Hello, and welcome.
Im asking help for upgrading graphic card. I hope you take little time with this one.
Backround story:
I upgraded my old system to this:
p8z77-v pro, i7 2600k, 2x 4Gb Corsair Vengance + Intel 330 SSD. (~700 euros)
Old case, old HDDs in use too, system on the SSD, old Graphics 5770HD 1GB still on use.
After being disappointed by the "oh so great" Lucid Virtu technology, that actually reduces graphical quality of the game rather than boost the game performance in a "SLI" way like I got tought it would, I have come to conclusion that its better to have Lucid Virtu MVP off, and buy new graphic card.
I should have followed the old word of advice thats very true: If its too good to be true, then probably its marketing scam set up by the global market economy in hopes to get your money, and then laugh all the way to the bank to withdrawn it. Reducing graphical quality obviosly increases the performance, but thats not what I want . Now thats said, we can move on.
Im planin to get GTX 660 Ti, GTX 670 or alternative Radeon. Yes I have Radeon right now, and Radeon fanboys, this is your chance to get my head turned to buy Radeon card, possibly 7850 or 7870 if really good graphics and somehow better or advanced quality in graphical sense is there in difference on the hardware when compared to Nvidia alternatives..
I have read Toms Hardware reviews and come to conclusion that these card are excellent choice of... of cards.
Zotac GeForce GTX 670 AMP!
Pricy card, but best 670 out there, however its less pricy than 680, but still quite salty price for my taste, unless someone has excellent points why this specific card should be bought instead of just "normal" Asus GTX670-DC2T-2GD5. And this gets us to...
Asus GTX670-DC2T-2GD5
Excellent silent card with second most best factory overclock. I read the review of all 670 and Im wondering why this card didnt make it to the Recommended buy tittle, and instead it was given to GeForce GTX 670: Gigabyte N670OC-2GD.
Gigabyte N670OC-2GD
Toms Hardware Recommended buy 2012. However, the review didnt open to me how come this card got the "Recommended buy" tittle, its 20€ less in price than DirectCU II, doesnt do that well in the benchmarks either and has noisy fans, no wonder since there is 3 of them. I really dont see the point for the tittle here.
Radeon HD 7950 & Other Radeon cards
Radeon has promised to reduce the prices. But when do they actually come down, and if they do, is it smart to buy card that still bottlenecks the system and causes grey hairs, until upgraded to better one. Also Radeon has very nice idle power consumption but Im not sure how its nvidia has it going on the modern cards.
Radeon HD 7850
Its not really an option, why? Well guess how this thing really works out since from benchmarks you can see clearly that it performs 20-30 FPS less than the other some expensive counterparts. However, Im not going to game crysis 2 with it and it makes me wonder if the benchmark really matters that much, or can it be said that 7850 wouldnt do so well in other games too.
Oh and about the overclocking, Im going with slim overclock, nothing too high. Not touching the MSI overburner or what ever that software is. And also not trying to kill my GPU with furmark, dont see the point. I think better "real world" tests are long gaming session on Battlefield 3 in ultra settings on 1920x1080 resolution on huge 48 or 64 maps. Raise the clocks just 10%, then if it crashes, I can always reduce the clocks little. Ussually GPU overclocks like boss on graphic card but memory usually runs already somewhere close to the max on stock coolers, there is differences on memorys too tho.
Questions are:
Is Zotac 670 AMP! realy worth the extra cost?
Why Gigabyte's 670 card got the Recommended buy tittle instead of giving it to DirectCU II?
How power efficient the Nvidia cards on idle load, and is there any Radeon cards that would give awesome performance but still be worth to buy, instead of just trowing extra 50-100 in and buying nvidia card with greater performance.
What card would you recommend?
-BlizzardGamer
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Reviews read:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-6.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-test-review,3217.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7950-review-benchmark,3207.html
Im asking help for upgrading graphic card. I hope you take little time with this one.
Backround story:
I upgraded my old system to this:
p8z77-v pro, i7 2600k, 2x 4Gb Corsair Vengance + Intel 330 SSD. (~700 euros)
Old case, old HDDs in use too, system on the SSD, old Graphics 5770HD 1GB still on use.
After being disappointed by the "oh so great" Lucid Virtu technology, that actually reduces graphical quality of the game rather than boost the game performance in a "SLI" way like I got tought it would, I have come to conclusion that its better to have Lucid Virtu MVP off, and buy new graphic card.
I should have followed the old word of advice thats very true: If its too good to be true, then probably its marketing scam set up by the global market economy in hopes to get your money, and then laugh all the way to the bank to withdrawn it. Reducing graphical quality obviosly increases the performance, but thats not what I want . Now thats said, we can move on.
Im planin to get GTX 660 Ti, GTX 670 or alternative Radeon. Yes I have Radeon right now, and Radeon fanboys, this is your chance to get my head turned to buy Radeon card, possibly 7850 or 7870 if really good graphics and somehow better or advanced quality in graphical sense is there in difference on the hardware when compared to Nvidia alternatives..
I have read Toms Hardware reviews and come to conclusion that these card are excellent choice of... of cards.
Zotac GeForce GTX 670 AMP!
Pricy card, but best 670 out there, however its less pricy than 680, but still quite salty price for my taste, unless someone has excellent points why this specific card should be bought instead of just "normal" Asus GTX670-DC2T-2GD5. And this gets us to...
Asus GTX670-DC2T-2GD5
Excellent silent card with second most best factory overclock. I read the review of all 670 and Im wondering why this card didnt make it to the Recommended buy tittle, and instead it was given to GeForce GTX 670: Gigabyte N670OC-2GD.
Gigabyte N670OC-2GD
Toms Hardware Recommended buy 2012. However, the review didnt open to me how come this card got the "Recommended buy" tittle, its 20€ less in price than DirectCU II, doesnt do that well in the benchmarks either and has noisy fans, no wonder since there is 3 of them. I really dont see the point for the tittle here.
Radeon HD 7950 & Other Radeon cards
Radeon has promised to reduce the prices. But when do they actually come down, and if they do, is it smart to buy card that still bottlenecks the system and causes grey hairs, until upgraded to better one. Also Radeon has very nice idle power consumption but Im not sure how its nvidia has it going on the modern cards.
Radeon HD 7850
Its not really an option, why? Well guess how this thing really works out since from benchmarks you can see clearly that it performs 20-30 FPS less than the other some expensive counterparts. However, Im not going to game crysis 2 with it and it makes me wonder if the benchmark really matters that much, or can it be said that 7850 wouldnt do so well in other games too.
Oh and about the overclocking, Im going with slim overclock, nothing too high. Not touching the MSI overburner or what ever that software is. And also not trying to kill my GPU with furmark, dont see the point. I think better "real world" tests are long gaming session on Battlefield 3 in ultra settings on 1920x1080 resolution on huge 48 or 64 maps. Raise the clocks just 10%, then if it crashes, I can always reduce the clocks little. Ussually GPU overclocks like boss on graphic card but memory usually runs already somewhere close to the max on stock coolers, there is differences on memorys too tho.
Questions are:
Is Zotac 670 AMP! realy worth the extra cost?
Why Gigabyte's 670 card got the Recommended buy tittle instead of giving it to DirectCU II?
How power efficient the Nvidia cards on idle load, and is there any Radeon cards that would give awesome performance but still be worth to buy, instead of just trowing extra 50-100 in and buying nvidia card with greater performance.
What card would you recommend?
-BlizzardGamer
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reviews read:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-6.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-test-review,3217.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7950-review-benchmark,3207.html