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Spec Thread..?

Dan2kx

Dan2kx

Dan2kx

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Hi,

I was thinking of getting another 6950 (CF) but i suppose i could sell mine and get a 7970 with the same money, near enough

Which would be most worthwhile? purely on performance, not bothered about any a that power saving junk lol

Cheers
 
6950 xfire~7970

Wait for nv to release their offerings first

Otherwise, go for the 7970. more VRAM (not thaty it matters)
single card, less heat

Personally i'd use the money to get rid of your H100 and go custom water ;)
 
The 6950s will perform better then the 7970. A 6950 can be had for 200 pound, even if you sell your card you would have to make up the difference which wont be that small. Just based on performance.

Edit:
The post below makes good points about overclocking, and with the headroom that the 7970 has it would perform well. Of course if your just interested in performance as you say then you could also overclock the 6950s.
 
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If you are willing to overclock the 7970 then thats what i would get. With a good overclock its on the heels of a 6990. I prefer a single fast gpu to crossfire or sli as it is not as reliant on drivers, so all in all theres more gaming and less hastle.
 
i have my 6950 at 900/1325 which is the max in CCC, had to put the power up 20% tho otherwise it crashed after a while of gaming, would two OC cards beat an OC 7970?

the same card again is 250 on Ocuk and a friend offered me 180 for mine, the 7970 would only be a few extra 10's on top,

i saw some clock speeds on the 3D mark ranks that where crazy high (7970)

the 6950 is only getting about 30-40 frames on the dx11 games maxed out (1920x1200)
 
180 is a good price more then I thought you would get. Then there's not much to lose if you go 7970, get the latest tech to play with. either way you should be happy with 7970, also the points made above makes it appealing.
 
Dan2kx said:
Febuary? NVidia cards are usually more expensive at lauch is that right?
spose it would drop the price of ATI


LOL - you really like water huh, maybe next time
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Not necessarily, you may e able to pick up a cheaper combo, eg 660 SLI which would be more powerful.

I love water, it's really important for life to carry on;)

Personally, I'd get some EVGA card(s) and stick them under water with your CPU instead of that crappy H100.
 
Lol, im so easily swayed...

Next question, which one is best?

Do they all come with reference cooler? (looks like it from pics)
 
Cleeecooo said:
Which 7970?

The MSI or Gigabyte. This is because of te excellent CS And RMA.
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Sorry, thats what i meant, MSi then, since thats what i got now
Might wait till next week see if its on offer.

When is 7950 out? will that alter price (of the 7970)?
 
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ok, any news on any non reference coolers? like TFIII etc, since im not into that (proper) water cooling stuff (just yet lol)
 
like the 3 fan setup, looks cool (pun intended)

are those just for 7950 though or will they stick em all over the place?
why do they even bother with the reference coolers? i think they all provide alterations sooner or later?

EDIT

I really should check for typos before i send the post, sigh
 
That three fan thing is a Gigabyte design/invention, you can find it on various cards including nvidias GTX570, GTX580,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-081-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

There is also a small two fan version for smaller PCB cards like this,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341



Its just like ASUS have the DirectCU II cooler on a number of cards.
 
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