What determines the worthiness of the card?

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randallwarhart

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Hi all! I am fairly new to the world of PC, please be merciful with the replies

I have read that on choosing a GPU, it is not only the clock memory / core clock that matters, it has something to do with like shaders/ other stuffs.

It would be great if someone could and would explain the different components that is needed to make integral decisions on purchasing graphics cards.

Wouldn't mind if its lengthy! :pt1cable:

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Randy
 
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Even one of those would get you by for quite some time. In maybe a year or so, you could add a 2nd card and get a few more years out of the setup.

I'm running a single 7950 with an i5-4570 and so far it's been able to handle anything I throw at it on ultra at 1080p.

A friend of mine was running dual GTX 460's with an i7-920 up until recently. He was able to play anything on ultra at 1080p as well without much trouble. Just goes to show how long a setup like that can potentially last you. :)
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price/performance pretty much is it. around $120 you hit the sweet spot of the most performance for the least price. That sweet spot is basically from the 650ti BOOST/hd 7850 at $120 to the HD7950 at $200... once you get past $200 the performance for the cash paid off drops off pretty quickly... with the last viable option at $270 with the HD7970... after that you'll see miniscule gains in performance and massive gains in price.
 
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It's like buying a car you have the Ford Focus on the low end and a Ferrari on the other. How fast you want to go is directly proportionate to how much you want to spend. Core clocks and memory clocks don't mean as much these days as frame rates, benchmarks, power consumption and heat properties because it's easy to bump up the clocks with software. The thing you need to ask yourself first is what are going to use the gpu for. if you are just going to be a casual internet browser for email, facebook and such then any old card will do. If you are a gamer then it's comes down to budget and my first statement.
 
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I am using it for intensive gaming, and i would want my card to last at least 3-4 years from now for games, on maxed settings. Would it be too much to ask from cards like 680 / 7970? (if i SLI / Xfire them)
 
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Even one of those would get you by for quite some time. In maybe a year or so, you could add a 2nd card and get a few more years out of the setup.

I'm running a single 7950 with an i5-4570 and so far it's been able to handle anything I throw at it on ultra at 1080p.

A friend of mine was running dual GTX 460's with an i7-920 up until recently. He was able to play anything on ultra at 1080p as well without much trouble. Just goes to show how long a setup like that can potentially last you. :)
 
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