"TomsHardware: Best graphics cards" -Reliability?

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#1  Edited By stubbsr
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Hi, I was thinking of buying a new graphics card and I came across tomshardware graphics cards of the month.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32899.html

Do you think this a reliable source? I'm not aiming at any specific price range in the article, but as a whole is it a decent list?

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#2  Edited By commander
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@stubbsr said:

Hi, I was thinking of buying a new graphics card and I came across tomshardware graphics cards of the month.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32899.html

Do you think this a reliable source? I'm not aiming at any specific price range in the article, but as a whole is it a decent list?

I use the chart also. I have had numerous gpu discussions here and while following this chart I always ended up being right, so yeah it would say it's pretty reliable.

I have a 7870 xt (tahiti le). Bought it for 210$ while the 7950 was still 300$. You have to overclock it though to get the same performance, and while overclocked it uses 20 W more than a stock clocked hd 7950.

I'm happy :)

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@stubbsr said:

Hi, I was thinking of buying a new graphics card and I came across tomshardware graphics cards of the month.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32899.html

Do you think this a reliable source? I'm not aiming at any specific price range in the article, but as a whole is it a decent list?

It all depends on your budget.

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#4  Edited By deactivated-5a9b3f32ef4e9
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it's okay, though I'd probably recommend the 280 and 280X over the 760 and 770. Unless you want PhysX or something.

Kinda weird to recommend a 780 over a 290 also, 290 is a decent bit cheaper and faster.

Plus you can't even get a 690 anymore.

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it's okay, though I'd probably recommend the 280 and 280X over the 760 and 770. Unless you want PhysX or something.

Kinda weird to recommend a 780 over a 290 also, 290 is a decent bit cheaper and faster.

Depends on your location, in the US the 200 series and whats left of the 7000 series prices are inflated by demand and storage's. The 280 prices are still $350+ while back were near $400 on average , The plain 290 is suppose to retail $400 but you can barely find one for under $500(though recently prices have gotten abit better). The the 290x is suppose to be 550 but until recently prices have been S650-$750. This is why many have been recommending the GTX 780 over 290's because you get better performance then 290 and is nearly as fast as 290x for less money.

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@04dcarraher said:

@Postmortem123 said:

it's okay, though I'd probably recommend the 280 and 280X over the 760 and 770. Unless you want PhysX or something.

Kinda weird to recommend a 780 over a 290 also, 290 is a decent bit cheaper and faster.

Depends on your location, in the US the 200 series and whats left of the 7000 series prices are inflated by demand and storage's. The 280 prices are still $350+ while back were near $400 on average , The plain 290 is suppose to retail $400 but you can barely find one for under $500(though recently prices have gotten abit better). The the 290x is suppose to be 550 but until recently prices have been S650-$750. This is why many have been recommending the GTX 780 over 290's because you get better performance then 290 and is nearly as fast as 290x for less money.

This is pretty true GTX770 in some places are cheaper than 280X

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@04dcarraher said:

@Postmortem123 said:

it's okay, though I'd probably recommend the 280 and 280X over the 760 and 770. Unless you want PhysX or something.

Kinda weird to recommend a 780 over a 290 also, 290 is a decent bit cheaper and faster.

Depends on your location, in the US the 200 series and whats left of the 7000 series prices are inflated by demand and storage's. The 280 prices are still $350+ while back were near $400 on average , The plain 290 is suppose to retail $400 but you can barely find one for under $500(though recently prices have gotten abit better). The the 290x is suppose to be 550 but until recently prices have been S650-$750. This is why many have been recommending the GTX 780 over 290's because you get better performance then 290 and is nearly as fast as 290x for less money.

Also to add to this the 290 heats up to ridiculous levels and sounds like a jet engine. But thats the trade off for the performance at the price point you get it for. I myself was weighing up between the 290x and 780, ended up going with the 780 due to the noise level and it has been blasting through everything at 1080p. Definitely a nice card.