One problem though as mentioned previously, games I don't have to hand and now I am out of time.
Like I say next week we shall get real feedback from end users.
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** SINGLE GTX 580 3GB VS SINGLE 7970 3GB REVIEW BY OcUK **
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One problem though as mentioned previously, games I don't have to hand and now I am out of time.
Like I say next week we shall get real feedback from end users.
650W-750W high quality unit.
Key points here!
$475 is FOB board partner cost price.
So you have:-
$475 then add following:-
Board partner profit margin
Shipping Cost
Exchange rate conversion
Distributor profit margin
Shipping from distributor
Etailor/Reseller profit margin
VAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally massive shortage on stock, demand higher than supply, price = higher!
My Xeon rig here with three in Tri-Fire pulls 800W max at the socket.
So I'd say two cards in a SandyBridge type PC, 650W would be cutting it, 750W would be fine and 850W would be more than enough.
I'd only advice 850W or higher if your going to clock the hell out of the whole system, have many HDD's and maybe add a 3rd later.
Amen to this. Atleast with any new cards, we can get Gibbo to put them to the test. Saves all the upcoming new threads about new cards on the horizon and the flame wars
This is the plan!
I am going to clock the hell out of those 580 Classified's when they arrive next week.
For those interested next week we shall have 7970's available from the following vendors and IN STOCK:-
Asus
MSI
Gigabyte
Club3D
VTX3D
PowerColor 3D
XFX
HIS
Sapphire
So pretty much all brands for you too take your pick from.
We now also have 200+ cards for launch, so the stock should last maybe a week.
Asus
MSI
Gigabyte
Club3D
VTX3D
PowerColor 3D
XFX
HIS
Sapphire
So pretty much all brands for you too take your pick from.
We now also have 200+ cards for launch, so the stock should last maybe a week.
Hi there
Got an answer as to why they come at such low clock speeds out of the box.
One of AMD's priorities with the 7970 was power consumption and to ensure it had a max TDP of 300W to remain within ATX specification and as such to ensure this meant clock speeds had to be capped.
This is why they are clocked at the speeds they are.
The good news is that this is one of the most overclockable cards to date and overclocking these cards can yield upto an addition 20-30% more performance.
Obviously board partners won't be so interested in power consumption but all out performance and both XFX and MSI inform me they have very fast version coming after Chinese New Year.
Got an answer as to why they come at such low clock speeds out of the box.
One of AMD's priorities with the 7970 was power consumption and to ensure it had a max TDP of 300W to remain within ATX specification and as such to ensure this meant clock speeds had to be capped.
This is why they are clocked at the speeds they are.
The good news is that this is one of the most overclockable cards to date and overclocking these cards can yield upto an addition 20-30% more performance.
Obviously board partners won't be so interested in power consumption but all out performance and both XFX and MSI inform me they have very fast version coming after Chinese New Year.
Nope.