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Processor | Ryzen 7800X3D |
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Motherboard | MSI MAG Mortar B650 (wifi) |
Cooling | be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston Fury |
Video Card(s) | Gainward RTX4070ti |
Storage | Seagate FireCuda 530 M.2 1TB / Samsumg 960 Pro M.2 512Gb |
Display(s) | LG 32" 165Hz 1440p GSYNC |
Case | Asus Prime AP201 |
Audio Device(s) | On Board |
Power Supply | be quiet! Pure POwer M12 850w Gold (ATX3.0) |
Software | W10 |
Hi guys, after all the waiting and waiting for Kepler I finally bought a Powercolor LCS 7970 Price was very reasonable for a truly single slot card with a nice warranty.
I'd been looking more and more at 2560 x 1600 benchmarks (I have 2560 x 1440) and the 7970 does very well at full eyecandy. There are too few reviews that use all settings at max (single screen) resolution but from what I've seen the 7970 has leg room at that resolution but the GTX 680 starts to lose performance (Metro 2033, AvP, Unigine are all good examples of masive memory usage).
So I figured the 7970 gets my cash this time round.
My main question is which drivers are most stable? I've read horror stories about them (I used crossfired 5850's in the past and had no issues, likewise for my GTX 580). I have no plan on crossfire with this card, so no posts about that (I'd class that as trolling).
Your help is appreciated. And yes, I'll overclock it - so whats the best software (given that MSI Afterburner may casue driver issues).
Thanks guys.
I'd been looking more and more at 2560 x 1600 benchmarks (I have 2560 x 1440) and the 7970 does very well at full eyecandy. There are too few reviews that use all settings at max (single screen) resolution but from what I've seen the 7970 has leg room at that resolution but the GTX 680 starts to lose performance (Metro 2033, AvP, Unigine are all good examples of masive memory usage).
So I figured the 7970 gets my cash this time round.
My main question is which drivers are most stable? I've read horror stories about them (I used crossfired 5850's in the past and had no issues, likewise for my GTX 580). I have no plan on crossfire with this card, so no posts about that (I'd class that as trolling).
Your help is appreciated. And yes, I'll overclock it - so whats the best software (given that MSI Afterburner may casue driver issues).
Thanks guys.