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Which card to get for ~£200?

PixelChef

PixelChef

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Hi,

Undecided on which card I should go for at the around £200 mark (Max 250), I'm upgrading from a GTX 470. I also currently have an i5 760 and 4gb RAM, but I will be upgrading to Haswell soon and have 8gb RAM.

I think it's between the 7950 and 660Ti?

My usage will be gaming, currently at 1680x1050. But may upgrade my monitor to 1980xn in a while. I'd like the card to last 3-5 years.

Oh and I have a 650w PSU so nothing which will use all my power!

Thanks :)
 
oL said:
Hi,

Undecided on which card I should go for at the around £200 mark (Max 250), I'm upgrading from a GTX 470. I also currently have an i5 760 and 4gb RAM, but I will be upgrading to Haswell soon and have 8gb RAM.

I think it's between the 7950 and 660Ti?

My usage will be gaming, currently at 1680x1050. But may upgrade my monitor to 1980xn in a while.

Oh and I have a 650w PSU so nothing which will use all my power!

Thanks :)
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Blimey either card will have no trouble maxing out almost every game at that res.

Would be my choice, and its on offer atm.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673
 
isn't the 760Ti due on the 9th? It might shake up some prices a bit just as the 770 did with the 680/7970, unless of course the 670 is already at that new price point in which case the 760Ti might be just over your price bracket.

Defiantly worth waiting a little while before making a decision in my opinion.
 
humbug said:
October, along with BF4 is the earliest estimate.
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Ah okay, I don't think I'll wait that long :p

tommybhoy said:
This ones the best(used both) of the above:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £245.99


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Thanks.

bru said:
isn't the 760Ti due on the 9th? It might shake up some prices a bit just as the 770 did with the 680/7970, unless of course the 670 is already at that new price point in which case the 760Ti might be just over your price bracket.

Defiantly worth waiting a little while before making a decision in my opinion.
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If that's the case I think I'll wait maybe till next month, 760Ti might be the one to go for, we'll see :)
 
Hi again,

Just bumping this thread now that the GTX 760 has been released.

After reading some reviews and opinions on here, I think I will still go for the 7950? (My requirements etc in OP)

Unless anyone disagrees (:p), I can't decide which 7950 boost to go for, MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost or HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST.

Which one is best in terms of noise / heat? I might overclock, not sure.
 
oL said:
Hi again,

Just bumping this thread now that the GTX 760 has been released.

After reading some reviews and opinions on here, I think I will still go for the 7950? (My requirements etc in OP)

Unless anyone disagrees (:p), I can't decide which 7950 boost to go for, MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost or HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST.

Which one is best in terms of noise / heat? I might overclock, not sure.
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Both are great cards. If you go with a single card go with the msi, if you plan to add another later for crossfire get the his.

I seriously advise you to overclock that 7950, its free performance.
 
LtMatt said:
Both are great cards. If you go with a single card go with the msi, if you plan to add another later for crossfire get the his.

I seriously advise you to overclock that 7950, its free performance.
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Thanks for the advise, yeah I think I'll overclock it :)

It's very unlikely that I will go crossfire so will go for the MSI, but those two fans aren't too noisy are they?
 
oL said:
Thanks for the advise, yeah I think I'll overclock it :)

It's very unlikely that I will go crossfire so will go for the MSI, but those two fans aren't too noisy are they?
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Should be fairly quiet up to around 60%. The his fan gets loudish at 75%. The his is probably quieter but i would speculate that on average the msi will overclock slightly further as at extreme clocks the two fans will cool better than one blower type fan.
 
LtMatt said:
Should be fairly quiet up to around 60%. The his fan gets loudish at 75%. The his is probably quieter but i would speculate that on average the msi will overclock slightly further as at extreme clocks the two fans will cool better than one blower type fan.
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Great thanks :)
 
oL said:
Really? What problems?

That might be something to do with the old revision? I notice "NEW REVISION" in the title :p
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Yes there are still lots of people having problems with new revision.

I see some people ordering 3 and all of them faulty.

Also overclockers still sends out old revision even though it says new in the tittle which doesn't help things.

I nearly ordered 3 when they were £230 with 5 free games and glad I didn't in the end after reading how many people had to send them back.
 
I thought that problem was fixed?

Hmm well you can always go for the HIS 7950 Ice-Q instead then. I have two and they're nice cards.
 
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