Sapphire 6970 2gb burn out, replacement?

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Alrighty so awhile back i had great help from you guys on choosing the right video card to replace this with, however money's gotten tight due all sorts of stuff.

anyways,

I was wondering if there was any way to replace the fans on the video card. Here's why:

Made a regrettable decision to play Watchdogs (back when it launched) using the 6970, was actually working quite well for a few hours, however due to the optimization issues (which is what i read is the likely cause to my burn out since Far Cry 3, Battlefield 3, and Crisis' didn't give me issues) my video card burned out, i could smell it after my pc shut down and i stuck my face in there lol...

Now, I believe its just the fan that's toasted but the card itself is fine, reason being is I took it out of my anti-static bag today, and I thought maybe by some small chance it still works, and whaddaya know, it does! however it shut off after about...3-5minutes?...my guess is, its just the fan thats toasted and not the gfx-board itself!

soooo I was wondering if it's worth replacing with something like this, my sapphire 2gb 6970 is originally a SINGLE fan edition not the dual fan edition!

http://www.arctic.ac/worldwide_en/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html or the 3 fan one?


all suggestions are greatly appreciated!

thanks
 
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well the r9-280 has been in the sweet spot for price/performance for almost 2 years now (previously it was known as the 7950); in pure gaming terms it's about 40%-50% stronger then your old 6970. The r9-280x has come down a lot in price as well, that's going for well under 300 these days, and that would be another +10-15% better then the r9-280...

either of them will be about the same power draw on your system. I'm currently using an MSI Gaming r9-280x, fantastic card, very quiet and strong.

If you don't want to update the card, that arctic accelero will work fine on your old card.
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are the non X series for the r9 worth it? my 6970 has lasted me quite awhile (since launch) with many games running at max or almost max.

I don't plan on playing on higher than 1080p, until OLED tvs are 4k and affordable lol and my monitors never exceed 27" @ 1080 either.

So would upgrading to the r9-280 allow me to play most AAA games at max/ultra?
 
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well the r9-280 has been in the sweet spot for price/performance for almost 2 years now (previously it was known as the 7950); in pure gaming terms it's about 40%-50% stronger then your old 6970. The r9-280x has come down a lot in price as well, that's going for well under 300 these days, and that would be another +10-15% better then the r9-280...

either of them will be about the same power draw on your system. I'm currently using an MSI Gaming r9-280x, fantastic card, very quiet and strong.

If you don't want to update the card, that arctic accelero will work fine on your old card.
 
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oi... you're in toronto? you might have some luck taking a trip to buffalo, though the price of gas might outweigh the savings from going stateside.

Looks like the price of the r9-280 in toronto is about identical to the price of the r9-280x in the USA. so it might be worth the trip
 
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haha maybe ill give that a shot. my buddies and I did wanna do a road trip before college starts up again.
 
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Take in a Bills game... or see a sabre's vs leafs game... sabres are gonna be terrible this year so you guys should spank 'em.
 
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