And search out the Catalyst 12.2 drivers - they actually support the HD7970 (yet to receive WHQL, but I haven't encountered any issues).
LordRork
Well thats good to hear, I was hoping that AMD would get their drivers figured out soon cuz that card with the new design I think has a absolutley massive ammount of untapped potential with more optimized drivers.
Just bought myself a 7970, I am quite excited, that is all. :D
Diwashb
Happy days for you eh, Congratulations.... Which brand did you get? I hope you have a headset...my Saphire was bent on arrival (backplate...had to straighten to get it in the computer...not a big deal, but made me mad) and the cooler runs LOUD! Just FYI...however, I've gotten mine to 1125/1575 no problem, and the performance is just nuts! I hope you enjoy!
yeah i dont see any reason to get the 7950 with the close price im in the US and i noticed it too. also i do have surround sound speakers and headphones so im not really worried about hearing it during gaming lol. also im used to it from my xbox.
The price difference between the 2 is about $100 from what I can find on the internet. I went with the 7950 OC Edition because it was still 70 or 80 bucks cheaper than the 7970, and then I overclocked it a bit more and it's giving me the same performance as a 7970, although the 7950 overclocked wouldn't be able to be as good as the 7970 overclocked.
Well it is worth to mention that every AMD ATI card lasts longer than they are supposed, I mean performance wise not the product failure thing. I was looking at the Syndicate system requirements and the recommended GPU for this game from both rivals was NVIDIA GeForce 545GT / ATI HD4850.
I said come on HD4850, how many years difference with a 545GT?
Well it is worth to mention that every AMD ATI card lasts longer than they are supposed, I mean performance wise not the product failure thing. I was looking at the Syndicate system requirements and the recommended GPU for this game from both rivals was NVIDIA GeForce 545GT / ATI HD4850.
I said come on HD4850, how many years difference with a 545GT?
heliuminside
In it's day the 4850 was reasonably high end. The 545 is a modern low end card. You can't really compare them.
Well it is worth to mention that every AMD ATI card lasts longer than they are supposed, I mean performance wise not the product failure thing. I was looking at the Syndicate system requirements and the recommended GPU for this game from both rivals was NVIDIA GeForce 545GT / ATI HD4850.
I said come on HD4850, how many years difference with a 545GT?
kraken2109
In it's day the 4850 was reasonably high end. The 545 is a modern low end card. You can't really compare them. No you don't understand, what I really meant was that why they didn't put something like 8800GTS or 9800GTX, where they went for a low end video card. That is nonsense, because 4850 is something more equivalent to the ones I was mentioning, however this is just an assumption.
Well it is worth to mention that every AMD ATI card lasts longer than they are supposed, I mean performance wise not the product failure thing. I was looking at the Syndicate system requirements and the recommended GPU for this game from both rivals was NVIDIA GeForce 545GT / ATI HD4850.
I said come on HD4850, how many years difference with a 545GT?
heliuminside
In it's day the 4850 was reasonably high end. The 545 is a modern low end card. You can't really compare them. No you don't understand, what I really meant was that why they didn't put something like 8800GTS or 9800GTX, where they went for a low end video card. That is nonsense, because 4850 is something more equivalent to the ones I was mentioning, however this is just an assumption. Oh i see. Weird.
so yeah i also dont get what everyone was talking about with respect to noise, Its so far quieter than my old 5830. The highest temp i saw was low 70's so pretty warm but under 80c. The old 5830 had non refrence cooling and from what i can tell was less than half as powerfull and i cant really remember its highest temps but i dont really remember it ever cracking 70 so it was a bit cooler but definatley louder. however with the refrence design the card is totally encased and blowing the heat out of the case, with this design i see 9c temperature reduction in the overall case temp so the other components must appreciat that.
Congrats :) What type of monitor are you using with it?superclocked
I have a 23 inch monitor and a 42 inch tv both 1920x1080 i play anything with a gamepad from the couch on my 5.1 system like batman, the witcher 2, f1 2011, crysis 2, skyrim, and mouse n keyboard on the monitor like shogun 2, supreme commander, dawn of war or BF3 with my 7.1 logitech headphones
[QUOTE="superclocked"]Congrats :) What type of monitor are you using with it?Obiwan_1O
I have a 23 inch monitor and a 42 inch tv both 1920x1080 i play anything with a gamepad from the couch on my 5.1 system like batman, the witcher 2, f1 2011, crysis 2, skyrim, and mouse n keyboard on the monitor like shogun 2, supreme commander, dawn of war or BF3 with my 7.1 logitech headphonesNice, that's almost the same setup that I have. I have a 23" 1080p monitor, 42" 1080p HDTV, and 5.1 surround system for my PC...
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