AMD releases Radeon HD 7970 PCIe 3.0 card

[Phone Man]

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[M1GU31]

sweet that means when i have my money for the xfx hd 6870 it will be cheaper due to these new series coming out hehe nice card seems very powerfull look forward to benchmarks on dx11 games on high resolutions at max settings

 

[paulpicks21]

Been reading a few reviews on it, beats the 580 in pretty much all games and benchmarks.

Looks like its priced at around £440 in the UK so way out of my budget for now Need to get saving.

 

[sygnus21]

One thing about living on a tight budget... you fully appreciate what you have now.

I'll enjoy my 6950 till games force an update.

 

[badger906]

I'm sat happy with my 6950 still. Plays latest games maxed out, so can't see the need for something faster, unless multi monitor setups are needed

Specs are impressive, but unnecessary to most.

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[Wishmaster]

Agreed, going to stick with my 570 for a good while yet.



Still, that new AMD card is certainly impressive.
It also puts AMD as the King for a single GPU for the time being, which is a good thing.

Wonder when Nvidia will release a counter?

 

[sygnus21]

Fortunately I want be doing any upgrades anytime soon but by that time the card will be old news.

 

[smarteyeball]

Wonder when Nvidia will release a counter?

They'd better - the thought of going back to AMD and Cat drivers makes me feel a little

(personal experience preference, not a fanboi war invitation)

And hopefully it's not a rush job like the GTX470/480 was

 

[sygnus21]

Oh come on you know you miss the red team. They're calling your name... smarteye... smarteye... smarteye... we have a new card and driver for you

 

[smarteyeball]

lol, if their call includes promises of headache free drivers I'd reconsider

But judging by this and other scuttlebutt, it won't be soon enough - I'll be sticking with the lesser of two evils for a while yet

(although I did rage buy a 1GB 6950 DCII recently to finish of my 1366 rig when I tried to return a faulty GTX570 and the shop refused to take it back. Aside from the fact it was 2nd hand sold as new and smelt burnt from the get go, they wanted 'proof' The real annoying part is that I haven't been able to replicate the issues, so the 6950 is sitting there as a back up for when the 570 does completely kark it. I actually felt a little dirty buying it )

 

[paulpicks21]

Wonder when Nvidia will release a counter?

From what I have been reading they are aiming for early Q2 2012

 

[sygnus21]

(although I did rage buy a 1GB 6950 DCII recently to finish of my 1366 rig when I tried to return a faulty GTX570 and the shop refused to take it back. Aside from the fact it was 2nd hand sold as new and smelt burnt from the get go, they wanted 'proof' The real annoying part is that I haven't been able to replicate the issues, so the 6950 is sitting there as a back up for when the 570 does completely kark it. I actually felt a little dirty buying it )

Well I'm extremely happy with my 6950 2gig card, and the fact that I flashed it to a 6970 and it's been running like that for about 6 months now. In fact it does me pretty good in Skyrim.

Since moving from 3dfx all I've ever used is ATI single card setups. I don't plan on going crossfire as there are just too many driver issues, even now.

Anyway as long as my single card performs as I need that's all I'll stick with.

 

[Wishmaster]

(although I did rage buy a 1GB 6950 DCII recently to finish of my 1366 rig

You Trader!!! How could you?

 

[smarteyeball]

Since moving from 3dfx all I've ever used is ATI single card setups. I don't plan on going crossfire as there are just too many driver issues, even now.

Anyway as long as my single card performs as I need that's all I'll stick with.

I think the majority of my disdain for Cat drivers was due to multi-GPU setups. It'd probably be a different kettle of fish if I'd have gone back to single AMD cards. But it's hard to shake a few years of frustration

(although I did rage buy a 1GB 6950 DCII recently to finish of my 1366 rig

You Trader!!! How could you?

Lol, sheer frustration and very limited stock options.

(After the 6th 'do you have this in stock then?' and the resulting 'No', I said flap it give me a damn 6950 then. It's still in it's box, unused... )