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post #1 of 9
4/30/12 at 11:12am
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Hey guys, Had a quick question about the AMD/ATI 28nm GPU's that are out right now.

I am at a bit of a dilemma right now with a Gaming Rig I've been planning out. I've been switching back and forth between CPU's and Mobo's, but now that I have them set, this is where I run into my dilemma.

With the Mobo I have picked out,ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard, it has 2 PCI-E x16 3.0 slot's on it. these slots are only enabled to PCI-E x16 3.0 slot's when I have an IB CPU in LGA1155 slot. Otherwise, with SB, the 2 slot's drop down to PCI-E x16 2.0. Now with the new 28nm GPU's from AMD, they all run on PCI-E x16 3.0. The CPU I plan on getting is a i5-2500K SB.

I was wondering if I were to go with a 7xxx series GPU, would it have any major affects to gaming ( BF3 ). Or if I would be better off going for say a HD6970 or so. Plus, if having a non-28nm GPU would be that much of a difference performance wise.


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post #2 of 9
4/30/12 at 11:30am
It will be fine, PCI 2.0 x16 isn't going to bottleneck any cards you'll toss in there now.
If you haven't bought your board yet it might not be a bad idea to get a Z77 since they're out now.
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post #3 of 9
4/30/12 at 11:45am
between PCIe2.0 and PCIe3.0 there sint a big difference w/ HD 7970 CFx

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post #4 of 9
4/30/12 at 1:56pm
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OKay. So would you guys say I could be better off going for a HD6970, or an HD7870?, because in some way the 6970 beats the 7870.
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post #5 of 9
4/30/12 at 1:58pm
HD 7870 is better
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post #6 of 9
4/30/12 at 3:32pm
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Okay. Thanks.
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post #7 of 9
4/30/12 at 3:41pm
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/HD_7870_Direct_Cu_II/

http://www.guru3d.com/article/his-radeon-7870-iceq-turbo-review/

get one of these

http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Mini-DiplayPort-Express-Graphics-H787Q2G2M/dp/B007HYIRES/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1335825616&sr=8-13

http://www.amazon.com/HD7850-DC2-2GD5-DisplayPort-Utilities-PCI-Express-Graphics/dp/B007JLFV7U/ref=sr_1_7?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1335825678&sr=1-7
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post #8 of 9
4/30/12 at 3:55pm
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Do you guys think this build would work out?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7ymU
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post #9 of 9
4/30/12 at 4:15pm
change to 2500k http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589
keep mobo
and psu to http://www.amazon.com/Antec-EarthWatts-EA-750-Green-CrossFire/dp/B0055CAR7Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335827548&sr=1-1 or http://www.amazon.com/Antec-EarthWatts-EA-650D-Green-BRONZE/dp/B004NBZAES/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335827707&sr=1-1
OR http://www.amazon.com/XFX-PRO750W-Edition-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0045L4BJ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335828831&sr=1-1
Edited by PontiacGTX - 4/30/12 at 4:34pm
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