r9 270x or the 7870ghz edition are good cards (even though the prices are still inflated atm). gtx 670 + is a good deal on nvidia side. I would be wary buying used Amd because of being possible miners.
I know these were really popular about a year ago. Not sure now but the best part about this mobo is the cpu to gpu spacing so you can fit a dh-14 if you so wish. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131840
If you are upgrading from a 660ti, a 760 wont be too much of an improvement. I would say a 770 would be more future proof as it shows to be a hair better/equal to a Gtx 680.
I would say if you were buying used, get a 7850 (~95-110) as it performs well for its price. Dont buy a new 7850 for 160 though. If you don't mind spending 200 for a r9 270 i would go for that as i am not familiar with Canadian pricing.
Have you tried disabling ULPS, easiest way to do that is through Afterburner but there are other ways as well you can google. Are both cards 2 GB, if not itwould be throttling to 1 GB. Also the 7850 are real good overclockers, i have one that I undervolted and running at 1050 core and 1450 mem...
i would look into used 6950's, make sure you buy a 2GB since thats what you have and fairly important for 1080p gaming. You can occasionally find used 6950's for around 120 on the sale section of this forum. Or you could in fact sell yours on ebay (best time to sell it imo because of the...
I use Unigine Heaven for benchmark performance/real world gaming performance and i use Furmark for Cooling performance (~10-15 mins is all you need to see where your temps stay at) Usually its around 10-15 degrees cooler playing demanding games and from running furmark in my experience. So if...
Im not completely sure but when i was messing around with fan profiles on a gtx 660 and forgot to reset it, basically made it run at 100% at a very low rpm, computer bsod on me after 100 degrees on the gpu.
i played bf4 with a sapphire 7970 and while it played most maps fine at ultra at 60fps+ . Some maps, floodzone, hainan, paracel hit around 45-50 at certain spots. I think if you can find a 280x that would get the job done.
i think 290x is a good choice, the only reason you would regret it is if you don't like normal high temps and fan noise at uber settings. Although it is winter and that means a warm room :-)
There aren't a ton of differences nowadays with brands, mostly cooling and overclocked versions. Here is at MSI 7870 i found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127722&ignorebbr=1
You are going to see quite a bit of better frames and quality in wow even if you upgrade to a 7870 which is around the ~130 card, probably also quieter/cooler and less power hungry than the gtx 260.
i realized the choppiness because after several installations of drivers and windows 7 my gpu was around 40-60% usage in bf4 resulting in the choppiness. For some reason, i am consistently at 85-100% usage in windows 8.
From experience, a 7970ghz/r9 280x plays most games 1080p at 60fps fine. Like Kickasscop said, if you can wait another month or so (which is not confirmed yet), r9 290 @$400 with aftermarket cooling would be ideal and would last a good deal imo.
I have a 7970 @1100core and 1500mem with 2500k running @4.5. Would be choppy and get random frame drops in windows 7. Switching to windows 8, it completely fixed the choppiness and random frame drops.
I came across an older Intel 320 series 80gb ssd for 35 bucks (money being a factor). I had been previously using my 4 year old 7200 Rpm Samsung Spinpoint. I mainly jumped on the ssd for the price and i got so sick of the load times on battlefield 4 on rush maps.
I knew that the drive was...
7870XT/LE (are the 7870 with the Tahiti cores like the 7950/7970) . I have one and it plays battlefield 4 great(50-60fps all ultra, and 60-80fps if you turn off hbao and AA) for the price that i bought it for ($130). Overclocks very well too. A 7970 will run most of your games max at 1080p as...
Edit- Sorry didnt read, you probably need a full tower case and i cant delete post
I really like the R4 Fractal http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352025
there is also the non windowed version of it as well.
i went from a 2500k @4.5ghz to a Xeon E3-1230V2 (basically a 3770 without the built in gpu) and i saw some difference in basic video editing but i didnt see much of a difference in gaming. Maybe 2-3 fps.
so i just have a question, i was previously led to believe 90 degrees is waay to hot for gpus and when my crossfired 7870xt was getting to 90-91 i sold them thinking it was too hot for my case.
I was just wondering since you guys have experience with these Myst cards. Do you think a i3-3220 or fx-6350 would bottleneck if i were to run two of these mysts cards in crossfire? Sorry for being offtopic and thanks.