conundrum!! HD 7850 or CF 6970 for new IVB build?

[Upgrade_Itch]

Buying the latest cpu? Always buy the newer gpu architecture if money permits.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Buying the latest cpu? Always buy the newer gpu architecture if money permits.

CPUs are more imp than you think

 

[Raswan]

CPUs are more imp than you think

Says who? For gaming, at least, GPUs have been way more important for at least three years. Plus, if you bought the flagship i7 the same time I shelled out for my i5-760 (2 years ago) even for his video stuff there's not that much a difference (save power and heat). CPUs are not nearly as important for the mainstream enthusiast/gamer as GPUs are.

 

[Jaydip]

Says who? For gaming, at least, GPUs have been way more important for at least three years. Plus, if you bought the flagship i7 the same time I shelled out for my i5-760 (2 years ago) even for his video stuff there's not that much a difference (save power and heat). CPUs are not nearly as important for the mainstream enthusiast/gamer as GPUs are.

Depends on game.If u are a strategy gamer u need a good cpu.IIRC witcher 2 is also very dependent on cpu.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you actually play on a good CPU then you won't be able to go back to a crappy CPU. PERIOD It makes a huge difference. And overclocking persay doesn't make much difference to the experience, at least nothing compared to the architecture and core. No matter how high you overclock A i7 880, the experience will be worse than a 2600k or perhaps even 2500k at stock.

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

CPUs are more imp than you think

You discounting a FSB oc vs a mere multiplier oc?

I'll take a BCLK (fsb) oc anyday.

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

Any nitwit can oc via multi

 

[aaksheytalwar]

You cant do fsb oc with SB anyway, so it is pointless now neither with ivy

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

Thats why I bought neither. If Haswell is different I'll buy it, if not I'll wait for an AMD cpu.

 

[Jaydip]

You discounting a FSB oc vs a mere multiplier oc?

I'll take a BCLK (fsb) oc anyday.

Why?

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

Depends on game.If u are a strategy gamer u need a good cpu.IIRC witcher 2 is also very dependent on cpu.

Agree, although an increasing percentage of games are gpu rather then cpu dependent.

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

Why?

Its more of a challenge, yields better results. I know first gen SB are less efficient.

You have to consider mem timings, vtt volts, vdimm volts, ratios, pll volts and vcore.

 

[Jaydip]

Its more of a challenge, yields better results. I know first gen SB are less efficient.

You have to consider mem timings, vtt volts, vdimm volts, ratios, pll volts and vcore.

The challenge part i agree,but better results not so much.Also making a thing more accessible isn't necessarily bad.

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

CPUs are more imp than you think

I believe you misunderstood what I implied. I didn't try to get the OP to buy a new GPU rather then a new CPU.

What I intended my message to mean is that IF you are buying the latest cpu anyways buy the latest generation of gpu to accompany it.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

I believe you misunderstood what I implied. I didn't try to get the OP to buy a new GPU rather then a new CPU.

What I intended my message to mean is that IF you are buying the latest cpu anyways buy the latest generation of gpu to accompany it.

Agreed. But isn't he with a first gen i3?

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

Maybe I misinterpreted? I read this:

System Specifications:

I. Processor/CPU: Core i7 3770K
II. Current Graphics Card: -N/A-
III. Display Resolution: (24&#8221 1920 x 1200 AND (19&#8221 1280x1024
Samsung 24" 245BW / Dell Ultrasharp 19"

IV. Power Supply Unit specifications: Corsair 620W HX
V. Case Specifications: P180

So I thought if he already has a new IB why not buy the latest gpu, GTX 600 series or AMD 7000 series....

The last 12 posts or so we ended up in sidetrack hell, lol.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Ya, he should get gtx 670 custom Then

 

[Arcube]

Thank you very much for your help.

So my build would be

Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe or Pro
Intel Core i7 3770K
Gskill 32gb (4x8gb)
XFX Radeon Double D 7850


I do not think I will ever need 32gb of ram but it is cheap right now so I would max out on it and hopefully adobe can suck up as much as possible.

Thanks again for all your help

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

XFX is not the brand I'd buy (MSI, Asus or Sapphire)

 

[Don Karnage]

STAY AWAY from XFX

 

[Jaydip]

XFX is absolute crap.

 

[3DVagabond]

XFX is not the brand I'd buy (MSI, Asus or Sapphire)

STAY AWAY from XFX

XFX is absolute crap.

Don't hold back guys. Tell us how you really feel.

I understand your concern, guys. You do need to pick these cards carefully. Some models are built on budget boards. XFX is one of the brands that does that. It's one of XFX's top sku's with lifetime warr. It's not going to be built on a budget board. OP wants dual DVI and that's the card that has it.

A possible con is I can't find where anyone has O/C'd it with voltage. Every review easily maxes out CCC, but that's only 1050MHz. I'd want to find out for sure if it can be overvolted and clock beyond CCC limits, myself. Leaving too much performance on the table.

 

[Jaydip]

Every company does some cost cutting measures here and there but for XFX they have taken it to a different level altogether.They have x cards for the same model and u have to pick out a letter "A","B","C"... among them to distinguish.They use cheaper components in their boards.

 

[Upgrade_Itch]

In every review/ video card comparison I've seen the XFX is the hottest card. This limits its ability to oc. And lets be clear, if you aren't going to oc your card and you are buying AMD's 7000 series YOU HAVE RIPPED YOURSELF OFF.