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Débuté par Cutlass Jack , oct. 09 2013 04:08

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:08

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My PC's video card is a few years old now and I'm thinking its time for an upgrade. So I thought I'd pick people's brains and see which cards they reccomend currently in terms of price/value.

I'm currently using an AMD Radeon 5900. Was originally a crossfire setup, but one of the cards went bad and didn't replace it because I wasn't seeing that huge a difference for the extra heat it generated.

I'd probably like to keep it under $300 but that number isn't set in stone. I'd also like the card to be able to handle most current games at reasonable settings and not run too loudly.

Modifié par Cutlass Jack, 09 octobre 2013 - 04:12 .

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:21

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For $300 you should look into the AMD 79xx series and the upcoming R9 280 series. The latter is mostly just a rebrand of the current 79xx series, but comes with some additional functionalities. Also, once the R series reach the market, prices for the older generation will drop a good bit, so for $300 you should be able to afford a good 7970GHz with a solid and silent cooling solution.

If you want to go slightly higher than $300, you can also take a look at the GTX 770. Or below your projected budget, there's still the GTX 760, which is also a good GPU and roughly on par with the HD 7950.

Whatever you decide with, HD 7950/7970(GHz)/GTX 760/GTX 770, all of those can run pretty much every game at maximum or at least high settings without problems.

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:41

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I never pay more than 100$ for a Graphic Card!
I'll wait for GTX 7xx or HD 79xx to become cheaper than that price!

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:43

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Some very helpful information in there, Neofelis. Thank you.

When is the R9 280s due hit the market? 79xx does seem to be what I'm looking for, but if the price is due to drop in the short term, I could probably wait until closer to xmas. If its more a 2014 thing It wont factor in as much.

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:48

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Get a nice one that's number is lower than 3000, those are the true beast of the industry. And you can't beat those prices.

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:49

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Since, this is being asked and I think I might get a new Video Card as well, don't want to make another thread for this either.

Am I better off waiting until Nvidia releases their 800 series next year, or should I just buy one of the 700s? Currently, I've got a 660Ti but 2GB is starting to be too little for my tastes. However, I'm only interested in Nvidia, I've never used AMD but still, I'd prefer Nvidia.

Any recommendations?

Modifié par Splinter Cell 108, 09 octobre 2013 - 04:49 .

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 04:54

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Cutlass Jack wrote...

Some very helpful information in there, Neofelis. Thank you.

When is the R9 280s due hit the market? 79xx does seem to be what I'm looking for, but if the price is due to drop in the short term, I could probably wait until closer to xmas. If its more a 2014 thing It wont factor in as much.


Afaik the AMD R genreation will hit the market on the 15th this month. Then you can expect around two weeks until they really start circulating and during that time, prices for previous generation GPUs should drop a good bit as retailers try to empty their storage.

It's not a guarantee that prices will drop, but its a good likelyhood.


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If you have a GTX 660Ti, then I would wait at least for the GTX 8xx series. I have the same card and it's only marginally less powerful than a GTX 670 or HD 7950 for most games as long as you game on 1080p.

Modifié par Neofelis Nebulosa, 09 octobre 2013 - 04:56 .

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 06:22

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Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...

@SplinterCell:

If you have a GTX 660Ti, then I would wait at least for the GTX 8xx series. I have the same card and it's only marginally less powerful than a GTX 670 or HD 7950 for most games as long as you game on 1080p.


I'll wait then, and I do use 1080p. I just hope they don't end up being super expensive, next time I want more than 2GB, at least 4GB. 

Modifié par Splinter Cell 108, 09 octobre 2013 - 06:23 .

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 06:58

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Splinter Cell 108 wrote...

Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...

@SplinterCell:

If you have a GTX 660Ti, then I would wait at least for the GTX 8xx series. I have the same card and it's only marginally less powerful than a GTX 670 or HD 7950 for most games as long as you game on 1080p.


I'll wait then, and I do use 1080p. I just hope they don't end up being super expensive, next time I want more than 2GB, at least 4GB. 


With the GTX 8xx series problably being all Kepler based, there's a decent chance even the mid range GPUs will get 3GB VRAM and the high end iterations something around 4 or 6GB VRAM, though that will likely come with a price.

Alternatively, you can always opt to switch to AMD GPUs, which have traditionally employed a larger VRAM and memory bus to adress that VRAM. Also, if you are looking for midrange GPUs again (say around 200-250 bucks), depending on how this new Mantle API turns out to work, AMD may be the way to go for midrange GPUs anyway and you'd get the double deal of more VRAM and a more efficiently utilized GPU.


All depends on how it works out. As always my advise is to wait as long as you can, prices decrease with product cycle age, performance increases with possible new editions (like HD 7970 vs HD 7970GHZ or the new HD 7870 Tahiti LE), etc.!

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 07:26

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The ULTRA super GTS 3 GIG of awesomeness .. only for 450 $ ... Only one years before it obsolete !!! UPGRade today and experience the power of consumerist !

For a time !

Go now and purchase it before the new model is released !!

:devil:

Modifié par Suprez30, 09 octobre 2013 - 07:27 .

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Posté 09 octobre 2013 - 07:34

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Suprez30 wrote...

The ULTRA super GTS 3 GIG of awesomeness .. only for 450 $ ... Only one years before it obsolete !!! UPGRade today and experience the power of consumerist !

For a time !

Go now and purchase it before the new model is released !!

:devil:



Heh, PC upgrades are like those Phoenix Feathers, you never use them, you always wait for the right moment and there will never be a right moment.


Imho there's only two right ways to upgrade:
One is when you absolutely HAVE to upgrade if you want to keep up or you simply can't run anything any longer.
The other is to upgrade everytime a new generation (and I mean new, not going from GTX 5xx to 6xx, it was still the Fermy chip), preferably goind from the second, improved iteration of a generation to the second, improved iteration of the next.


Of course the wet dream for every PC enthusiast is to swim in money and upgrade every single time something new and more powerful comes across the radar ...

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 01:07

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Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...

With the GTX 8xx series problably being all Kepler based, there's a decent chance even the mid range GPUs will get 3GB VRAM and the high end iterations something around 4 or 6GB VRAM, though that will likely come with a price.

Alternatively, you can always opt to switch to AMD GPUs, which have traditionally employed a larger VRAM and memory bus to adress that VRAM. Also, if you are looking for midrange GPUs again (say around 200-250 bucks), depending on how this new Mantle API turns out to work, AMD may be the way to go for midrange GPUs anyway and you'd get the double deal of more VRAM and a more efficiently utilized GPU.


All depends on how it works out. As always my advise is to wait as long as you can, prices decrease with product cycle age, performance increases with possible new editions (like HD 7970 vs HD 7970GHZ or the new HD 7870 Tahiti LE), etc.!


Don't know about AMD, I've never used them before but I'm not real excited about them either. Back then I couldn't afford to throw more than $250 at a Graphics Card, but back then I needed to buy all the parts. My only other concern is bottlenecking with my processor which is an i5 3570.

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 01:16

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Splinter Cell 108 wrote...

Don't know about AMD, I've never used them before but I'm not real excited about them either. Back then I couldn't afford to throw more than $250 at a Graphics Card, but back then I needed to buy all the parts. My only other concern is bottlenecking with my processor which is an i5 3570.


It's a 3.4ghz quad-core Ivy Bridge. You don't need to worry about your CPU being the bottleneck.

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 02:01

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bmwcrazy wrote...

Splinter Cell 108 wrote...

Don't know about AMD, I've never used them before but I'm not real excited about them either. Back then I couldn't afford to throw more than $250 at a Graphics Card, but back then I needed to buy all the parts. My only other concern is bottlenecking with my processor which is an i5 3570.


It's a 3.4ghz quad-core Ivy Bridge. You don't need to worry about your CPU being the bottleneck.


Aye, an i5 3570 will laugh at most games. Frankly the only better gaming CPU would be the K version of it, due to the unlocked multiplier. You can run SLI or Crossfire with two powerful GPUs and the CPU would still not bottleneck if you just OC it a bit.

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 03:42

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Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...
Aye, an i5 3570 will laugh at most games. Frankly the only better gaming CPU would be the K version of it, due to the unlocked multiplier. You can run SLI or Crossfire with two powerful GPUs and the CPU would still not bottleneck if you just OC it a bit.


Just realized that was dumb question actually, should've known better. Never tried SLI myself, that's another option I guess, but they say its very buggy or at least it used to be. 

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 03:45

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Splinter Cell 108 wrote...

Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...
Aye, an i5 3570 will laugh at most games. Frankly the only better gaming CPU would be the K version of it, due to the unlocked multiplier. You can run SLI or Crossfire with two powerful GPUs and the CPU would still not bottleneck if you just OC it a bit.


Just realized that was dumb question actually, should've known better. Never tried SLI myself, that's another option I guess, but they say its very buggy or at least it used to be. 


It's not nearly as buggy as it was some time ago, but there's still issues. Particularily drivers, if you don't have working drivers, SLI can go everywhere. Also, SLI is heavy on your PSU.


Generally, you're better of buying a single, high powered GPU than two low powered ones and putting them in SLI/Crossfire.

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 05:31

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In our currency 100$ is almost 3,000,000 R and it's like 1/4 of poverty line. 450$ is like 13,500,000 R. Buying something with that price for a computer is plain insanity!

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Posté 10 octobre 2013 - 05:35

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Kaiser Arian wrote...
In our currency 100$ is almost 3,000,000 R and it's like 1/4 of poverty line. 450$ is like 13,500,000 R. Buying something with that price for a computer is plain insanity!

Thank god for Moore's law, am I right?
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