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Hey all. Here's my new build. Very modest Ryzen 3 3200G, 16GB Dominator Plat. 2800, Asus Prime B450M-A/CSM, Asus Strix GTX 970, Corsair CX650M, Adata SU635 240GB, Silverstone PS-14E.

I would own a LEPA power supply. I've read reviews of their units over at JonnyGuru's website and they're top notch power supplies. I'm located in North America. -Steve S.

You COULD try to get an older model IPS monitor that features an A-TW polarizer, which significantly reduces purple/white off angle glow when looking at dark images with dark ambient lighting. I have one 1st gen NEC 2490WUXi and two 1st gen NEC 2090UXi's (all three monitors have A-TW...

My eVGA 9800 GTX lasted me for 5 years before I finally upgraded to my current system. I had it paired with a Core 2 Duo E6400, Asus P5B Deluxe and 4GB of Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM. Still works just fine. As a matter of fact, it actually runs most games at 1200p medium/low settings. Sometimes...

SuperBiiz has the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC for $575 w/ free shipping in stock and it comes with a free R7 240 2GB GPU! (https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=AT-290TR4G) They also have the Gigabyte R9 290 OC for $570 plus $5 shipping (https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=GA-R929OC4) I...

I finally upgraded my PC that has been serving me well for 5 years (EVGA 9800GTX, Core 2 Duo E6400, Asus P5B Deluxe, 4GB of Crucial Ballistic Tracer DDR2-1066). EDIT: Built the system (CPU/motherboard/RAM) in 2006, so the system the 9800GTX was running on was SEVEN years old! I had a 7900GTO...

Nice choice. The cooler Asus uses on their 280X is the same one as on their GTX 780. It's one of the quietest coolers (if not THE quietest) out there.

Nice cards. I'm happy with my Asus 7970 DCII w/ 3 games I picked up for $268 though. Works great at GHz Edition speeds w/ stock voltage. I do like how Asus and MSI updated their 280X's with their latest coolers.

For AMD stick with Asus/MSI/Sapphire.

If the restocking fee doesn't kill you I'd return it for the 280X, or a 7970 if you can find a good deal on clearance. Though I'd go with a 280X simply because many of the AIBs are updating them with their newest coolers (Asus/MSI).

Looking pretty good. Will try these out on my 7970.

I RMA'd my GTX 770 to Gigabyte twice for coil whine (even with vysnc/frame limiter on). The first RMA they updated the BIOS on the card, which obviously didn't fix it. The second time they sent me a refurb card with the same exact issue. Turnaround time was 4 weeks each time. You'll wait days to...

I'd say I get an average fps of high 50's/low 60's. Stock 4770K, 7970 @ GHz Edition clock speeds (1050/6000), 1920x1200, ultra preset, 13.10 v2 beta drivers.

With my stock 4770K and 7970 at GHz Edition clocks on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit it runs a lot better than I was expecting after reading about it. 50-80 fps (1200p on ultra), I'd say it averages around low 60s or high 50s. This is on 13.9 WHQL driver, haven't tried any beta drivers.

Zotac makes some good stuff. Their Amp Edition cards are usually clocked very high and priced extremely competitively. I've also heard good things about their customer/RMA service.

Just check both GPU-Z and HWINFO but unfortunately neither shows the RAM temperatures (nor VRM temperatures for that matter). Not really concerned about either to be honest. I have the card set at GHz Edition clock speeds (1050/6000) and GPU temperatures are perfectly fine and the card is rock...

I believe I found an error in the apples to apples section where the GTX 770, 7970 GE, GTX 760 and 7950 Boost were tested at 1920x1080 - 8x FSAA - ultra settings. Error in bold and underlined: "In this apples to test we are running ARMA 3 at 1920x1080 with 8X FSAA enabled, and overall quality...

Which app do you use to check vram temps? I'll check for you if I can.

I have the Asus DC II 7970, just got it yesterday. Put it to 1050/6000 (GHz Edition clocks) and no problems with RAM cooling. I got it at Newegg the other day when they had it for $309.99 w/ free shipping, $20 rebate and an extra 7% off coupon code, so $268 all in. Just as fast in games as...

If you absolutely NEED a volt unlocked card, I believe the Sapphire Dual-X 7970 has unlocked voltage. I just received my Asus 7970 DirectCU II yesterday (voltage locked) yesterday and I'm LOVING it. I set it to GHz edition speeds and is rock stable at default voltage (haven't tried overclocking...

I'd go for the 7970. I went for the Asus 7970. I will say (not sure if issue has been resolved) that lots of people were having issues with XFX 79xx cards, something about poor VRM cooling I believe. If you're willing to overclock, I believe a nicely OC'ed 7950 isn't much slower than a 7950.

I'd keep the 780's. They're sick fast.

You can get 7950s and 7970s for very cheap right now. Otherwise I'd say SLI the 670s or if you want a new NV GPU get a 780 but the price/perf there isnt great. Hopefully AMDs new cards will bring 780 perf. down to around $550

If true, good thing I picked up an Asus 7970 DirectCU II for $270 AR. Going to OC to DC II TOP/GHz Ed. speeds. Should be a pretty good performer for awhile at 1200p.

If you get good performance now and are satisfied I would wait it out. Unless you have been bitten by the upgrade bug, in which case I would wait a bit longer to see how the new AMD cards perform, then you can decide whether to go for the new AMD cards or something like a GTX 780, though I'm...

Check the card for dust. Perhaps it's clogged with dust which is causing the temperature to rise and the card to throttle which would affect the performance. I know from experience that graphics cards that have been running for a few years can get clogged with dust, especially cards with a...

Looks nice! I've always loved the black/red color scheme because there's so many other matching parts to choose from. One thing I wish AMD and NVIDIA would do is offer two reference cards, one with a blower cooler and one with an open air cooler. Standard back plates on their high end cards...

No they didn't. RMAd twice. Sold the card. I've got an Asus 7970 coming that I got for $280 AR. If your friend is looking for a 770, the 4GB MSI looks nice and comes with a backplate to cover the brown PCB. Otherwise I'd get the MSI Lightning or an Asus or EVGA model. Good luck!

I really like MSI's GAMING series cards. Not sure why they went with the brown PCBs though. Would be nice if they added the backplate they use for their Lightning/Hawk and 4GB GTX 760/770 cards to all of their cards. Of course these are all aesthetic "complaints", their Twin Frozr cooler is one...

I love when new GPUs come out, it's always an exciting time. Early leaks point to this being a pretty sweet GPU. Can't wait to see final hardware and reviews. I think it'd be cool if AMD offered two reference models, one with a blower style cooler and the other with an open air cooler.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic hehe

Wow... That's the beefiest cooling solution I've seen on a GTX 780. Come to think of it, that's the beefiest cooling solution I think I've ever seen on ANY card! I like the bundle that comes with the card, as well as the high gloss box (I think it looks cool). The only "downside" I see is the...

My point as in my previous post is that the games were developed with PC specs in mind and then assets scaled down to Xbox 360/PS3 memory limits. The assets have always existed, and are being used on PC "ports". The difference with next gen is that the same assets made for the PC version can fit...

Forget what the PS4 has. Games are going to be made for the lowest common denominator which is the Xbox One which has DDR3. I doubt it has enough bandwidth or GPU power to deal with much more than 2GB of VRAM. Only time will tell though. Obviously games are eventually going to use more than 2GB...

So when the BF4 beta comes out October 1st and shows that 2GB is fine for 1080p/1200p, the reasoning is going to be that it's not a true next-gen game, correct? Come to think of it, I'm sure that's going to be the reasoning for every game that comes out until there's a game that needs more than...

When you say it'll be the litmus test... I think we need to clarify what we're debating in this thread. Are you saying that next-gen games will require >2GB when maxed at 1080p, 1200p, 1440p, 1600p? Obviously triple monitor resolutions require more than 2GB (and more than 1 GPU in most...

When I say need and require, I mean when you benchmark for example a GTX 770 2GB version and a 4GB version and the 2GB's performance completely drops off, which you see in some very rare instances in games running at triple monitor resolutions at high levels of detail and AA. I think it'll be...

I'll bet that with next gen games the only resolutions that will require more than 2GB of VRAM will be triple monitor and 4K (which you'll need quite a beefy, likely SLI/Crossfire setup for anyway) . I'll bet the benchmarks will show that even at 1600p, there won't be much if any difference...

I personally would keep the 680. Mainly because SLI is superior to Crossfire which opens up more options down the road. The extra 1GB of VRAM doesn't hurt, though I highly doubt it would ever come into play. I also prefer NVIDIA's drivers and their Geforce experience software is nifty, as well...

Eldonwan- What resolution are you gaming at?