Wait for Radeon 7 series?

DiscoDave · 26 Sep 2011 at 16:59

After a lot of frustration with my 4870x2, crossfire profiles, poor compatibility, etc, I'm considering ditching it for something better and more reliable to work optimally.

Should I be looking at a GTX 580, or should I wait for AMD's 7 series offering?

Thanks,

reflux · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:03

Wait for the 7 series... they should surface in the next two months.

Nymins · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:05

They will be out very late 2011 at the earliest, talking just before/after Christmas, more than likely Q1 2012.

Depends if you can be bothered waiting really.

eddyr · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:06

I believe they have decided to push back the release till 2012, but im sure someone will be along shortly who will be able to confirm/deny/ridicule that statement. I did read something along those lines recently, although whther it was pure rumour I don't know

DiscoDave · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:19

I also heard that there's a possibility of it coming out early next year. If the 7 series provides a performance increase over the 580 and is of a similar price then I'll wait for that. Three months is not exactly a long time to wait.

robbieshanks · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:33

I love the speculation around the 7-series release dates.

Let's start a rumour that NVidia and AMD are going to release a Christmas Edition HD7890GTX SLI XXX Edition with flashing red and green fairy lights!

That would be so cool.

Tute · 26 Sep 2011 at 19:38

It looks like late Q4 or Q1 2012 for the 7 series.

If there is anything in Q4 it won't be top end, it's looking like mid-range will come first and the HD7900 series to follow next year.

So if you want the best, you'll be waiting a good 3-4 months at least.

gamerdude1989 · 26 Sep 2011 at 19:43

eddyr said:
I believe they have decided to push back the release till 2012, but im sure someone will be along shortly who will be able to confirm/deny/ridicule that statement. I did read something along those lines recently, although whther it was pure rumour I don't know

+1, i heard the same thing too.

But yeah, id wait for the 7 series too.

rubin1961 · 26 Sep 2011 at 19:48

Get a gtx580 very good cards,me personaly i dont think there will be a big difference in the 7 series.

eddyr · 26 Sep 2011 at 20:14

40nm down to 28nm means a lot more shaders in the same amount of die space. Even if they put a stronger emphasis on power efficiency/savings I dont see how there couldn't be. (high end ofc)

rajravat · 26 Sep 2011 at 20:16

what kind of games do you play and at what res ? a 580 can pretty much max out any game at 1080p, i cant see that changing any time soon

DiscoDave · 27 Sep 2011 at 11:16

rajravat said:
what kind of games do you play and at what res ? a 580 can pretty much max out any game at 1080p, i cant see that changing any time soon

Latest FPS's and stuff like F1, 1920x1200 @ high/max settings

xtremedetailz · 27 Sep 2011 at 11:35

rajravat said:
what kind of games do you play and at what res ? a 580 can pretty much max out any game at 1080p, i cant see that changing any time soon

really ?? i can think of 3 games

BF3, Skyrim, Rage all due out very shortly

rajravat · 27 Sep 2011 at 11:50

I still reckon the 580 gtx will be able to max those games out at 1080p, maybe not at minimum frame rate of 60, but 30-60fps is more than playable, i guess we wont have to wait long to find out with bf3 beta out tomorrow!

arc@css · 27 Sep 2011 at 11:51

Should be fine with Rage and possibly Skyrim, though I'm not as certain about the latter.

xtremedetailz · 27 Sep 2011 at 11:55

rajravat said:
I still reckon the 580 gtx will be able to max those games out at 1080p, but i guess we wont have to wait long to find out with bf3 beta out tomorrow!

Well its already been said to max out BF3 you will need GTX580 SLI.

I think the other 2 will still not play at 60+fps maxed with 8AA etc etc.

Purgatory · 27 Sep 2011 at 12:09

DiscoDave said:
After a lot of frustration with my 4870x2, crossfire profiles, poor compatibility, etc, I'm considering ditching it for something better and more reliable to work optimally.

Should I be looking at a GTX 580, or should I wait for AMD's 7 series offering?

Thanks,

If you decide to sell the 4870x2, there is a person on the Members market Wanted section looking for one.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18317199

Just a heads up

.

Also seriously I would wait till the 7000 series if you want an AMD card, The GTX 580's are fantastic cards and you can't really go wrong with one of them too and should be a nice bump in performance for you and no more headaches of profiles and Crossfire X problems.

Vir · 27 Sep 2011 at 12:15

rajravat said:
I still reckon the 580 gtx will be able to max those games out at 1080p, maybe not at minimum frame rate of 60, but 30-60fps is more than playable, i guess we wont have to wait long to find out with bf3 beta out tomorrow!

I just noticed you saying this, is it an open beta? :O Can't wait if it is!

B@Th*nG · 27 Sep 2011 at 12:55

just wait it out, if nothing else it'll drop the price of the 580

B@

DiscoDave · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:04

Purgatory said:
If you decide to sell the 4870x2, there is a person on the Members market Wanted section looking for one.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18317199

Just a heads up .

Also seriously I would wait till the 7000 series if you want an AMD card, The GTX 580's are fantastic cards and you can't really go wrong with one of them too and should be a nice bump in performance for you and no more headaches of profiles and Crossfire X problems.

Mine has a aftermarket cooler

. Well I've got my battlefield 3 beta key so will see how that goes tonight..