How is the VisionTek 7870

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kiaconcepts

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I got the Geforce GTX 650TI and Crysis 3 for my bday now I find out out that this card sux for this game How is the VisionTek 7870 with Crysis 3 anybody have experience? I ll take back the 650ti and get the Visontek 7870 ?
 
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What exactly do you mean by "this card sux for this game"? What are you trying to do but can't? What kind of performance are you expecting?

The 7870 will give you high settings at about 30fps. And that's probably with some OC.
 
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Dravonic said:
What exactly do you mean by "this card sux for this game"? What are you trying to do but can't? What kind of performance are you expecting?

The 7870 will give you high settings at about 30fps. And that's probably with some OC.
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Oh well I wanna get a good gaming expericce people are saying that my card isnt good enough to play Crysis 3 ?? So I was gonna take it back and get something else was thinking ATI because you get more bang for the buck ????
 
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I have the Eyefinity 6 versions on 3 a work boxes. Two OC to 1100, one to 1050 on the cores. Can't complain.

The one you linked is just a reference one but as far as a brand, I don't have any issues with Visiontek.


Surprisingly, they are WAY more quiet under load than both my Powercolor Myst and Powercolor Vortex with their "aftermarket" coolers.
 
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kiaconcepts said:
Oh well I wanna get a good gaming expericce people are saying that my card isnt good enough to play Crysis 3 ?? So I was gonna take it back and get something else was thinking ATI because you get more bang for the buck ????
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I think the problem with asking if your card is good enough to play crysis 3 is that you need to have one of the top cards to play that game. My 7950 at 1080p won't get a constant 60fps at max settings. The game looks beautiful at high settings though and also if you want to turn down some AA and run it at max. If you're good with making minimal sacrifices such as those listed, or running at slightly lower frames, then you shouldn't have trouble with a 7870 (especially after some overclocking). The 650ti is definitely worse than you could do. Also do you have to get it from betbuy? There are much better deals than what you linked.
 
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Greenlepricon said:
I think the problem with asking if your card is good enough to play crysis 3 is that you need to have one of the top cards to play that game. My 7950 at 1080p won't get a constant 60fps at max settings. The game looks beautiful at high settings though and also if you want to turn down some AA and run it at max. If you're good with making minimal sacrifices such as those listed, or running at slightly lower frames, then you shouldn't have trouble with a 7870 (especially after some overclocking). The 650ti is definitely worse than you could do. Also do you have to get it from betbuy? There are much better deals than what you linked.
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I got a Giftcard for my bday so I am limited :(
 
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Ah well if you have to get it from the store then it's still cheaper in a way :thumbsup: My opinion is go for it unless you can find something better. I don't see anything better from bestbuy so what you found seems like a good deal to me.
 
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kiaconcepts said:
I was thinking about this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814129229
Its @ BestBUy http://www.bestbuy.com/site/VisionTe...&skuId=5390136

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I assume you are stuck getting it at Best Buy because that's where your other card comes from? That's too bad because their price and selection are poor. That Visiontek is the best AMD card they carry, and at $295 it's too much money. You could get a 7950 for that. THIS 660ti would probably be a better option.


Here's a comparison from Guru3D. 660ti does quite well. It doesn't seem to be limited by it's narrower memory bandwidth in Crysis 3.
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Edit: Looking at relative performance for AMD cards, it looks like they've got some driver work to do, yet. We can only go by what's in front of us though, and that makes the 660ti the best option in your situation.
 
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3DVagabond said:
I assume you are stuck getting it at Best Buy because that's where your other card comes from? That's too bad because their price and selection are poor. That Visiontek is the best AMD card they carry, and at $295 it's too much money. You could get a 7950 for that. THIS 660ti would probably be a better option.


Here's a comparison from Guru3D. 660ti does quite well. It doesn't seem to be limited by it's narrower memory bandwidth in Crysis 3.
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Edit: Looking at relative performance for AMD cards, it looks like they've got some driver work to do, yet. We can only go by what's in front of us though, and that makes the 660ti the best option in your situation.
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ok maybe ill get the 660ti its on sale and i think i did see it in store last time i was there? I do pricematch with newegg now so ill get it for $269 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&skuId=6819757 or would the PNY one be fine??
 
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He was stuck with Bestbuy. They didn't have anything higher than the 7870 listed and it was ~$300. I had suggested a cheaper Pny card, but he must have preferred the EVGA.
 
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kiaconcepts

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they didnt have a 7870 in store i guess well not at that location might try some others this week? This card is only sold @ Exclusively for Best Buy so no price matching :( The cs girl tried to get me a good price no go on that oh well I try it and see how it goes allot better card than what I had so thats a good thing :)
 
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I would try and get one of the 660 Ti cards. Any model should work fine. Don't expect full 60 FPS throughout the game, especially in the first level, but after that you should still be able to pull 30-40fps at high/very high settings.

What is the rest of your computer? If the rest of the computer isn't up to spec, you wouldn't be able to use the video card fully anyway.
 
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kiaconcepts

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Eureka said:
I would try and get one of the 660 Ti cards. Any model should work fine. Don't expect full 60 FPS throughout the game, especially in the first level, but after that you should still be able to pull 30-40fps at high/very high settings.

What is the rest of your computer? If the rest of the computer isn't up to spec, you wouldn't be able to use the video card fully anyway.
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I would be happy with 30-40 at high/very high :)

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You're good to go. With a 660 Ti/7870, you probably will have to lower settings for the first mission (there's some strange bugs that cause FPS to drop, the rope mainly). Other than that, you should be able to run very high for the rest of the game, and if not that, mostly high and very high mix of settings. I would go with whichever card you can find cheaper, which looks to be the PNY 660 Ti.
 
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kiaconcepts

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what is a good program for benchmark fps? What was used for the Crysis 3 Benchmark Test?
 
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