Viper1 said:
disolitude said:
I'd get a 7970 now, live today...worry about future when it comes.
However keep in mind that not all 7970's are equal. I wouldn't worry too much about getting the GHz edition but would get one of these 2.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161412
Shown to be best for overclocksing (1250 Mhz on core and 1800+ on memory)
or
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127670
Great overclocker and very silent even at high fan speed.
There is nothing worse than pushing a card to 100% and having it sound like a jet engine.
I know both are out of stock/discontinued at newegg, but if you can find one of these 2, you're getting best bang for the buck.
Stay away from the stock reference design. You will not hear yourself think cause its so loud at 70-80% fan speed. |
He's in Portugal so I don't think Newegg Canada's stock levels will matter much anyway. Though I agree with your suggestions. And I'd like to offer Gigabyte's Windorce series as well.
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Windoforce is great (I have a windforce GTX 670) at keeping things cool and overclocking but they do get loud if you're pushing them to 80%+ fan speed.
Here is a comparison of best 7970s backin the day that Toms Hardware did.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-overclock-review,3186-11.html
