New card beckons...

[jamesgoss]

Hi all

It's been a while since I started a thread here on this hallowed forum, but am looking at a gpu upgrade and thought I would seek your opinions.

My current system is in my sig, but have got an itch for a decent upgrade for my 5850. I play at 1080p and will do for a while yet. But I want a card with a lot more grunt to turn up all the eye candy at 1080p for games like Crysis 3, new Bioshock, Rome 2 Total War etc.

Budget is around £250 - thought about a 7950. Could stretch to potentially the Asus DirectCU 2 one because I want a silent card at idle (and pretty quiet at load too).

Any and all thoughts welcome

James

PS Worth waiting a few months for new Nvidia cards? I understand new AMD cards won't be here til Q4.

 

[Suarez7]

7950 is perfect for your needs and budget. I recommend the Gigabyte Windforce 3x although if you're willing to pay extra for the ASUS then do that.

 

[straxusii]

I'm thinking a 7950 or 7970. Nvidia can't compete at the moment.

Don't wait for the new Nvidia card, it won't affect 7950/7970 prices.

 

[Davanius]

7950 is perfect for your needs and budget. I recommend the Gigabyte Windforce 3x although if you're willing to pay extra for the ASUS then do that.

Gigabyte is the one to get imo. The asus is heavy and droops quite a bit causing you to constantly worry about it.

 

[jamesgoss]

Thanks for the responses so far guys, much appreciated.

I was tempted to just blow the £300 on a 7970 but I get annoyed with my reference 5850 noise levels, so will settle for a more expensive, quieter 7950.

The reason I mentioned the Asus one was because the Tom's Hardware video persuaded me, it's insanely quiet at load:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7950-review-benchmark,3207-12.html

But Davanius you make a good point, wouldn't want that thing bending anything. Need to check I've got enough room in my case actually

And the Gigabyte is cheaper...wish TH had done a video of the Gigabyte card too!