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Ive just sold my hd7990 and found a used gtx 960 for £90 which i consider buying as a temporary gpu until pascal launches. 

 

should i do it or will pascal not launch right now?

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It will be a VERY big downgrade compared to a 7990.
A normal 7970 is 20% faster by default so you are looking at roughly half the performance of a 7990

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We still have no concrete launch date on Pascal, "rumors" are saying it's still a few months away.  

 

If you plan on using your system while you wait, and actually want to play games, getting a current gen GPU will tide you over til then.

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Pascal will probably launch August or Spetember, Polaris will launch before August.

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37 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It will be a VERY big downgrade compared to a 7990.
A normal 7970 is 20% faster by default so you are looking at roughly half the performance of a 7990

I sold the 7990 because i was able to profit a whole lot of money :)

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35 minutes ago, Lays said:

We still have no concrete launch date on Pascal, "rumors" are saying it's still a few months away.  

 

If you plan on using your system while you wait, and actually want to play games, getting a current gen GPU will tide you over til then.

so a 960 like im going to buy?

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33 minutes ago, Citadelen said:

Pascal will probably launch August or Spetember, Polaris will launch before August.

Okay thanks :)

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Just now, Daniel123dk said:

I sold the 7990 because i was able to profit a whole lot of money :)

In that case, get yourself a 380 and wait for Pascal. Those go for around 164$ for the 4GB PowerColor one

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18 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

In that case, get yourself a 380 and wait for Pascal. Those go for around 164$ for the 4GB PowerColor one

IS the powercolor one then silent? one of the reasons i sold the 7990 for was the noise.

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24 minutes ago, Daniel123dk said:

IS the powercolor one then silent? one of the reasons i sold the 7990 for was the noise.

MSI and Sapphire are the silent ones - it's not 0dB or anything but it should be quieter than the 7990

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