Just bought myself one of these for £119.99 at Novatech, free delivery. Cheapest I could find elsewhere was £139 delivered from Overclockers. Normally seems to go for around £150, was posted at £159 in June.
Have had no problems running anything on Ultra.
ALSO forgot to add, 3.15% cashback from TCB which brings it down to around £115.36.
Latest comments (37)
Djhaverman
30 Nov 15#37
I don't understand? Which level? IPC is a very specific thing.
Rhythmeister
30 Nov 15#36
You'll not see a massive improvement justifying the purchase if you're gaming at HD resolution :neutral_face:
Rhythmeister
30 Nov 15#35
You'll not see a massive improvement justifying the purchase if you're gaming at HD resolution :neutral_face:
rev6
30 Nov 15#34
At the level I'm talking about, Intel CPU's have greater core IPC/performance than AMD CPU's clock for clock. That's all there is to it.
Djhaverman
29 Nov 15#33
You compared Instructions per Clock to performance. Which is analogous to saying higher clock speed = better performance. Both are incorrect. :laughing:
rev6
29 Nov 15#32
I wasn't talking about clock speed but OK :smiley:
Djhaverman
29 Nov 15#31
You cannot equate IPC to computing performance, that's almost as bad as saying higher clock speed is always better.
torgul
29 Nov 15#30
I'm stuck between the 4gb version of this card or gtx960 4gb. Which one is better overall for 1080 gaming?
rev6
29 Nov 15#29
Even Intel's lower end CPU's (i3's for example) have higher IPC than the FX-8350. So mainly AMD CPU's.
Djhaverman
29 Nov 15#28
So you mean low-end CPUs not specifically AMD CPUs then?
rev6
29 Nov 15#27
AMD GPU drivers have substantially more CPU overhead. The higher the IPC the better. It's much more noticeable on AMD hardware.
jason1297
29 Nov 15#23
I'm thinking of doing a ~£500 build next year, and obviously the price of this is perfect.
Would it be good for playing games like GTA V relatively smoothly?
Also, can someone recommend a CPU and motherboard to go with this within the £500 budget?
just bear in mind that everyone talking about "good graphics cards" online is quite heavily biased towards high end stuff.
I built my PC for £600 2 years ago and just got GTA V, and its smooth as anything on an R9 270 and an i3. Haven't played online or installed any mods though so dunno what they'll be like though.
Also, when you say next year.... If its not january then don't buy the GPU now because they've got a huge turnover- there are always price drops around the corner. Get RAM/PSU/case whenever you see them on offer, because they won't change much. mobo and CPU are also worth picking up if you see a good offer
misteranderson
29 Nov 15#25
Just a rebranded 285 so not even a upgrade over the HD7950, HD7870 or faster not really worth 'upgrading' atm, best to wait until full DX12 cards are available sometime next year.
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Have had no problems running anything on Ultra.
ALSO forgot to add, 3.15% cashback from TCB which brings it down to around £115.36.
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Would it be good for playing games like GTA V relatively smoothly?
Also, can someone recommend a CPU and motherboard to go with this within the £500 budget?
I built my PC for £600 2 years ago and just got GTA V, and its smooth as anything on an R9 270 and an i3. Haven't played online or installed any mods though so dunno what they'll be like though.
Also, when you say next year.... If its not january then don't buy the GPU now because they've got a huge turnover- there are always price drops around the corner. Get RAM/PSU/case whenever you see them on offer, because they won't change much. mobo and CPU are also worth picking up if you see a good offer
I've got a HD7950, was thinking this card would be cheap upgrade to the latest generation, but is that a bit unnecessary?
Edit: ROFL 2GB is actually quicker in most scenarios. Scroll through this video and you will see. 960 2gb vs 4gb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZRoANKeQX0
Only an absolute fool would buy 960 or have bought 750Ti
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_980_Ti_Waterforce/23.html