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| 31 May 2014 12:02 PM |
So I currently have a GTX 760 and an A10 6800k.
I want to get an i7.
But I found a 7970 gpu for $194.
Should I save money and just get the 7970? I figured since it's AMD I'll only get a 10 frame bottleneck tops. How much of a bottleneck will I notice? |
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| 31 May 2014 12:04 PM |
here is what you should do
1. stop wasting money on a gpu that is probably worse then the one you have now
2. get a processor that isn't garbage
3. profit |
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| 31 May 2014 12:05 PM |
| Stick with the GTْْْء,I think you should go for an FX 8350(Not sure it's called 350 though) |
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| 31 May 2014 12:06 PM |
| Honestly, stick with the 760, but possibly upgrade your cpu to a 760k |
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| 31 May 2014 12:06 PM |
There isn't a point in upgrading a GTX760 to a 7970. Yours is a little under powered, and a CPU upgrade would be way better. You need a new motherboard with the CPU.
I've got TM87 |
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| 31 May 2014 12:10 PM |
| Yours is a little bit underpowered, but theres no reason to waste money for another upgrade, you should just stick with the GTX 760 |
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| 31 May 2014 12:13 PM |
@Poni 760k and 6800k are same performance
I'm going to get the 7970. I don't do anything CPU intensive. I'll also overclock the CPU. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:15 PM |
If you're going to be doing GPU mining, get a amd card. If not, get an nvidia. Seriously. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:15 PM |
Yeah.
I play BF4 and stuff like that. Nothing too CPU intensive.
You've also got to remember about mantle. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:20 PM |
@Zang if you are doing GPU mining, you go with a butterfly labs card. seriously AMD can't touch them for the price.
(Ex: their 10 GH/s miner costs 248 dollars Their 1TerraHash (1000 GH/S) is 3k but that is crazy fast. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:20 PM |
"You've also got to remember about mantle." You've also got to remember that the majority of gamers use nvidia cards, meaning games are more optimized for them. If you have a GTX 760, you're set. Keep it. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:24 PM |
7970 is an amazing card Zang.
Don't fanboy over one company. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:25 PM |
"Don't fanboy over one company." Don't get rid of a card that's absolutely fine at the moment |
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| 31 May 2014 12:26 PM |
@Stick Honestly, Zang is right
As nice as the 7970 is, it takes more power, more heat, and with the way it's going, needs more optimization these days |
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| 31 May 2014 12:26 PM |
I'm selling it for a better card.
It's actually not fine atm, I get a bottleneck. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:28 PM |
| Stick with your current card, your problem is the CPU. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:28 PM |
"It's actually not fine atm, I get a bottleneck." It's a GTX 760. Are you a 120 Hz gamer?
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| 31 May 2014 12:29 PM |
Side note a 760 will normally perform at par with a 7970 when gaming, mainly due to Nvidia drivers being a bit less choppy. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:31 PM |
Poni, that's so false.
A 7970 performs far better than a 760. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:35 PM |
BF3 Bioshock infinate Civilization 5
All of which saw near identical benchmark figures yo |
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| 31 May 2014 12:35 PM |
7970 pulls far ahead in COMPUTE performance not in gaming, however. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:36 PM |
BF4 is a huge gap.
I can get an i5 in August. |
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| 31 May 2014 12:38 PM |
| AMD doesn't have cuda or physx. |
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