HD 7950 or HD 7970?

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BroccoliKing

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Alright, I tried google but I cant find any answer to this other than: " buy a new CPU". So, my question is: I have an FX 6300 and I want to upgrade my graphics card soon. Everybody says that an HD 7970 will cause some"bottleneck" which I agree with, but I dont think I fully understand (stupid question warning): does that mean if I get an HD 7970 I will have worse performance in games than with an HD 7950? Or: would I see atleast a few fps more in games (even like 3 fps more would make me happy)
more info: I will not overclock or buy a new CPU (I would if I could but my GA-970a-D3 is not as great as i thought in the beginning, he.) Also no, I will not choose any other graphics cards like the GTX 760/670 or R9 290 or whatever.
Last question: my min. FPS wouldnt change with either of those graphics cards, right?
 
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Now it depends on your preferences.
The system should be able to play even the AAA heavies out there smoothly (with a little careful tuning) at medium/high settings, maybe even very high so if you're happy with the system performance I'll advise you keep your money for the upcoming Christmas/new year period.
Putting in a HD7950 will give games a boost and will help quite a bit with minimum frame rates while allowing you to push the settings all the way up. It will also have the muscle to handle a monitor upgrade in the future (they don't last forever after all).
More than a few will say it will be bottlenecked by the CPU, and this is true, it will, but then I'm looking at a long ownership period and feel the 7950 will still be running...
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Does the system have a card already installed, if so which one?
What is the display resolution?
Bear in mind both these card need a strong power supply to feed them, which one is installed?
The FX6300 isn't that bad as a gaming CPU and the HD7950 is VERY slightly slower than the GTX760 so have a little read here, it may help:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/build-a-pc-fx-6300-overclocking,review-32785.html
For current games, at 1080 resolution, the HD7950 is a good match for your CPU.
 
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Does the system have a card already installed, if so which one?
What is the display resolution?
Bear in mind both these card need a strong power supply to feed them, which one is installed?
The FX6300 isn't that bad as a gaming CPU and the HD7950 is VERY slightly slower than the GTX760 so have a little read here, it may help:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/build-a-pc-fx-6300-overclocking,review-32785.html
For current games, at 1080 resolution, the HD7950 is a good match for your CPU.
EDIT: How did I manage to double post?
 
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BroccoliKing

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haha, I actually managed to double post this question (also an accident). Power supply is not an issue (OCZ ZT 750W), at the moment I have an HD 7850/1GB where I overclocked the core clock to 1GHz and I also overclocked the memory to 1320 MHz.
Now answering the question i hoped would never be asked... I have a 1600x900 monitor.
 
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Now it depends on your preferences.
The system should be able to play even the AAA heavies out there smoothly (with a little careful tuning) at medium/high settings, maybe even very high so if you're happy with the system performance I'll advise you keep your money for the upcoming Christmas/new year period.
Putting in a HD7950 will give games a boost and will help quite a bit with minimum frame rates while allowing you to push the settings all the way up. It will also have the muscle to handle a monitor upgrade in the future (they don't last forever after all).
More than a few will say it will be bottlenecked by the CPU, and this is true, it will, but then I'm looking at a long ownership period and feel the 7950 will still be running smoothly in two years time when a lower card (with 2Gb of memory) will be showing its limitations.
The 7970 is not really suitable, it's too fast and too expensive.
 
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