Oh the troubles of a new GPU generation...

[Dani]

So i am looking for a new graphics card... Yep i know this is the part of it where people cringe at what i'm saying and what choices i will make. Which is why i came here, i couldn't find a topic for it but there you go.

 

So i want a GPU that hits a top end budget of Nvidia 680 money (About £400) please bear in mind i am only looking for a single card. I do not want to be bothering with the whole SLI/CF situations. 

 

I am open to both Nvidia and AMD card suggestions.

 

So here is the really hard part, i mainly play games such as BF3/Crysis/CounterStrike so FPS matters to me. The main reason for my upgrade is to be able to get a solid amount of frames when Battlefield 4 hits and my AMD radeon 7770 just won't cut it. 

So the options are very wide and as you can probably tell from the title one of the very valid options is to wait for something such as a Nvidia GTX 770 however would it be worth the extra £100 for a possible downgrade?

 

I will leave the opinions to you guys seen as you seem to know what your on about, Thanks anyway!  ^_^ 

[WoodenMarker]

Are you doing any rendering/editing?

If not, get the 7950.

Otherwise, get the 680.

[911^NEmeSis]

I think it would be a good idea to wait until the NV GTX 7XX series is completely released to evaluate your options. At the moment if the pricing is right, I would probably go with a GTX770 judging how it's apparently a 680 anyways.

[mgsstar]

Are you doing any rendering/editing?

If not, get the 7950.

Otherwise, get the 680.

The HIS IceQ X2 7970 is also a good card because this cooler performs great in overclocking.

[WoodenMarker]

The HIS IceQ X2 7970 is also a good card because this cooler performs great in overclocking.

Or save $100 and get a 7950.

[mgsstar]

Or save $100 and get a 7950.

Yea that is also a good idea because cards like the HIS IceQ X2 7950 and the MSI Twin Frozr 3 7950 can be overclocked to beat the reference 7970.

[tabuburn]

7950 or 7970. You can't go wrong either way. Get the Boost Edition (7950) or Gigahertz Edition (7970) ones since they tend to be the better binned ones. As for which brand, MSI or Sapphire are my favorites.

[SkilledRebuilds]

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[SkilledRebuilds]

Are you doing any rendering/editing?

If not, get the 7950.

Otherwise, get the 680.

Why oh why do people keep saying "for rendering/editing" get Nvidia for CUDA, there are just as many Opencl (AMD) platforms for rendering and editing.

Before misinforming him with a "generalization of historical software uses", tell him most of the current softwares out today (and there's a LOT more than 3 software groups that people do not know about) support both Cuda/Opencl platforms, but its program dependent and his choice to use whatever he wants, not what the "masses" approve of.

 

+1 to the 7950, it plays all the games you mentioned with high frame rates, and a better cost for the performance you get.

[WoodenMarker]

The HIS IceQ X2 7970 is also a good card because this cooler performs great in overclocking.

Yeah but the 7950 is the better bang for the buck. When both overclocked, the 7950 and 7970 are quite close in performance.

[Nit3Rid3R]

a 7950 has great value for the price you pay, and can overclock like a beast (deepening who's card you get). But if you need the editing power from the Cuda cores, then you will have to look into a GTX 680. 

[xAcid9]

I wonder why nobody recommending the 670. Its not much slower than 680 but at much lower price. (at least in my country)

[techie]

I'd wait for non-reference cards / amd's next gen to show up before making any decisions personally.

[tabuburn]

If the rumors of a $400 price surrounding the upcoming GTX 770 is true and you can wait a bit, it might be a good option as well.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/20858-geforce-gtx-770-specifications-leaked-could-surprise-with-pricing/

[TechFan@ic]

I would probably recommend getting an HD 7950 & overclocking it, the three models that I would recommend are the Sapphire Dual-X, the MSI Twinfrozr III & the HIS IceQ X2, when those are overclocked they offer the same performance level of a 7970 Ghz Edition for 100$ less, then I would spend that 100$ on an SSD to reduce load times in BF3.
You also get Crysis 3, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, Tomb Raider & Bioshock Infinite with any 7900 series graphics card, so if you haven't played some of the included games that's a plus, if you have played some of them you can sell them on reddit.

The GTX 770 is coming out tomorrow & depending on the price & performance of that card it might be a toss up between it & the 7970 Ghz, but you only get one game with the card, all be it a good game, Metro Last Light.

[Dani]

Thanks for all the replies guys. The general reply was wait and see what the GTX 770 brings to the table. One thing i am not too comfortable with is overclocking the GPU. Longevity of the card is also very important to me. Thanks again!