Jumping from AMD to Intel/nvidia

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and before the flame wars commence it's not a political thing ;)

I just want to future proof myself for the next lot of games in coming years.

and I've never ever owned an intel chip :eek:

so currently the SigRig is

AMD 1090T @ 4ghz under water
GIGA 890FX-UD7 board
8GB RAM
SSD
Tri-fire HD5870's (1GB variant)

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I am looking at an i7 ... possibly 3770K ?
and no idea on the GPU, but latest gen to replace the 3 GPU's must have more than 2GB VRAM (I like textures, and currently this is holding me back)

so,,, Halp ? :D
 
I need :

CPU + Water sink
M/B
GPU

the rest is already in place (if I have money left, maybe a new SSD to replace the old intel)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £349.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £133.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
Total : £995.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



I would strongly recommend you get the 7970 because of its performance over the 680, and the fact it's like £100 cheaper, brilliant card.

Not sure if you're willing to wait, but Intel's new chips will be out soonish. Although what I have specced you, will last you for a few years at least.
 
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just to throw a spanner in the works, can I get a £100 Nvidia card for hybrid PHYSX ? or does that not work anymore ?

I have a Corsair 1000W PSU
 
 
[TW]Sponge;24008045 said:
Wow you really are into your detail:) I'm not really that good on the subject, but I can't see why not. Stick a thread up in the GPU section.
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yeah will do, and thanks for the suggestion

so get the 3770K for the enhanced features of the z77
(PCIE 3.0 etc.)

rather than the 2700K

I'll be clocking it up to about 4.5 Ghz I reckon
 
Z77 boards have built int Virtu MVP, which will give you much higher framerates and smoother gameplay.

And 4.5ghz will be easy peasy with that chip/board.
 
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OCD-OC said:
just to throw a spanner in the works, can I get a £100 Nvidia card for hybrid PHYSX ? or does that not work anymore ?

I have a Corsair 1000W PSU
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I don`t think you need to have an Nvidia card for Physx any more. A lot of games use software physics systems like Havok and others just use the 3rd or 4th core of your Cpu. But ask in the Graphics Forum just to be certain.
 
so, going from:
AMD - INTEL
4ghz to 4.5ghz
thuban to Ivy Bridge

is there enough benefit there to warrant 500 quid or less ?

I've been convinced to get the 7970 (this all obviously depends on permission from "She who must be obeyed!" )

just need to clear it in my own mind that it's worth doing
 
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