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7950 to ???

Bushwicktrini

Bushwicktrini

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As the title says what card would be a good upgrade from a 7950 my cpu is a 3770 and game are Mordor and Witcher 3 monitor is 1920 x 1200
 
GTX 970

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Strange, the forum auto-corrects to initial capital letter (I wrote GTX and it displayed Gtx).
 
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$240 XFX R9 290 with lifetime warranty. Coupon code ends June 26th.

After-market 290 = reference 290X. Can't beat the value.

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NTMBK said:
Meh, nothing. Wait for 14nm.
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That's probably at least 12 months wait for 970/980 successors. Is he really going to wait that long on a 7950 when he wants more performance in the two games he mentioned right now?
 
Aftermarket R9 290s are all over the lot with upped vcore/memory. My Sapphire Tri-X R9 290s are 1000 core/ 1300 memory.
 
I've also been tempted to upgrade to a 290/290x from a 7950 (thanks Russian!) but I don't have any real need. I play at 1920x1080 and mostly games that are 1-5 years old. All of them run at the highest or at least high settings.

I'm a sucker for a good deal - which the 290 is - but I think I'm better off waiting.
 
brandonmatic said:
I've also been tempted to upgrade to a 290/290x from a 7950 (thanks Russian!) but I don't have any real need. I play at 1920x1080 and mostly games that are 1-5 years old. All of them run at the highest or at least high settings.

I'm a sucker for a good deal - which the 290 is - but I think I'm better off waiting.
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Agreed with you on that , I rather play old games I haven't finish/play yet and wait for the new titles to be 75 off :awe:
 
Bushwicktrini said:
As the title says what card would be a good upgrade from a 7950 my cpu is a 3770 and game are Mordor and Witcher 3 monitor is 1920 x 1200
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Im in the same situation with almost the same hardware (3770K + ASUS DC II HD7950) but 1080p 120Hz monitor.

I was looking for a custom 290 but now im looking at the MSI R9 390 Gaming. It is faster than 290X and GTX970, it has 8GB ram, lower power consumption with a custom Large PCB and very quiet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7874&cm_re=msi_r9_390\-_-14-127-874-_-Product
 
AtenRa said:
Im in the same situation with almost the same hardware (3770K + ASUS DC II HD7950) but 1080p 120Hz monitor.

I was looking for a custom 290 but now im looking at the MSI R9 390 Gaming. It is faster than 290X and GTX970, it has 8GB ram, lower power consumption with a custom Large PCB and very quiet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7874&cm_re=msi_r9_390\-_-14-127-874-_-Product
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IMO the 8GB of VRAM isn't all that big of a deal, since at the settings which would consume more than 4GB of VRAM the 390 would choke due to the core not being fast enough.
 
Headfoot said:
IMO the 8GB of VRAM isn't all that big of a deal, since at the settings which would consume more than 4GB of VRAM the 390 would choke due to the core not being fast enough.
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I dont expect you will need 8GB but it is way better to have them than only have 3.5+ 0.5GB on the GTX 970.
Except of the Memory capacity, at the same price the MSI 390 Gaming is faster than both 290X and GTX 970.
 
AtenRa said:
Im in the same situation with almost the same hardware (3770K + ASUS DC II HD7950) but 1080p 120Hz monitor.

I was looking for a custom 290 but now im looking at the MSI R9 390 Gaming. It is faster than 290X and GTX970, it has 8GB ram, lower power consumption with a custom Large PCB and very quiet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7874&cm_re=msi_r9_390\-_-14-127-874-_-Product
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That seems like a good option - or the ASUS 290x at $299 with a $30 MIR. I think the 390s are shaping up nicely. Good price and good performance that's faster than both the 290x and the 970.
 
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