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So basically, my brother is upgrading his graphicscard. I was recommending the 7950 because with a €100 worth of games bundled the actual cost for the card is about €150, which is redonkulous.
He fell in love with the Vapor-X 7970. I told him his CPU will bottleneck and he doesnt have the money to upgrade both mobo, cpu and gpu.
So I posted on overclock3d asking for tips about 7950 vs 7970, asking if he'd even see a difference, and basically I think the Intel fanboys have decended upon me.
Dont get me wrong, I'm using a 2500K and I'd sort of think of myself as an intel-fanboy, but people are recommending an I3-3220, a locked CPU that costs almost as much as a FX-8350, and that cannot be right.
I've been surfing youtube to check some gameplay with the 965, and the results doesnt seem that bad even with a 7970. The AMD 965 is overclocked to 3,9ghz so my question is:
Will there be a noticeable difference between 7950 and 7970 and will it be painfully obvious that the CPU is outdated?
So basically, my brother is upgrading his graphicscard. I was recommending the 7950 because with a €100 worth of games bundled the actual cost for the card is about €150, which is redonkulous.
He fell in love with the Vapor-X 7970. I told him his CPU will bottleneck and he doesnt have the money to upgrade both mobo, cpu and gpu.
So I posted on overclock3d asking for tips about 7950 vs 7970, asking if he'd even see a difference, and basically I think the Intel fanboys have decended upon me.
Dont get me wrong, I'm using a 2500K and I'd sort of think of myself as an intel-fanboy, but people are recommending an I3-3220, a locked CPU that costs almost as much as a FX-8350, and that cannot be right.
I've been surfing youtube to check some gameplay with the 965, and the results doesnt seem that bad even with a 7970. The AMD 965 is overclocked to 3,9ghz so my question is:
Will there be a noticeable difference between 7950 and 7970 and will it be painfully obvious that the CPU is outdated?