Read more.Bundle of up to six games should help shift Radeon HD 7800 / 7900 series cards.
Read more.Bundle of up to six games should help shift Radeon HD 7800 / 7900 series cards.
Well, that's sold it to me. It was either the NVidia 660 or the AMD 7870... The AMD is definitely more cost effective with Bioshock Infinity budled.
Current specs:
CPU: Intel i5 3570k Overclocked @ 4.6Ghz GPU: MSI Twin Frozr 7850 @ 1000Mhz Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 RAM: 16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA Z77X-D3H
Not from what I have seen. Having had dozens of AMD and Nvidia cards in the last decade,I would say the drivers are not a problem for both under Windows. I can also extend that to all my mates too. Only under Linux is the Nvidia proprietary driver better IMHO.
Nvidia used to have better developer relations but this is not even the case now. Also,technically the HD7870 is a slightly quicker card if reference cards are compared to a reference GTX660. However,the GTX660 is cheaper and many are also pre-overclocked.
Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 04-02-2013 at 02:29 PM.
Hexus' latest review of a heavily OC'd 660 doesn't show it significantly outperforming a 7870 - they track each other very closely indeed. And that's a £190 pre-overclocked 660 against a bone stock 7870.
The 2 cards I was looking at were both £170 - £180 and as stated both have very close performance outcomes in the reviews I have read. Simply, it was down to best pre OC'd device for the price which upto now was the Nvidia.
However for the sake of a few mhz (50ish) which I can claim back by OC'ing it myself if needed, the package of games above just cinches the deal for me.
Does anyone know if SCAN will be offering this as the AMD website just points to US retailers at the moment.
XFX Europe were making a big song and dance out of it on twitter and facebook this morning, so it should be hitting UK retailers too, as far as I can tell. Of course, then you might end up having to buy an XFX graphics card ...
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
6 games .. wow!
Very soon, this will become a norm as no one buys PC games anymore. The Studios have ruined reselling chances as they treat games like software.
Bought my 7870 on the 21st of Jan, so not fair XD Might drop scan an email, just to see if anything comes from it :-P
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http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages..._bundle,1.html
Top secret DX11 effect??
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