Good point. I am guessing that the new cards will be out mid 2013? At the latest? What do you think?
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38% (5)Get the gigabyte gtx 670.
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10/14/12 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by CRimsonEagleX 
Well my 470 has started this annoying rattle/chirp that I cannot describe. On top of the heat and power consumption I don't want to bother with sli 470's because with the heat I canot OC. I also can't SLI yet because i can only fit a second gpu into a pcie 2.0 8x slot due to my case. So therefore it is not worth it. basically I am planning for the future after I get a better mobo so that I can eventually sli these 7970's. Or is that a bad idea?

Well my 470 has started this annoying rattle/chirp that I cannot describe. On top of the heat and power consumption I don't want to bother with sli 470's because with the heat I canot OC. I also can't SLI yet because i can only fit a second gpu into a pcie 2.0 8x slot due to my case. So therefore it is not worth it. basically I am planning for the future after I get a better mobo so that I can eventually sli these 7970's. Or is that a bad idea?
I too once did a sli setup of x16/x8, big difference from x16/x16
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Have fun.
Great GPU. Used to own one.
Great GPU. Used to own one.
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