Should I grab this card?

[hero1]

Hey guys. I hope that you're all doing great today. So taking time off work here to quickly check with you what you think about this card from MSI. Should I grab it or not? Link below, it's MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 clocked at 1010MHz. Thanks for the help.

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R7970-2PMD3GD5-OC.html

Cheers
Hero1

 

[toyftw]

Hey guys. I hope that you're all doing great today. So taking time off work here to quickly check with you what you think about this card from MSI. Should I grab it or not? Link below, it's MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 clocked at 1010MHz. Thanks for the help.

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R7970-2PMD3GD5-OC.html

Cheers
Hero1

Hi - a couple of things.

Your system specs. If it isn't sufficient, then what's the point in a 7970.

What's the price of the card you linked? Don't know if it's
a fair deal or not.

 

[toyftw]

Hey guys. I hope that you're all doing great today. So taking time off work here to quickly check with you what you think about this card from MSI. Should I grab it or not? Link below, it's MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 clocked at 1010MHz. Thanks for the help.

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R7970-2PMD3GD5-OC.html

Cheers
Hero1

Hi - a couple of things.

Your system specs. If it isn't sufficient, then what's the point in a 7970.

What's the price of the card you linked? Don't know if it's
a fair deal or not.

 

[siddharthmukul007]

why would you want a 7970 when you have a 670 already....get another 670 instead and sli them.

it would become a different league of a beast altogether

 

[hero1]

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=046195

That's the price. I currently own a 27' Dell as you can see on my specs and I'm planning on adding 2 more and having either 690 in SLI or grab the one I linked (2 of those) 1 now and another later in order to handle gaming at 7680x1440p.

 

[siddharthmukul007]

if you are planning multi monitor....go for the 7970 then.

amd is better than nvidia for multi monitors(way better)

 

[hero1]

why would you want a 7970 when you have a 670 already....get another 670 instead and sli them.

it would become a different league of a beast altogether

I had SLI. I ran into many problems with it in stock settings and OCd settings. Could never play without crashing. Heated up big time even though I have tons of air going through my case and have enough power as you can see so I had to return it. Did all the PCI-E switching and what not and after a night of no sleep I took the other card back. So now I decided I'm going AMD CF or 690 SLI. Crossfire is cheaper and can handle my setup in a month that will have 3*27" Dell monitors (2 more are coming in) running at 7680x1440p.

 

[hero1]

if you are planning multi monitor....go for the 7970 then.

amd is better than nvidia for multi monitors(way better)

That's what I thought. So I get it's better I grab that card, sell this one, get my monitors in and grab another one of the same card. I wish they had the Lightning 7970 up here and amazon is selling it for over $600 which is crazy, amazon.ca that is.

 

[hero1]

What about this: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=045297 I like the cooler on it but I'm not sure about it's OC capabilties.

 

[siddharthmukul007]

you should indeed get the 7970 and sell off the 670.

7970 can oc like a beast....have a good time gaming.

also the included 3gb of vram is best for high resolutions i.e. vs the 2gb per gpu for the 690

 

[hero1]

Well I got to find someone to take my card and then I'll set. No luck on ebay. I'm going to list it for 330. Hope it sells asap.

 

[siddharthmukul007]

that gigabyte card is not bad.....but its cooler is very noisy and not as efficient as it seems.

msi cards are great though


you can also check out ncix

 

[hero1]

They seem to have the Gigabyte on sale at NCIX. This card had the Tom's recommendation award. I plan on replacing that cooler with water block.

 

[Au_equus]

I had SLI. I ran into many problems with it in stock settings and OCd settings. Could never play without crashing. Heated up big time even though I have tons of air going through my case and have enough power as you can see so I had to return it. Did all the PCI-E switching and what not and after a night of no sleep I took the other card back. So now I decided I'm going AMD CF or 690 SLI. Crossfire is cheaper and can handle my setup in a month that will have 3*27" Dell monitors (2 more are coming in) running at 7680x1440p.

You have 2 more 27" monitors and you're looking for a cheaper setup? never seen a benchmark run 3x 1440p resolution before. you can wait for the geforce titan and SLI those. just think what you can do with 6gb of vram and a pair of 512-bit interface.

 

[hero1]

You have 2 more 27" monitors and you're looking for a cheaper setup? never seen a benchmark run 3x 1440p resolution before. you can wait for the geforce titan and SLI those. just think what you can do with 6gb of vram and a pair of 512-bit interface.

I'm looking for a better setup what I had was cheap. The HD 7970 cards in CF will be able to handle the resolution fine. I'm not sure what the price of the Titan will end up being. I currently have a single 27" by dell and I'm planning on getting 2 more. So I'm shopping for cards that will give me better performance. Titan so far is a rumor until proven true. I can hold off on the cards but if I get one now for sale then why not?

 

[siddharthmukul007]

it is always better to wait.....but if you want it really bad.
7970 is not a bad option at all.


huge amount of vram is just a marketing gimmick.

the day is not far when you would have 8-16gigs of vram but you would never require them

 

[hero1]

I might have to play the waiting game and see what the end of this month has to offer. If they titan does come out and they do a review showing what it can do then I'll grab it. Sucks to pass on such deals but there will be more in time. Cheers!

 

[hero1]

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