Which GPU

[Bodom]

Hey.

Planning on upgradeing to Ivybridge next month and I cant afford to do the whole upgrade on my creditcard in one go, so I was thinking I might get the GPU this month and have been trying to make my mind up which one to buy.

Really like the look of the Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB @£429.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-297-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

Going on the reviews the cooler is really quite and it overclocks really well and runs prity cool.

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-176-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

Or the cheaper option wait untill I upgrade my PC and then Crossfire my 6970.Would have to wait my Current board dosent support crossfire.

My monitor is a Dell Ultrasharpe 30" 2560x1600, My 6970 dosent do to bad at that res tbh, I have to turn some of the settings off or down abit in afew games though.

Crossfire would be cheaper but I tend prefer a single card setup over crossfire/sli.

Been trying to make my mind up for awhile now, I know the 680 is faster @stock, but overclocked there both prity close, the 7970 has 1 gig more vram which dosent really mean much looking at the reviews, but this time next year who knows lol.

 

[Bodom]

Wow ty for the replys

I have been reading the vram threads and I must admit a lot of the 2gb vs 3gb vram seems over hyped, Allthough I still have this niggleing doubt that if I buy another 2gig card there will be this uber vram eatting monster of a game just around the corner lol.

The Lightning looks really good aswell so dose the KFA2, but the prices on them ouch

The one reason I like the Sapphire card is beacuase it is the same price as the referance gtx680 which is about as high as I am willing to go price wise.

Still havent compleatly made my mind up yet, think I need to sleep on it.

Nn guys and ty for your help.

 

[Bodom]

Had just about made my mind up, then I saw this review.

http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=28910&page=7

Check out the 2560x1600 table.
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OC-26x16.jpg


Seriously feel like just tossing a coin and going with what ever it lands on lol

 

[Bodom]

I just want to thank every one who posted.

I was really tempted to go for the 680, but affter reading tons of reviews and forum posts there just seems to be hardly anything between the 680 and 7970 once there overclocked @1600p, So I have desided to go with the Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5.

Mainly just beacuase of the custom cooler and that niggling doubt about the vram.

I will be looking to keep this card for around 12/18 months atleast and allthough I agree that 2gig vram is still perfectly fine at 1600p I just cant shake the feeling that in afew months time there will be a game that really dose need the extra vram.

Thank's guys

 

[Bodom]

Ty

Diddant really want to be gaming at this res tbh I was quite happy running at 1900x1200 lol.

I orded a 22" monitor for my girlfreind that was DOA so I phoned up Dell someone messed up and sent me the wrong replacment beacuase the next day one of there delivery guys turned up with this 30" monster.

The deliver guy said just keep your mouth shut and enjoy the free upgrade so I did they never asked for it back or charged me the extra for it, so I ended up with a monitor that was still selling for just over a grand for about £200.

So I gave my girlfriend my old 24" monitor and I kept this one.

I was tempted to sell it but affter useing it for a week I fell in love with it the pictuer quality on this thing is just incredible.

But the upside is I can now justify spending stupid amounts on graphics cards , If I was still on my 24" monitor I dont think I my 6970 would still be more than enough and wouldn't need to upgrade hehe.