New graphics card

[Dyewitness]

hey everyone,

Im currently in the process of building a new systema and I am a little unsure what GFX card I should buy. I have £300 quid to spend on a card and would like something that will play anything I play lol
Im building an Ivybridge i7 3770K with 16Gb ram.

Can anyone give me some suggestions on what card to buy.
Nvidia or AMD...Im open to opinions.

Cheers

Chris

ps... a PCIe 3.0 card would be nice

 

[stulid]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-182-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

Or a slight overclock for a bit more - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-164-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

 

[PorkPieCat]

if you stretch up a tiny bit you could get a reference 670

edit: oh beaten to it

 

[Dyewitness]

Will this card be better than a radeon 7950 3GB GDDR5 card?

 

[Idleman]

Will this card be better than a radeon 7950 3GB GDDR5 card?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=598

 

[dave_beast]

Will this card be better than a radeon 7950 3GB GDDR5 card?

No, because you can easily overclock the 7950 to surpass the 670's performance and be on par with 7970 and 680.

The 670's suffer from thermal throttling at 70ºc and 80ºc that downclocks the cards at that temperature, even though it's way off of tmax. Nvidia have taken most of the controls away from the user and prefer to use GPU boost to decide what you should get.

I would steer clear of Nvidia for dumbing down their enthusiasts products.
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=229304

 

[Dyewitness]

so the 7950 would be the best bet?

 

[dave_beast]

so the 7950 would be the best bet?

Yes, it's about £24 cheaper and you get 3 free games as well

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

 

[Mal X]

No, because you can easily overclock the 7950 to surpass the 670's performance and be on par with 7970 and 680.

The 670's suffer from thermal throttling at 70ºc and 80ºc that downclocks the cards at that temperature, even though it's way off of tmax. Nvidia have taken most of the controls away from the user and prefer to use GPU boost to decide what you should get.

I would steer clear of Nvidia for dumbing down their enthusiasts products.
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=229304

HA HA, now if i said that i'd get suspended again

 

[Dyewitness]

Was looking at the OCUK Radeon 7950...

What are the differences in these? Same card different prices :-/

 

[Shayper]

Dave, really? Steer clear of nvidia enthusiast products?

Yeah, because AMD have the fastest gpu available. Hmm.

The only AMD card I would consider is the 7850, as it is half decent value for money.

Op - the 670 is your best bet. Outperforms the 7950 by a decent margin on average, and you can boost it as well

 

[dave_beast]

OP, have a look through all the problems on the Nvidia forum.

Can't say anything about Nvidia without folks getting all precious, fact is they've got major problems atm

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showforum=256

 

[Gregster]

A 680 OC will stomp on a 7950 OC. The 670 is fractionally behind the 680. If you plan on going 3 screens, it may pay to go AMD though, as the 3GB VRAM will see you safe for future proofing but if you wish to play on a single screen, the best bang for buck card is the 670.

Hope this helps

 

[beejjacobs]

OP, have a look through all the problems on the Nvidia forum.

Can't say anything about Nvidia without folks getting all precious, fact is they've got major problems atm

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showforum=256

Forums are where people go for help. So they will always be full of problems. People don't go on there and say "my card is running great, thanks" - so it's not representative.

 

[Dyewitness]

mixed opinions here...

one stated that the 670 has heat issues and underclocks when it reaches a certain temp...

whats your take on this?

is it not true that with both amd/nvidia unclocked and the i7 3770k 16gb ram system (which i intend to overclock), will run any game on Ultra anyway?

Chris

 

[Space Monkey]

Never say never but I have a Gigabyte GTX670 and haven't had any red screens or stuttering, been a joy to use so far

 

[beejjacobs]

mixed opinions here...

one stated that the 670 has heat issues and underclocks when it reaches a certain temp...

whats your take on this?

is it not true that with both amd/nvidia unclocked and the i7 3770k 16gb ram system (which i intend to overclock), will run any game on Ultra anyway?

Chris

What resolution will you be playing at?

For 1080p 2GB is plenty of VRAM and a GTX670 is your best bet

 

[dave_beast]

is it not true that with both amd/nvidia unclocked and the i7 3770k 16gb ram system (which i intend to overclock), will run any game on Ultra anyway?

Chris

Yes, although I would have thought the 3gb of the "cheaper" AMD HD7950 card would future proof you slightly more than a 2gb card if you ever intend to run multiple monitors or a larger res. For instance, BF3 on one monitor at 1080p has used nearly 1.9gb of vram on my 7970, so with three monitors, who knows?

 

[Dyewitness]

Im only going to be using 1 screen. 27" LED. Im going to be running the gf card via mini display port to imac 27" and use it as target display for now. Played Crysis on the imac in bootcamp with no problems so i think using it as target display will be ok.

so 670 for 1 screen?

 

[Mal X]

Was looking at the OCUK Radeon 7950...

What are the differences in these? Same card different prices :-/

of the 7950 cards, i would deffo deffo deffo get this one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-VX

this is a great card for OCing, runs cool and doesn't cost much.

but there's also this and it's a 7970
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-007-VX

i was after this card two weeks ago but back then it was about 400 quid, this one is very good bang for the buck right now and will OC the same as the MSI Lightning