ASUS Haswell Processor Overclocking for H87 and B85
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Loophole35
If you plan to run only one card then 2GB is where you would want to go you will run out of GPU power before VRAM now if you were to run sli then yes get the 4GB.
Madcal
Yes, only a single gpu for now.
Madcal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130938
So go for it?
eclap
I would personally go for this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161429
performs about the same out the box, overclocks like hell, has more vram, is £10 cheaper, will run quieter and cooler. One of the best HD 7950 out there.
Madcal
Cool, Thanks eclap. I didnt see that one.
Undying
This! You can't go wrong here.
Madcal
Is there any other gpu's i should consider in the 300$ and less range you guys would suggest? Any info and opinions are appreciated
Loophole35
Your really going to suggest a HIS over the Shappire at the same price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026
Although both of these cards may be voltage locked I remember a lot of people complaining about locked 7950's a while back.
OP this is currently the best 7950 available almost a guaranteed 1150 core clock with most hitting 1200. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202003
Darkest
That HIS IceQ X2 is one of the best 7950's on the market, I'd take it over standard TwinX Sapphire card. If there was a Vapor-X for the same sort of money it'd be a tougher decision.
Madcal
These are really good suggestions. I wasn't looking at 7950's before. I am now
Undying
You can always wait for an october and get HD 9950, why a hurry to upgrade?
Patience is a virtue.
Darkest
The 7950 has a bit of a cult following on Guru3d, not to mention a few other hardware websites. They're feature rich, tend to OC incredibly well, and come at a great price. While the 760 is still a great card, it wouldn't be my choice between the two.
That said: What speeds are you currently running your CPU and GPU at? Most MMO's are very CPU dependant, and the 8150 isn't the strongest CPU out there if I'm totally honest. Your problem might be better served by other means.
Madcal
Honestly the only rush to upgrade is that dam marvel Hero's game lol. My 6950, just cant keep up with it.
eclap
Yes, look up reviews of that HIS card and look up feedback on various forums, it's easily up there with the Vapor-X, in fact, I wanted to buy that same HIS but it was too expensive in the UK, cost over £290 and the Vapor-X was only ~£250 so I settled for the Vapor-X. That HIS cooler is a monster and it's a great card. It's also some $50 cheaper than the Vapor-X on newegg, if I was buying now, I would definitely go for it.
EDIT: Here's the Guru3D and Techpowerup review of the HIS IceQ x2 boost
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/his_radeon_7950_x_iceq_review,1.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_7950_X2_Boost/
Look at the overclocking potential here 67.5fps to 82.9fps in BF3 at 1200p, that's amazing performance and great OC scaling.
That chart will give the OP a clear performance insight of the 7950 compared to his current 6950. The slowest card in that chart is a 6970, it runs BF3 at 40.3fps. I'm sure he can overclock his 6950 to a stock 6970 performance. Now see that the overclocked 7950 is over twice as fast.
Madcal
And i was looking a evga because i haven't had a nvidia gpu since the 8800gtx. Figured i would try something new
Madcal
Wow! That HiS is really starting to impress me! thanks for the links eclap
yasamoka
OP maybe the problem is elsewhere and it's not the GPU?
I think you're rushing to upgrade if you have assumed that it's the GPU without searching for a cause of the problem elsewhere.
---TK---
What cpu speed you run that 8150 at?
eclap
No worries, I wouldn't recommend it if I didn't hear great things about it. Feel free to look up other reviews of it, it's a great card. I'm not saying you have to buy it, the gtx 760 is a good card as well and quite well priced too, by recent nvidia standards really well priced, even, but for me the more vram, wider bus, great overclockability, these are the factors.
Oh, I would give newegg a call to see if they include the Never settle bundle with their 7950 cards still, if so, you're in for a treat in form of 3+ top games.
Madcal
My current build is only 4 months old. With my gpu being the only carry over. Everything is stock and running at fatory setting. I havent oc'ed anything up to this point.
