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MSI 760 HAWK 2gb

Lyons
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Anyone got one? My 7950 died and I've been issued a store credit - the MSI 760 HAWK is equal in price. Has a backplate, great cooler, huge factory OC and doesn't have the silly power connector positioning that 760's usually have. The only thing I'm concerned about is the 2gb memory... I game on a 2560x1440 monitor... With the big OC and OC potential it should outperform the 7950 I had.

 

I would 'wait for the 7xxx series', but I need a GPU now! I haven't had one since I sent my 7950 in for RMA over a month ago  :P Also, I don't really have any money to use the store credit plus some extra for a 770, beggars can't be choosers...

 

Anyone have one? How do you like it? Anyone have one of the MSI 760 gaming editions?

 

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When it came out I read a review on it and damn did it make me wish I could trade my 7950 for one haha but I can't comment on the vram situation, I haven't looked at any benchmarks for how much ram games are using these days, especially at 1440p. Your best bet might just be to get another 7950 if that is an option.

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I want to say the 2 gigs of RAM is fine, but might want to wait on a more definitive answer... 

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Why don't you go with a 7950 again since it has 3gb of vram unlike the gtx 760 which only has 2gb of vram?

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