,but I've had had a rethink. My 770's while too powerful for my needs do everything I want them to do. I would be crazy to sell them. ......

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JediFragger · 17 Sep 2013 at 10:21

Def keep the 770's Retro, sounds like a great setup u have there!! Must be fast as hell too if they perform like 780s :cool:

LtMatt · 17 Sep 2013 at 10:26

RetrogamerX said:
BF4 will play just fine on my cards. My 770's with slight OC I get 780 preformancel. No need to pay loads where the 770 can do the same thing.

With all due respect Retro i think it will take more than a slight overclock from a 770 to match a 780. I think it was owennades who posted some 780vs7970ghz benchmarks as he owns both cards.

At 1250 core a 7970 was about as fast, or very slightly faster than a stock 780 with boost oc. I can't remember what memory overclock he was running on the 7970, but it wasn't ridiculously high. Maybe 1600-1700.

I'd imagine a 770 would need about 1350 core with a decent memory overclock to get near that due to keplers slower core (thus higher clocks) to match the (slower clocked) tahiti core.

RetrogamerX · 17 Sep 2013 at 10:51

LtMatt said:
With all due respect Retro i think it will take more than a slight overclock from a 770 to match a 780. I think it was owennades who posted some 780vs7970ghz benchmarks as he owns both cards.

At 1250 core a 7970 was about as fast, or very slightly faster than a stock 780 with boost oc. I can't remember what memory overclock he was running on the 7970, but it wasn't ridiculously high. Maybe 1600-1700.

I'd imagine a 770 would need about 1350 core with a decent memory overclock to get near that due to keplers slower core (thus higher clocks) to match the (slower clocked) tahiti core.

Maybe, but it comes very close to a 780.

780 and titan both aren't worth the asking. If the 780 was £400 it might be worth it.

RetrogamerX · 17 Sep 2013 at 10:53

JediFragger said:
Def keep the 770's Retro, sounds like a great setup u have there!! Must be fast as hell too if they perform like 780s

Damn right they do

RavenXXX2 · 17 Sep 2013 at 11:07

770's aint worth the asking, old 680 re-brands all they are. I'm guessing they cost you £350+ for your cards, 256 bit and only 2GB, oh dear.

Wise thing to do would buy cheap 7950's or 670's for SLI/crossfire, preferably the 7950's as I have heard BF4 is gonna eat VRam like ****, great bang for buck and low value depreciation when selling on to purchase that new AMD GPU on the horizon.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 17 Sep 2013 at 12:45

RavenXXX2 said:
....when selling on to purchase that new AMD GPU on the horizon.

Remains to be seen if the new gpu's are going to bring anything interesting to the table. As said if 7990's are going back to 600/700 pound and are still the quickest single slot card you can get you could easily be looking at nvidia like prices for the single gpu offerings.

Can't believe AMD hasn't given us some hard facts to go on when the release is so close.

rolypolyman · 17 Sep 2013 at 12:58

Knew it, shoulda bought that GB 7990 when it was £469, thought about it hard but decided crossfire 7950 was the way to go. Cant believe the 7990 is gonna go back up to crazy price. Is this Ocuk or Amd that's doing this because I thought Amd reduced the pricing of the 7990. :confused:

Drangueos · 17 Sep 2013 at 13:50

Doesn't make sense the prices going up for the 7990s.

LtMatt · 17 Sep 2013 at 14:06

Drangueos said:
Doesn't make sense the prices going up for the 7990s.

The new AMD card is going to be priced around £450 i reckon so it does make sense. It would be crazy if the 7990 was only £20 more expensive than the AMD 780/titan equivalent.

JediFragger · 17 Sep 2013 at 14:30

Yup, lube up for the R9 boys

Sensible ones will go for a 7950/7970 or 2...

Gibbo · 17 Sep 2013 at 14:44

rolypolyman said:
Knew it, shoulda bought that GB 7990 when it was £469, thought about it hard but decided crossfire 7950 was the way to go. Cant believe the 7990 is gonna go back up to crazy price. Is this Ocuk or Amd that's doing this because I thought Amd reduced the pricing of the 7990.

No one else has stock of 7990's at sub £500.......

Only OcUK ever did the sub £500 on 7990.

If a competitor has stock of 7990 at sub £500, we will match the price, but our price is the best and a 7990 is worth £600 all day long, let alone £500.

rolypolyman · 17 Sep 2013 at 15:03

Well it was worth £600 when Ghz 7970's were £350+, not now they are available for £250 which means 2x 7970Ghz = £500, would make a 7990 expensive at £600.

Nelly · 17 Sep 2013 at 15:07

Anyone whose got 7950 crossfire now will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Wait till next gen to upgrade... in 2014.

LtMatt · 17 Sep 2013 at 15:08

rolypolyman said:
Well it was worth £600 when Ghz 7970's were £350+, not now they are available for £250 which means 2x 7970Ghz = £500, would make a 7990 expensive at £600.

Although i agree,

Cheapest in stock 7970 £260x2=£520. - 7990 price £470 - £500. Soon £600.

Cheapest in stock 680 £265x2=£530. - 690 price £800.

£200 extra for a slower card with less vram, smaller bus so less memory bandwidth and it doesn't come with 8 free games. I'm all for the 7990 at current prices but compared to the 690 its priced very competitively.

£200 extra for a metal blower and Physx basically. Assuming you actually pay £600 for a 7990.