6970 7870 or 7950?

[jamesriley94]

Hi.

I've decided to upgrade my system this year from AMD to Ivybridge, including a new graphics card and full system watercooling, but which do I go for?

Bearing in mind I'd also need a waterblock, which is the best option for price / performance?

I'm only gunna be running 1 screen at 1080p, and I'd quite like to get as close as possible to maxing framerates.

So, any advice? Or do you have any other options that may be more appropriate?

I understand the 7870 waterblocks arent out yet, which is the main reason the other 2 are even on the list, but I wont be building this rig until next month so I'm guessing they will be by then?

Thanks for the help

 

[SieB]

I'd get a 670 if you can afford it, make sure it's a 680 pcb one and you can slap a 680 water block on it.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Either 670 or 7950 is my recommendation

 

[jamesriley94]

Thanks for the idea, why the 680pcb specifically? And how would I find this this?

Tbh, I was struggling to justify spending £300 on the 7950, and it looks like this would be even more, and I'm half thinking that any of these 4 cards would be overkill?

 

[TheOneHalf]

What SieB said basically, it's the best performance/price ratio out at the moment. If you get the one with the 680PCB you can slap a 680 waterblock on it

Thanks for the idea, why the 680pcb specifically? And how would I find this this?

Tbh, I was struggling to justify spending £300 on the 7950, and it looks like this would be even more, and I'm half thinking that any of these 4 cards would be overkill?

You can see by the back of the card, it the PCB is as long as the cooler or not. If the cooler part sticks out it is a shorter PCB ^^

If you can not justify spending more then a 7950 amount of money then stick with that. It's the best of the bunch you listed.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Whats the specs of the rest of your system

 

[SieB]

Thanks for the idea, why the 680pcb specifically? And how would I find this this?

The 670 water blocks are not out yet but the 680 ones are so if you got a 670 with a 680 pcb you can use a 680 water block on it. The difference between the 670 pcb and the 680 pcb is the size, the 670 is shorter than the 680 pcb.

see this thread

http://forum.overclock3d.net/index.php?/topic/43584-nvidia-gtx-670-msi-oc/

Tbh, I was struggling to justify spending £300 on the 7950, and it looks like this would be even more, and I'm half thinking that any of these 4 cards would be overkill?

If £300 is your budget it looks like a 7870 and a water block, that should come to around £300. 670 is the best card for the money at the moment though £310 for a reference card and just under 680 performance, to be honest, apart from looks watercooling one isn't really needed they run cool and quiet as it is.

T

 

[jamesriley94]

After the upgrade it will be an Ivybridge 3770k on an ASUS P8Z77 Pro, 16gb 1600mhz ram 750watt OCZ PSU and Crucial M4

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

670 is best price for performance card out there but id still stick to amd and 7950 :3

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

In a few days i'm going to put my 6950's in the " sale&wanted " thread .

My cards are equiped with EK plexi-copper blocks and EK Backplates .

It may interest you .

 

[jamesriley94]

It probably would interest me yeh, being a bit of a noob to the forums here I don have the post count to unlock that yet though :/

 

[yassarikhan786]

Yeh I agree with most here that the 670 would be the best option.

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

It probably would interest me yeh, being a bit of a noob to the forums here I don have the post count to unlock that yet though :/

I'll put them up in the S&W section , we are not allowed to make transactions via PM or we get banned !

We have to follow the rules Soldier ! Hoooooooah !