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New graphics card

thezakarum said:
Where can I find this information?

I would like to see the overall cost of manufacturing a card.
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You cant and you wouldn't want to either, you paying for performance alone.


Martini1991 said:
The 670 should never have been a 300 quid card, that's AMD's fault.
The 670 looks like it started life as a 650TI.
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You cant blame AMD for Nvidia overpricing... they did it the whole of last year with the 580. Both companies are as bad as each other and choose what they price their cards at.

Plus who's worse, AMD for overpricing a card, or Nvidia for overpricing a card the same, that cost a fraction of the money to actually make.
 
Nvidia have the best single GPU and the best graphics card.
AMD are the ones releasing cards that Nvidia can produce mid range cards to beat them.

Who's failing?
 
dave_beast said:
28nm GPU's

AMD 7970,7950, 7870, 7850, 7770, 7750

Nvidia 680, 670, 690

Nvidia are trolling the enthusiast community and are releasing to make money rather than meeting enthusiasts requirements.
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They've released fast cards at prices which compete with AMD, and not surprisingly for a company whose aim is to make money, they are making money in the process. What is your problem with Nvidia?
 
PCplodder said:
You cant blame AMD for Nvidia overpricing... they did it the whole of last year with the 580.

Plus who's worse, AMD for overpricing a card, or Nvidia for overpricing a card the same that cost a fraction of the money to actually make.
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I blame them both.
The GTX580 wasn't that bad, it came out cheaper than the GTX480 and bested it while being cooler, less power etc.
AMD were the ones who priced their card higher than their previous flagship by quite a margin 33%+ more with a lack of performance gain on a die shrink generation which allowed Nvidia to KO them with mid range cards, so I blame AMD for releasing sub par products and over pricing them which allowed Nvidia in turn to do the same.
 
crazeconnolly said:
it sounds like the majority has spoken lol
just skeptical of these so called "issues" on Nvidia cards
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With anything mass produced, from any company in the world, there will be a percentage which go wrong. This is why we have warranties :)

Also, you have 14 days after you purchase from OCUK to send it back if you wish:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/support.php
 
Martini1991 said:
Nvidia have the best single GPU and the best graphics card.
AMD are the ones releasing cards that Nvidia can produce mid range cards to beat them.

Who's failing?
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No one, they are all making allot of money with their GPU's.

There is a good company that is greedy and makes allot of money.
Then there is a bad company that is extremely greedy and just plain rips their customers off.
 
PCplodder said:
No one, they are all making allot of money with their GPU's.

There is a good company that is greedy and makes allot of money.
Then there is a bad company that is extremely greedy and just plain rips their customers off.
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Both of them are at fault, they're both being greedy and ripping off their consumers.
 
Martini1991 said:
Nvidia have the best single GPU and the best graphics card.
AMD are the ones releasing cards that Nvidia can produce mid range cards to beat them.

Who's failing?
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Lol, GK104, Tahiti is so much better mate.

OP, when you get your 670, don't say I didn't try and warn you about it's problems ;)

Martini1991 said:
Had no issues when I ran a GTX680 or when I ran my GTX680 SLI.
I don't even like Nvidia as a company.
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So why are you now running a 7970? You're lolworthy
 
Martini1991 said:
I blame them both.
The GTX580 wasn't that bad, it came out cheaper than the GTX480 and bested it while being cooler, less power etc.
AMD were the ones who priced their card higher than their previous flagship by quite a margin 33%+ more with a lack of performance gain on a die shrink generation which allowed Nvidia to KO them with mid range cards, so I blame AMD for releasing sub par products and over pricing them which allowed Nvidia in turn to do the same.
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Again, you cant blame AMD for Nvidia's pricing, they are both big boys and do what they want. Their 680 is still extremely overpriced, and their 670 cost hardly anything to make and should cost less, thats not AMD's fault.
 
I don't think I'll ever get how subtle differences between two graphics cards can get people so vexed.

Either one will be absolutely fine. If you want to save some money go for the 7950 and overclock it. If you want arguably slightly better stock performance and don't mind paying an extra £24 for it go for the 670.

You will be hard pressed to notice any difference at all between them when gaming (both will be fantastic), and the majority of people won't have driver problems with either brand.
 
What do you guys think of this build and would the 670 run good on it?
Is 8gb ram enough also?

Chris

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Pants said:
Either one will be absolutely fine. If you want to save some money go for the 7950 and overclock it. If you want arguably slightly better stock performance and don't mind paying an extra £24 for it go for the 670.

You will be hard pressed to notice any difference at all between them when gaming (both will be fantastic), and the majority of people won't have driver problems with either brand.
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Finally someone who speaks the truth. :p
 
dave_beast said:
So why are you now running a 7970? You're lolworthy
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I'm sure I've said a 100 times.
Nvidia, I dislike.
I have a Samsung 700D 3D monitor, it comes with Tridef.
Nvidia, surprise surprise don't support frame sequential 3D with Tridef, only side by side. Side by side degrades quality.

There's no reason why Nvidia 3D Vision doesn't work natively.

The hack isn't all that stable, so I just switched to a 7970 for ease of use with Tridef. The 7970 doesn't handle the performance drop as well as the 680 in 3D, but that's the price I pay.
 
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