Glad I paid an average of £290 for my cards 3 months after launch
Is that the 7970's? by what genius did you achieve that? tell me your secretes!
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NVIDIA 680 Price Cut
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Is that the 7970's? by what genius did you achieve that? tell me your secretes!
Glad I paid an average of £290 for my cards 3 months after launch
Lots who didn't though. £450+ being paid at launch and lucky to see half price selling them on. All good though and anyone who buys on launch day should be aware of that.
I got out at a good time. Sell high; buy low. Only lost 8% performance. Decent compromise for me as it was that or have £1500 in GPUs and monitors sitting on my desk doing a lot of nothing until the summer .
I think I've only played Far Cry 3 and Hitman since I sold up!
.I think I've only played Far Cry 3 and Hitman since I sold up!
I got out at a good time. Sell high; buy low. Only lost 8% performance. Decent compromise for me as it was that or have £1500 in GPUs and monitors sitting on my desk doing a lot of nothing until the summer
I think I've only played Far Cry 3 and Hitman since I sold up!
You have done better than me in gaming. Played FC3 and a bit of Civ5
You did well and I was very tempted to join you. Glad I didn't because I love 3D and I would have lost that with my monitors. Games play very well as well and just need a little tweaking to get optimum frame rates.
The wise choice with the 12.11 was the 7950's and you made a good call.
Glad I paid an average of £290 for my cards 3 months after launch
Paid £299 but sold the games so actually it was £270.
I was told not to buy my msi 660ti pe launch day but I did anyway and 6 months later it's still the same price.
Release day: £250 incluing borderlands 2
january: £240 no game
Is that the 7970's? by what genius did you achieve that? tell me your secretes!
First one I got from MM for £300 I think and that was 1&half months after release, about 3 weeks later I picked one up with a water block on it from MM, again cheap and the last one I got 4weeks after that for £270 offer fleabay.
basically I got lucky
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Even this is too high. Knock 20 notes off them all, except the 670 and you are about right, the low numbers for base cards with top models going up to the prices you say.
First one I got from MM for £300 I think and that was 1&half months after release, about 3 weeks later I picked one up with a water block on it from MM, again cheap and the last one I got 4weeks after that for £270 offer fleabay.
basically I got lucky
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If I remember right your cards are also very good clockers.
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To be fair, I cba with my cards anymore. I do like to play games on maximum graphics though, with 120Hz, with the closest number of fps in relation the refresh rate, but I think it's OTT. I've been using one card for a while, and haven't felt the need to use the second at the moment. Really though, it feels like it's just there in case there is a game that's more demanding that I want to play with the graphics turned up. Unfortunately PC Gaming in this regard, is disappointing at the moment.
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About time really
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If I remember right your cards are also very good clockers.
One of them is, the other 2 do about 1270
If he wants an Nvidia card, go for a 670 and save a few quid. If he isn't fussed, the 7950 is the smart buy.
I would expect it to be.
Well going by the last time we had a refresh on the same node the 570 came in at more or less the same speed as the 480, but this time i think the 670 is closer to the 680, so we will have to wait and see.