Which graphic card? What's comming?

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IceDread

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Hey

So I'm looking for a new graphic card but can not decide.

I was first thinking about the asus hd 7970 OC that has 3 mini displayports but as it has issues with the heat of the vrm's that didnt feel right.

Hd version 6xxx eyefinity issues that I do not know if they were solved or not, the cards had ports of variation, 2 mini displayport, 1 dvi etc. Which lead to different timings on the ports and ended up giving a disturbances on one of the screens, a line passing over it over and over again.
So having 3 of the same ports feels like a must or? If that is still the case, then there is really no graphic card out there, is there any new versions of the hd 7970 on the way?

Since I dont have eyefinity setup myself at the moment, and I'm not sure if I will by it, I've been looking at gigabyte 7979 OC which looks like it only takes up 2 lots compared to the asus oc.

What do you say? :)
 
I say wait a week or so and see if a possible Kepler announcement causes any price drops.
 
Forceman said:
I say wait a week or so and see if a possible Kepler announcement causes any price drops.
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Yeah I will wait, but nvidia usually makes watt leaking card that does not feel that great to put into a computer.. however, they might put pressure on the prices as you say and they might surprise with a performance / watt efficient card for once too thou I doubt it.
 
IceDread said:
Yeah I will wait, but nvidia usually makes watt leaking card that does not feel that great to put into a computer...
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I don't know why people keep saying that. Yes, the GTX 480 was problematic, but the 5xx series was pretty much in the same performance/watt ballpark as the 6xxx series - much better than the 4xx cards.

But I also find it humorous that people who are spending $400+ for video cards to put in their $1500+ computers are worried about 50W of load power here or there.
 
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Forceman said:
I don't know why people keep saying that. Yes, the GTX 480 was problematic, but the 5xx series was pretty much in the same performance/watt ballpark as the 6xxx series - much better than the 4xx cards.

But I also find it humorous that people who are spending $400+ for video cards to put in their $1500+ computers are worried about 50W of load power here or there.
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It's not only the load, it's also the extra heat in the box that is bad. When the bad things adds up to too many bad things it's a no go.Nvidia usually are more hungry than 50W as well. It's btw more like 100W.
 
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I just wished that we knew what's coming this year and when.

The new GK110, and AMD's refresh. If they hit by June or July, personally I think its a reasonable time to wait especially if you already have quiet a capable card, a bigger performance jump is always more worth it.

But if those cards will only arrive by the end of the year, then you might as well make a decision once GK104 arrive.
 
Knowing what is to come when would be good...

It looks like waiting for the 23d is what I should do.
 
7970 if you ever plan on doing 3 screens there is nothing worse than being forced to play on one screen when sli is not working right. AI had that prob with 580s and I doubt I ever want to go back to that again. With eyefinity you can just turn off one card and keep going!
 
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7970 if you ever plan on doing 3 screens there is nothing worse than being forced to play on one screen when sli is not working right. AI had that prob with 580s and I doubt I ever want to go back to that again. With eyefinity you can just turn off one card and keep going!
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Kyle said that GTX 680 would support Nvidia surround (so presumably 3 monitors) on one card in another thread.
 
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