7950 to ???

[Bushwicktrini]

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

 

[Headfoot]

Budget?

 

[Silverforce11]

R290, before they are all sold out.

 

[Bushwicktrini]

~$300 is the budget

 

[tential]

R290, before they are all sold out.

This at a good price is your best bet

 

[Seba]

GTX 970

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Strange, the forum auto-corrects to initial capital letter (I wrote GTX and it displayed Gtx).

 

[XiandreX]

GTX 970

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Strange, the forum auto-corrects to initial capital letter (I wrote GTX and it displayed Gtx).

+1 if you can find one close to your budget.

 

[iiiankiii]

R9 290. hands down. less than $250 all day (for now).

 

[aaksheytalwar]

The 970 isn't the best vfm. 290 or 290x are. 970 comes after that.

 

[Majcric]

290 is the card you should be looking at.

 

[Headfoot]

R9 290, aftermarket.

 

[NTMBK]

Meh, nothing. Wait for 14nm.

 

[RussianSensation]

$240 XFX R9 290 with lifetime warranty. Coupon code ends June 26th.

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

Meh, nothing. Wait for 14nm.

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?

 

[Bushwicktrini]

290 it is thanks folks

 

[happy medium]

hope he has a decent psu

 

[happy medium]

After-market 290 = reference 290X

it does? I thought the 290 was cut down and was 6% slower

 

[iiiankiii]

it does? I thought the 290 was cut down and was 6% slower

It does because AIB 290 are slightly overclocked and doesn't throttle.

 

[guskline]

Aftermarket R9 290s are all over the lot with upped vcore/memory. My Sapphire Tri-X R9 290s are 1000 core/ 1300 memory.

 

[brandonmatic]

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.

 

[Lalilulelo]

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.

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:

 

[Leyawiin]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121922&ignorebbr=1

About about this R9 290X for $299.99 ($269.99 if you count the MIR)?

 

[AtenRa]

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

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

 

[Headfoot]

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

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.

 

[AtenRa]

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.

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.

 

[brandonmatic]

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

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.