Two question: Wait march?.........

[Arcane]

I have two questions:

Would I be better to wait for the March release of Radeon 8xxx series to be able to buy a new video card?;

How video card for overclock do you recommend geforce gtx 670 or hd 7970, ghz or normal?

My setup is:

I5 3570k (which I plan to buy);
Msi z77a-g45;
Caviar blue 1 tb 64 cache;
Samsung 830 128gb;
X-fi titanium fatality pro;
corsair vengeance 2x4 1600MHz;
xfx pro 550w (which I plan to buy);
Cooler master hyper 612s (I think of buying).

 

[jamesriley94]

I'd buy a better PSU tbh. Maybe something modular? It'll be fine, but just doesn't give much possibility of upgrading in the future.

As for the card - what screen set up are you running?

 

[Arcane]

I have a benq monitor xl2420t. I have not this pc, so I do not know which settings to play with.
However I can say that I try performance in the game, so I look at the fps.

 

[jamesriley94]

From a power perspective - the 7970 would be the one to go for if you have the money.

I'm not sure about how interested you are in the 3D side of things however, but others may be able to shed light on which would be the best for 3D?

 

[Arcane]

I will not use the 3d of monitor

 

[jamesriley94]

7970 then. Maybe the Ghz version if the budget allows - but make sure you get one with a decent aftermarket cooler, cause AMD stock coolers are loud.

 

[MacLeod]

I dont think there is much point in waiting if you need a video card. There are some really good prices on cards these days so you might as well buy now. There is some logic to waiting for the 8000 cards so you can pick up 7000 cards on fire sale. AMD has a good history of dropping their previous generation cards a good bit once the new generation is on retail. Nvidia not so much. Hell the GTX580 is still over $400 which is only $100 less than it was when it was in its prime and its no faster than a $210 7870!

But yeah, if youre needing a video card, nows as good a time as any to buy.

 

[Arcane]

You may also advise the specific model of the hd 7970?

 

[jamesriley94]

Sapphire, Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, HIS - all non-reference cards, and all pretty good really.

 

[Arcane]

But the reference version is more powerful than non-reference?

 

[seumasbeathan]

No not at all, they are the same mostly, the non-reference is just cooler and quieter

 

[iBeInspire]

But the reference version is more powerful than non-reference?

Reference means the cooler is stock/default/rubbish, and it doesn't include any overclocking.

Non-Reference means the company (MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, Etc) has either changed the cooler, PCB, Overclocked the card, or all of the above.

Hope you understand now, Non-Reference card are usually much quieter, cooler and sometimes faster, since the company selling them are free to make improvements

 

[Arcane]

Ok, thank much.

 

[Rich_]

is this march release for 8xxx confirmed?

to OP: i dont see a graphics card in that. At least get a 5770 to hold u over.