EVGA Announces the 500B Power Supply

#4635364 Posted on: 08/11/2013 03:12 PM

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I would advice getting a 7950 and overclocking it by quite a bit.The few so far i have had overclock really well.

1. Battlefield 3 should be at max and around 60fps but avoid using AA in BF3 its creates mouse lag and because the game is now poop performance wise AA will drop it under 60 on a fair few maps 64 player even with a 4ghz clock on that 4670k.

Also Skyrim you should be able to max but if you want 2k texture mods and some of the ENB packs or full conversions even a 7970 will struggle.

2. Its not that much of a upgrade over a clocked up 7950 but if you do use OpenCL
for rendering like i do it can be a bit of a performance bump and worth the money.

3. I don't think there are any Nvidia cards at a 250-300$ price point that would be better
unless you can find a 670.

4. Some mite say wait some mite say go for it but i chose a new 7950 and its changed my gaming experience by quite abit coming from the 6800 series.And if you are referring to the September because of the new cards its just a announcement or press event i don't think it would be a launch of a new card for a few months.

Edit.Of the card mentioned try for a MSI 7950-7970 or a Sapphire model most of there cards are not voltage locked so you can clock it like nuts.

#4635369 Posted on: 08/11/2013 03:30 PM

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Personally I would also grab a 7950 and OC it.

#4635372 Posted on: 08/11/2013 03:40 PM

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I would grab an unlocked 7950 and OC(at least 1.15GHZ_core) the hell of it.

#4635431 Posted on: 08/11/2013 06:46 PM

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3. GTX 760 and GTX 670. They compete with HD 7950 boost and HD 7970, respectively.

#4635432 Posted on: 08/11/2013 06:58 PM

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Um no the 670 does not even come close to a 7970....

680 = 7970

And he's overclocking in which case the 7950 beats 760...and equals or betters the 680.