Sold old rig - now I need a new GPU!

[mrapoc]

Hey hey

Just had a decent offer for my old rig but I had to include my trusty 5850. It did everything I needed really but now I need a new card. Suppose I may as well go better performance rather than the same too. Don't care about red vs. green just want the current flavour of the month I suppose. Would be nice to have a card capable of farcry 3 with AA turned on

Was tempted by this bad boy is that a steal?

 

[kenny'sghost]

O yes that 7870 is your "flavour of the month" its a fantastic card for the $$ you trade for it..

while you at it.. get 2.. and post me one

 

[mrapoc]

Thats what I wanted to hear. Sure mate just send me your card details and I'll get us both one

 

[kenny'sghost]

hmmmm the dog ate my card details

 

[AverageNinja]

Get the HD7870 Tahiti LE. The CLUB3D one is even cheaper than the regular 7870 and it performs better

 

[mrapoc]

Or this?

 

[AverageNinja]

That's also a Tahiti LE so it should be good
Epic deal there, I'd get it if I were you

 

[MrKambo]

either that, of the 650TI Boost, that card is such an underdog!

 

[equk]

Seems like a lot of people are recommending the tahiti 7870 at the moment

Depends on what you are looking for I guess.

You could spend the extra and get a 7950:
More cooling options (dual/triple fan etc)
Possibility of overclocking to performance similar to GTX680
More memory ( 3GB )
Better Overall Performance

I can't see AMD selling them for peanuts so the cuts came from somewhere and that would be the inferior cooling.

The 7950's are known to have massive overclocking headroom, one Tom showed had OC potential to actually break even with an overclocked GTX 680

My friend had the CTX? one that's the same as the Club3D and he said temps were in the low 90s when he pushed it really hard.

I'd never get a reference cooler on anything if I didn't have to tbh.

If you are like me, you will have it in your system for at least 2 years so you will want it to last that long & still be able to play newer games in that period of time.

If you compare the cheapest 7870 tahiti with the cheapest 7950 out at the moment there's not that much difference in price (£175 vs £192).
Obviously you would pay more for a better cooling version.

 

[alienware]

I have to agree with EQ. It's well worth pushing a little harder given the tiny price gap between the 7870LE and the 'real thing' (7950).

 

[jamesriley94]

Also bear in mind, AMD reference coolers are a lot louder then reference Nvidia cards.

My old reference 7950 was horrible.

Look for either a 7870 Tahiti, or 7950 with an non-reference cooler, although if there's nothing you fancy, maybe widen your range to a 660ti or 670 if you could push it.

 

[paulstung]

Over on Overclockers, they have the MSI hd 7950, twin fozer rev2 on offer for £220, last I looked they had 15 left at that price. Just checked 10+ left that is within 20mins.

 

[mrapoc]

ordered the 7870 on aria http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...GBD5-2DHV3E]+++2+FREE+GAMES!+?productId=53474

seems like a sick deal.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Indeed, im sure the cooler will be fine