APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: In 3 weeks or 4 BUDGET RANGE: $440 USD at most
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Photoshop and Adobe After Effects, 3DS Max, and Bitcoin mining
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Nvidia GTS 450, Corsair TX750 V2
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: i5 2500k OC'd @ 4.5GHz, ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3, Kingston HyperX 8GB, and CM690 II Case.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, but I will consider other sites. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States, Arkansas
PARTS PREFERENCES: None
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I would like the card to remain cool and have a good warranty. I would like to run Battlefield 3 at Ultra (if possible), Bad Company 2 at the highest, Modded Skyrim, and Modded GTA IV (The ENB Graphics Mod).
I'm trying to decide between these two cards:
SAPPHIRE 100352OCSR Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
ASUS GTX670-DC2T-2GD5 GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
I hear that the 7900 series cards are great overclockers, which is why the 7950 intrigues me. Also the 3GB may be useful for when I play modded Skyrim. But I also hear that Nvidia has better drivers than AMD does. Also the GTX 670 fares better in the games I play the most.
And also for my photoshop, AAE, and 3DS Max, which would fare better for these uses? Nvidia or AMD?
Thank you for your time and Cheers!
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Photoshop and Adobe After Effects, 3DS Max, and Bitcoin mining
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Nvidia GTS 450, Corsair TX750 V2
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: i5 2500k OC'd @ 4.5GHz, ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3, Kingston HyperX 8GB, and CM690 II Case.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, but I will consider other sites. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States, Arkansas
PARTS PREFERENCES: None
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I would like the card to remain cool and have a good warranty. I would like to run Battlefield 3 at Ultra (if possible), Bad Company 2 at the highest, Modded Skyrim, and Modded GTA IV (The ENB Graphics Mod).
I'm trying to decide between these two cards:
SAPPHIRE 100352OCSR Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
ASUS GTX670-DC2T-2GD5 GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
I hear that the 7900 series cards are great overclockers, which is why the 7950 intrigues me. Also the 3GB may be useful for when I play modded Skyrim. But I also hear that Nvidia has better drivers than AMD does. Also the GTX 670 fares better in the games I play the most.
And also for my photoshop, AAE, and 3DS Max, which would fare better for these uses? Nvidia or AMD?
Thank you for your time and Cheers!