NVIDIA PsyOps Against HD 7970

stulid · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:37

This is from an article from November, looks like anything interesting from Nvidia is 2nd half and onwards, could all these rumours about Kepler/GTX660 coming in Febuary be part of this mind game tactic to stop people buying a 77970/7950 now.

d_brennen · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:39

Dirty tactics in the tech business? I refuse to believe it

stulid · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:41

d_brennen said:
Dirty tactics in the tech business? I refuse to believe it

Well there is a 9 page thread of people believing

Martini1991 · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:47

I refuse to believe anything tbh, that was 3 months ago

stulid · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:51

Martini1991 said:
I refuse to believe anything tbh, that was 3 months ago

Why not? I could be playing mind games with you

Psyc

Martini1991 · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:52

stulid said:
Why not? I could be playing mind games with you

Psyc

It's all speculation till launch as far as I'm aware

d_brennen · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:57

Until the cards are in a pyramid and Gibbo has run some sly benchmarks nothing is true imo

stulid · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:00

Martini1991 said:
It's all speculation till launch as far as I'm aware

d_brennen said:
Until the cards are in a pyramid and Gibbo has run some sly benchmarks nothing is true imo

Exactly what I said to Cleeecoo yesterday (thursday actually) in someones spec thread, buy now and play games and be happy. While he was desperate to tell em to wait for Kepler, when theres no pricing or performance or anything known, unless of course he works for Nvidia and is PsyOp'ing us all :eek:

Martini1991 · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:03

Lol

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I think I'll stick with my 6870's a lil longer.
The luckiest people imo are those who had 5850 Crossfires on launch, or 6950 unlocked to 6970's, they've had excellent price/performance through their life

Rroff · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:13

Those that got the unlockable 2Gig 6950s at ~£200 got a great deal but I think the real lucky ones are those that got the GTX470s @ £160 (unless your VRAM limited) - most of them clock to stock GTX480 performance with little effort.

Martini1991 · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:17

Rroff said:
Those that got the unlockable 2Gig 6950s at ~£200 got a great deal but I think the real lucky ones are those that got the GTX470s @ £160 (unless your VRAM limited) - most of them clock to stock GTX480 performance with little effort.

470 SLI at 160 each is immense, I've built a rig with that, but a 470 KO'ed itself with 2 weeks, so swapped out for 2 6870's.

I'd have to argue that 2 6950's unlocked which cost 180 each were a hell of a lot better than two 470's at 160 each though.

stulid · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:19

Theres been some good deals in the MM lately.

Rroff · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:20

2x 2gig 6950 @ £180 each would be better value due to the extra VRAM.

Core performance wise theres not much in it between a 24x7 clocked 6950 CF and a 24x7 clock GTX470 SLI setup unless your VRAM limited.

Martini1991 · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:21

The 6950's unlocked though, so it's essentially 6970's @ 360 versus 470 SLI at 320.

setter · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:22

Got my 470's for £214.00 and £189.00 respectively, (2nd bought on offer 2 weeks after the first). After selling my two gtx 275's and a mafia 2 code, they worked out at £259.00. Best component bargain ive ever had. Im not vram limited at 1920x1200, mainly play bf3, which is a bugfest tbh. They clock well,and actually run cooler than the 275's they replaced.

Rroff · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:25

Martini1991 said:
The 6950's unlocked though, so it's essentially 6970's @ 360 versus 470 SLI at 320.

6950 unlocked and overclocked to max sensible for 24x7 use is pretty much the same performance +/- less than 10% overall than a max sensible 24x7 clocked GTX470 - the 470s are (mostly) monster overclockers.

Martini1991 · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:27

Rroff said:
6950 unlocked and overclocked to max sensible for 24x7 use is pretty much the same performance +/- less than 10% overall than a max sensible 24x7 clocked GTX470 - the 470s are (mostly) monster overclockers.

I know the 470's do clock well like, you can get 570+ performance out of them

setter · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:30

750-770 is pretty doable on the few 470's ive clocked, (my own and a few mates) on stock voltage. Ive run my own pair at 750 daily since i got them. Theyll do 800/1600/1700 on 1.012, game and bench stable. But tbh, theres no real need for it with what im playing.

Rroff · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:31

I've rarely used my SLI setup tbh except when trying to hold as high a framerate as possible in a few multiplayer games (120Hz panel) - for the most part a single card @ 800MHz is more than fast enough to hold smooth framerates with high settings at upto 1920x1080.

tommybhoy · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:42

2x6950>70's@£400 (take off ~£160 for the 5870) 1 year ago that @1080p is most likely faster than an overclocked 7970 at the same resolution.

If I were to sell them both for say £360, it would cost me ~£90 for less performance. :eek:

I've been so itching to press buy, but I keep telling myself it's madness.

I'm only wanting to play with a new toy and probably won't play nearly as much games as I would with tinkering.

C'mon Nvidia, throw down some meaty performance and give me a proper dilemma!