Reddit reviews Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 DVI-I/HDMI/2x Mini-Displayport PCI-Express Graphic Card GV-R795WF3-3GD

The same XFX card is only $155 on Amazon, and comes with free 2-day shipping if you have Amazon Prime. I don't think you get the 3 free games with it, but you save a good $23. Also, I have a copy of Tomb Raider which I've been meaning to give away, so let me know if you want it.

A 7950 with 3GB of memory is also available on Amazon for $265. Here's a version of the 7950 that's selling for $245 on Amazon too (and also has the free 2-day prime shipping/free 7-day shipping for non-Prime members). However, despite being slightly slower, the 7850 is a better bang for your buck than the 7950.

You may also consider the XFX AMD 7870 2GB, which is available on Amazon for $220 (also with the free 2-day/7-day shipping).

If you want to go the nVidia route, the XFX 660 can be had for $199 here, and it is a bit quicker than the 7850. This XFX 650Ti ties the 7850, and costs $170.

Better than all of these cards would be an nVidia GTX 760, which costs $260 on Amazon or $250 on NewEgg, but that might be out of your price range. Still, I'd strongly recommend it if you're considering stepping into the $200+ range. Here's a helpful chart comparing its performance in BF3 to the GTX670, the AMD 7950, etc., and here's a similar chart that compares the 7850 to the 7950 and some others.

If I were you, I'd go for this XFX 660, which I also linked above. At $199.99, you get performance that's quite noticeably better than the 7850, even a bit better than the still-more-expensive AMD 7870 which costs ~$220, and it comes overclocked out of the box with a 980MHz core clock (the stock speed on these cards is 900MHz, I think). It also has 2GB of VRAM rather than the 1GB on the XFX 7850 you mentioned, which is quickly entering the too-little-memory territory as games continue expanding the resolution of their textures, the complexity of scenes, etc. Not to mention that 2GB of video memory will allow deferred antialiasing and higher texture quality settings to have a lower impact on your FPS than cards with only 1GB of memory.

Gigabyte AMD 7950 (Two Of Them) $360

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>Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5, Two of them.

>I bought this specific link when they were new.

>https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-

>R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG

>I will not sell separately, sorry.

>I bought these for my PC Gaming build when they came out, I have been using

>them ever since with no issues. in Crossfire they still play games perfectly.

>Crisis, The Witcher 3, anything I threw at it these cards would play on the

>Highest settings if not ultra in most cases.

>I am only getting rid of them because with my tax return this year I bought a

>Nvidia 1080. I just felt like it was time to upgrade. And honestly the

>difference is negligible. Had I known i would have waited for the next gen of

>cards. But oh well, now you can have them.

>I am pretty firm on this as used on amazon is 230 $ for one, that includes

>warranty a replacement. Factoring those out Id say they are worth 180$ a

>piece, and with two that makes 360$.

>I prefer if you text me first so I know when you call it isn't a scam. Thank

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The Gigabyte AMD is on sale. Does AMD work on Hackintosh I wonder.

And you can get an excellent 7950 for $310. The GTX 660Ti needs to be $275 to really be competitive.

This is the exact model we used

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG

Your CPU is plenty fast enough to feed your GPU with the data it needs to render the screen. In fact, what is most likely happening is your Graphics card not being able to keep up with your CPU. A simple fix would be to just grab a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 and put some stress on the card to squeeze every inch of the card.

1920x1080 144hz https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007581QHG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for the feedback! I don't think I'm patient enough to wait for the next gen...finally got my money saved and I can't wait to get started!

For the 7950, IYO does it matter which brand you go with? I notice that there are different options like MSI, Gigabyte, Sapphire, etc. all at different price points which confuses me a bit since I figured it would all just be AMD (is my noobness showing yet?).

I have quite a bit of Amazon credit so was thinking about going with this Gigabyte one. Thanks!

edit - added link

Whats a better buy?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007581QHG/?tag=pcpapi-20
vs
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11196-16-20G/dp/B0098HW1HG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367789174&sr=8-1&keywords=sapphire+7950

ps: The 2nd link is the same as the 3L on newegg

Hey, I have a NZXT 750w hale82n and a gigabyte WF3 7950. I'm in the us but shipping to Ca hasn't been a problem in the past.

Windforce. Never overclocked. Link to what?

Here's the product;

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381784225&sr=8-1&keywords=gigabyte+windforce+7950

This is the card I'm running. It overclocks well.

All right now i'm getting confused with video cards, I want one for at most 270$ with promo codes/discounts. I was looking at the ASUS GTX670 DC2(has promo codes to bring it down to 270, then after rebates to bring it down more).

Then i found the Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB, for used from 208$ and up. Which is the better of the two, or which card is best for my budget?

Does it matter if I buy a used video card from like amazon that lists it as like new/very good/good?

If it will help, I have a 1650x1050 monitor, AMD FX-6120 6 core, Gigabyte 2AC8 motherboard, and plan on getting a 600w PSU.

Prior experience assembling normal computers is certainly helpful.
Also, here's the hardware I used to achieve 3.9 mh/s.

1 of these
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Motherboards-Z77A-G45/dp/B007QWI9TY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396364&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+z77-g45a

1 of these
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Celeron-2-60GHz-Processor-BX80637G1610/dp/B00B4BJYVU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396383&sr=8-1&keywords=celeron+g1610

1 of these
http://www.amazon.com/LEPA-1600-Watts-Crossfire-Certified-G1600-MA/dp/B007W5TV6K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396400&sr=8-1&keywords=lepa+1600

6 of these
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396424&sr=8-1&keywords=gigabyte+7950

1 of these
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-120GB-internal-MZ-7TD120BW/dp/B009NHAF06/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396482&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+840

1 of these
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZDJ42O/?tag=pcpapi-20

2 of these
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-Cables-Express-Flexible/dp/B0057M16Q8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396635&sr=8-2&keywords=pci+risers

1 of these
http://www.amazon.com/Powered-Flexible-Extender-Bitcoin-Mining/dp/B00CQB1RIU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396667&sr=8-1&keywords=powered+pci+risers

3 of these
http://www.amazon.com/Powered-Flexible-Extender-Bitcoin-Mining/dp/B00CQBCKPY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375396667&sr=8-2&keywords=powered+pci+risers

1 of these
http://www.lowes.com/pd_328959-80752-142430B-DS_0__?productId=3468765&Ntt=shelves&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dshelves&facetInfo=

2 of these
http://www.lowes.com/pd_95021-1621-3733_0__?productId=1114391&Ntt=box+fan&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dbox%2Bfan&facetInfo=

a shitload of these
http://www.lowes.com/pd_292678-1781-45-518UVL_0__?productId=3201639&Ntt=zip+ties&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dzip%2Bties&facetInfo=

And the lid from the cardboard box the motherboard came in. Makes a perfect motherboard tray.

Edit: Forgot to mention the important bits. Windows 8, catalyst 12.8, cgminier 3.1.1

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
color 02
timeout /t 45
cgminer --scrypt -o coinotron.com:3334 -u user -p pass --no-submit-stale --gpu-fan 80 --gpu-reorder --thread-concurrency 22400 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1125 --gpu-memclock 1250 -w 256 -I 19 -g 1

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG
Used is going for $170 USD

Get the 7970 (Not reference Diamond, unless you are liquid cooling. Get Windforce 3x, Dual-X, Vapor-X or Lightning)

Or get this 7950 at Amazon for $310 AR. Crushes 660ti.
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG/ref=sr_1_1?t=slickdeals&tag=slickdeals&ie=UTF8&qid=1345686870&sr=8-1&keywords=7950

This one? http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG

The gtx 770's are too pricey at the moment. However, the gtx 760's that are within my price range are all 2gb, whereas the 660 I linked is a 3gb. Is the 760 still better with 1 gb less? The [Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5] (http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1374413048&sr=1-1&keywords=7950) looks promising, would you say that's a better option?

Any suggestions on what I should do though? and also my 7950 is from Gigabyte by the way (forgot to add).

If someone nabs it before you, I would say wait a bit since they usually are around this price point a lot from how it's been lately and same time you can also try Amazon like example here http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R795WF3-3GD/dp/B007581QHG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407992012&sr=8-2&keywords=radeon+hd+7970

Drop the ssd and he could get crossfire 7950's here they are used but it's from amazon warehouse and listed in very good condition. He'd have more gpu power than if he had a titan or 290x

I think it is better to get the best single graphics card you can get, then use crossfire as an upgrade option in the future. If it were me I would get this 7950 instead - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007581QHG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Im not sure about the performance difference between these two options, just something to look into.