Hi all,
New user here to OCN (though I've been reading a while). My Catleap is in route and I'm shopping for a new video card. My current system is a i7-950 3.06Ghz (O/C'd to 3.6Ghz currently) with a Kuhler 620 and 12 GB 1600mhz DDR3 memory, Corsair TX650W power supply all on a Sabertooth X58 motherboard.
I currently have a XFX 5770 1GB video card, but while it's been fairly good at most games, it certainly doesn't perform well in some more intense ones at 1920x1080 resolution. Saints Row 3, BF3 seem to want more than my system can provide.
So my short list based on my own budget concerns is this:
- MSI 7950 twin cooler (seems like it'll be over clockable and outperform a 7970? Not sure if it needs additional cooling to do this? - I don't want a screaming banshee in my case either!)
- ??
The EVGA 670 is very attractive looking card, but seems to come at a premium cost.
I primarily play SC2, WOW, GW2, and various Steam games.
edit: One other concern I have. Which may or may not be answerable by some of you, is that I dual boot as a hackintosh currently and don't want to lose that ability. I've heard people having success with 670's, but if you have some knowledge here that'd be useful too!
Hoping for some input for my particular situation !
Thank you !
Edited by aamiic - 8/3/12 at 12:01pm
New user here to OCN (though I've been reading a while). My Catleap is in route and I'm shopping for a new video card. My current system is a i7-950 3.06Ghz (O/C'd to 3.6Ghz currently) with a Kuhler 620 and 12 GB 1600mhz DDR3 memory, Corsair TX650W power supply all on a Sabertooth X58 motherboard.
I currently have a XFX 5770 1GB video card, but while it's been fairly good at most games, it certainly doesn't perform well in some more intense ones at 1920x1080 resolution. Saints Row 3, BF3 seem to want more than my system can provide.
So my short list based on my own budget concerns is this:
- MSI 7950 twin cooler (seems like it'll be over clockable and outperform a 7970? Not sure if it needs additional cooling to do this? - I don't want a screaming banshee in my case either!)
- ??
The EVGA 670 is very attractive looking card, but seems to come at a premium cost.
I primarily play SC2, WOW, GW2, and various Steam games.
edit: One other concern I have. Which may or may not be answerable by some of you, is that I dual boot as a hackintosh currently and don't want to lose that ability. I've heard people having success with 670's, but if you have some knowledge here that'd be useful too!
Hoping for some input for my particular situation !
Thank you !
Edited by aamiic - 8/3/12 at 12:01pm
