1440p Gaming- GTX 760 or HD 7950?

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gunner1chase

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I'm planning on upgrading to a 2560 x 1440 display. I am currently running an HD 4850 and it defiantly won't cut the mustard for 1440p gaming :lol: ! I just wanted your opinions on my choice of replacement card. I have around £250 to spend on a GPU and am currently considering either a GTX 760 or HD 7950 (although I am open to other suggestions). Thanks!

GTX 760:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Nvidia-...F8&qid=1378913536&sr=8-3&keywords=msi+gtx+760

HD 7950:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11...e=UTF8&qid=1378913559&sr=8-1&keywords=hd+7950
 
jamesriley94 said:
You can do far better than that now for the money.

GTX 670s are around the same price now.
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They're only 2GB ones though and from memory a 670 was barely faster than a 580. A 580 can definitely still cut the mustard even though it's been out for a while. I'd personally go for a 680 most probably if it were me but it was just a suggestion.
 
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On that budget you are screwed, I cannot think of any card on that price range that'll perform well on that high of a resolution. It is really quite demanding. The only thing that comes to mind is running an SLI/Crossfire setup, but even then i can't think of a card that's worth SLI or Cross-firing to get good gaming performance.
 
You could quite easily get away with a 670, 760 or 7950 if you turned the settings down.

I used to run 5760x1080 off a single 670 - ultra settings is managed only around 25FPS, but after lowering settings to medium (which to me actually made no noticeable difference to the quality), the frame rates never dropped below 60FPS.

You could quite easily get away with either of the cards you've listed, and get frame rates over 45+ just by turning settings down to medium/high.
 
markituh121 said:
On that budget you are screwed, I cannot think of any card on that price range that'll perform well on that high of a resolution. It is really quite demanding. The only thing that comes to mind is running an SLI/Crossfire setup, but even then i can't think of a card that's worth SLI or Cross-firing to get good gaming performance.
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That's not true, as long as you're not using AA on the more recent games at least, he'd be fine with a 680 or 7970 and get decent, highly playable fps on high settings. Frankly AA isn't even needed as image quality is so good already at this res.
 
I agree with most of the what everyone is saying. The 760 and 7950 are great cards for 1080p gaming. However if you are restricted to those cards i would go with the 7950. it has 3 gbs of GDDR5 and that makes it better for high resolution screens. also look for a 680 4gb on sale some where. That is what i use and i like it very much
 
Ray Marree said:
I agree with most of the what everyone is saying. The 760 and 7950 are great cards for 1080p gaming. However if you are restricted to those cards i would go with the 7950. it has 3 gbs of GDDR5 and that makes it better for high resolution screens. also look for a 680 4gb on sale some where. That is what i use and i like it very much
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If you're running triple screens off a single card, the vRAM really won't matter that much.

If you're running at ultra settings - the GPU will hold you back with framerates long before RAM becomes an issue, and if you lower the settings to medium, RAM usage won't go above 2gb either, so you'll be fine in that respect too.

Save your money, try and get a 670/7970 and overclock it. Bear in mind - on the 7970, you'll need an active display port adapter for Eyefinity to work, so Nvidia may be a better option if you're on a budget.
 
Don't forget the extra bus width AMD has over Nvidia will make an impact. You will hit the limit of your card before you do on AMD. Not because they are faster(depends on game) but the extra bus data path is bigger which will allow for higher end res at less expense.

Honestly wait till Sept 25th. AMD will be announcing newer cards. Cards will be about same performance(9970 or whatever it's called) but at cheap(using that word lightly) as a 780. Gonna be a no brainer as it's supposed to have 4gb vram(rumors) and still a 384bit bus width.
 
NeverBackDown said:
Don't forget the extra bus width AMD has over Nvidia will make an impact. You will hit the limit of your card before you do on AMD. Not because they are faster(depends on game) but the extra bus data path is bigger which will allow for higher end res at less expense.

Honestly wait till Sept 25th. AMD will be announcing newer cards. Cards will be about same performance(9970 or whatever it's called) but at cheap(using that word lightly) as a 780. Gonna be a no brainer as it's supposed to have 4gb vram(rumors) and still a 384bit bus width.
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I don't think bus speed will be an issue with a single monitor.
Also i wouldn't call it a nobrainer yet, 780 drivers are still in an early state and the recent burn down of the ram factory will push the amd prices quite a bit. If i was him i'd still wait for the release because that might cause a price drop for the 7970.
 
it's still only one monitor, it's not that demanding. The whole bandwidth talk really only applies to eyefinity and surround setups.
 
Applies to anything requiring Vram if you want to get so technical. Yes it does apply to higher res. Anything above 1920x1080p would be in the "higher res" catergory... 2560x1440 or 5760x1080p both are more demanding with many more pixels; therefore higher bandwidth is needed to keep up higher settings and mainly higher AA and not choke on minimum frame rate.
 
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