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What about a 670?
 

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Dont get a 7870 with a new haswell system, get a card that will push games, unless your happy with medium settings in a years time

Pretty sure that a OCed 7870 is on par more or less with an HD 7950. A great way to get HD 7950 class performance is to buy an OC HD 7870 or an HD 7870 XT imo.

 

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Would get a HD 7950 and OC the hell out of it. I don't really see much of a performance boost of the HD 7970 for the extra $80-100+

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Gigabyte HD 7870 1100Mhz is the fastest and has the best cooler.

 

THIS. I own one, and on the gigabyte cooler I run at 1250 mhz under 70 degrees. IMO it's as good as a watercooling loop (I can't push it further because I don't want to push the voltage anymore.)

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THIS. I own one, and on the gigabyte cooler I run at 1250 mhz under 70 degrees. IMO it's as good as a watercooling loop (I can't push it further because I don't want to push the voltage anymore.)

It is as good as liquid and silent. You are right you have hit the architectural outer limit with that ultra high OC and water will do nothing but maybe drop the temp depending on the size of the loop.

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Have to agree here. Anywho get a HD 7950 and with the money you have saved you can roll in it :D

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Pretty sure that a OCed 7870 is on par more or less with an HD 7950. A great way to get HD 7950 class performance is to buy an OC HD 7870 or an HD 7870 XT imo.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_radeon_hd_7870_oc_review,2.html

nah i wouldnt bother, were stepping into new series so id get as much performance as affordable

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What would be the best 7870?

the best 7870 is the powercolor myst 7870.

 

its a 7950 basically. they use the tahiti le chip i believe which means better performance than any other 7870.

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I don't see a reason to buy a 7870. Get a 7950. I have one and it runs everything without any problems. Also since there is no official news of when 8/9xxx series cards are going to be released might as well get a great card now.

7870 myst cards get 7950 performance for significantly less cash. that is the only real feasible option. especially since amd's new lineup is coming in around november.

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7870 myst cards get 7950 performance for significantly less cash. that is the only real feasible option. especially since amd's new lineup is coming in around november.

There has been no official news has there? Otherwise I have missed a big chunk of news

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There has been no official news has there? Otherwise I have missed a big chunk of news

you kind of have. 9000 are releasing this year. its in the news section somewhere as a quote by an executive.

 

it makes sense. amd's fab is already ahead of schedule so they just didn't want to bother with the 8000 series because it wasn't going to give enough improvements.

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you kind of have. 9000 are releasing this year. its in the news section somewhere as a quote by an executive.

 

it makes sense. amd's fab is already ahead of schedule so they just didn't want to bother with the 8000 series because it wasn't going to give enough improvements.

 

I have been using my tablet the whole day so I must have missed it :P Anywho, Over 9000

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nah i wouldnt bother, were stepping into new series so id get as much performance as affordable

That has to do with what ? New series will not make games any harder to run than they already are LOL. The 7870 is a great vale now and it will be an even better value later when the new overpriced cards launch.

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Well then if you can wait it out get the 9950/9970 XD

i'd personally get 2 9870's. amd already has one driver to fix stuttering, there is radeonpro, and it will be better than "ermagerd titan". i know the 7870's my gf has get like... 30% better performance than my old 7970ghz and it costs the same.

 

its totally the way to go.

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That has to do with what ? New series will not make games any harder to run than they already are LOL. The 7870 is a great vale now and it will be an even better value later when the new overpriced cards launch.

exactly new series will make games "easier" to run, ever heard if cards getting old LOL

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That has to do with what ? New series will not make games any harder to run than they already are LOL. The 7870 is a great vale now and it will be an even better value later when the new overpriced cards launch.

You need to realise that value is value, performance is a different game altogether. Some people can pay more for cards than budget gamers

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You need to realise that value is value, performance is a different game altogether. Some people can pay more for cards than budget gamers

It's not about money it's about bang for the buck. Mid range always represent the best bang for the buck and the high end commands a price premium for small gains over the mid range example HD 7870 OC to HD 7950 and from HD 7950 to HD 7970 are very small gains for $100 bucks but the same money offer much larger gains going from an HD 7850 to HD 7870 for $100 and the HD 7770 to HD 7850 is even larger gains.

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It's not about money it's about bang for the buck. Mid range always represent the best bang for the buck and the high end commands a price premium for small gains over the mid range example HD 7870 OC to HD 7950 and from HD 7950 to HD 7970 are very small gains for $100 bucks but the same money offer much larger gains going from an HD 7850 to HD 7870 for $100 and the HD 7770 to HD 7850 is even larger gains.

bang for buck is money, some people want to max out all the games and not buy a value card. Its boring

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bang for buck is money, some people want to max out all the games and not buy a value card. Its boring

Most people don't buy high end. I used to but that was when you could get a brand new launch highest end HD Radeon for $300. Price has gone up but you are also getting less relative performance for the money. Now in days I bought the same amount of performance for $150 which cost me $600 back in 09 for the same performance. $600 today buys a whole lot less performance than it did back in 2009.

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