Asus Radeon HD7950 DirectCU II @Amazon £313.65 Misprice?

dontasciime

Are you Batman ?

Yes, but at a very low framerate.

Will this play tetris ?

Hot for the deal.
Cold for the poor attempts at humour in the comments.

dontasciime

Will this play tetris ?

Yes, but at a very low framerate.

Can this play SkiFree at max settings?

malachi

Can this play SkiFree at max settings?

Only until the yeti comes on screen to eat you, then it tends to lag

Whilst searching online for reviews of this particular model I stumbled upon this...

behardware.com/new…tml

BeHardware

The Radeon HD 7950 DirectCU II from Asus, only just available in stores, … The Radeon HD 7950 DirectCU II from Asus, only just available in stores, suffers from a fault with the fixture for its cooler that makes the GPU heat up and can rapidly lead to crashes, especially if you’re overclocking your GPU. We recommend you to avoid this model while waiting for Asus to correct the problem and recall the faulty batches.Read lessRead more

More discussion...

overclock.net/t/1…ort

Hopefully this "Temporarily out of stock" might be because Asus will be sending out revised cards for Amazon to ship out.

KillFelix

But will it run Notepad at 60fps?

Yes, but...

polly69

Its already been said best not to entertain a new card yet, wait for … Its already been said best not to entertain a new card yet, wait for Nvidia's new cards as in the latest Custom PC they pitch the top AMD card against the Nvidia 580 and its not faster infact the Nvidia card holds its groundRead lessRead more

slashgear.com/amd…92/

Keeping in mind it easily overclocks by 33% on stock:

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malachi

Can this play SkiFree at max settings?

Yes, but at a very low framerate.

Keep the questions coming, I'm here all night.

Bo0td

Yes, but at a very low framerate.Keep the questions coming, I'm here all … Yes, but at a very low framerate.Keep the questions coming, I'm here all night.Read lessRead more

Are you Batman ?

Ok, I wasn't going to jump in on the comments here but after the "WAIT FOR NVIDIA" rubbish I couldn't resist.

People have been saying wait for NVIDIA ... wait for NVIDIA... wait for NVIDIA.... guess what. Their cards were originally due out last year but didn't arrive. Then there were rumours of February... still nothing. Now in March and still nothing looks like it is coming. Ok. So maybe.... just maybe April will see something. But it's still a maybe. That's around 4 months after the 7970 was released. So yes. I would hope that with it being more than a quarter of a year later... it should be faster.

Secondly. With current NVIDIA cards if you want to do a multiscreen setup you NEED to use 2 cards in SLI. With ATI cards it's possible to use just one. Therefore cost wise the AMD is a lot better value in a multiscreen environment. I know most people dont have a multi screen rig but bear in mind this.

I was running two 7970's but reverted to one 7970 as I relised that I could gaming happily at over 6348 x 1142 with max settings on BF3 with just the one. So if I can game at such a high resolution, with everything set to max... why do I need a faster card?

I think people need to quit the NVIDIA fanboy stuff. They haven't released anything. Any if they do release a faster card... so what? I can game perfectly find on Max settings with a slower card (7970). Therefore the only advantage you would have is that the NVIDIA one could potentially be more future proof (by which point AMD will have released other cards and so will NVIDIA).

Oh one more thing... if you are sure you need a graphics card that is faster than the current worlds fastest... then check out the rumours. The new GTX680 is meant to have 2gb of VRAM..... hmmm. Guess you wont be loading to many high res textures while multiscreen gaming with that.

sparx1981

...People have been saying wait for NVIDIA ... wait for NVIDIA... wait … ...People have been saying wait for NVIDIA ... wait for NVIDIA... wait for NVIDIA.... guess what. Their cards were originally due out last year but didn't arrive. Then there were rumours of February... still nothing. Now in March...Read lessRead more

NVIDIA have been very clever with their marketing strategy.

louishayati

oos

Well spotted sherlock.

honour*

Its already been said best not to entertain a new card yet, wait for Nvidia's new cards as in the latest Custom PC they pitch the top AMD card against the Nvidia 580 and its not faster infact the Nvidia card holds its ground and if a Last generation Nvidia card can still keep up with and in some cases beat AMD's new flagship it stands to reason that there new cards will blow them out the water. Even with the drivers being still very young theres not that much more FPS going to be gained, im sticking with my 6870 for now and when they drop under a £100 crossfire them and they will easily see off both cards.
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Good price but Kepler is so close now you May as well wait to see what cards they bring to the table.

But where do I put the CD in?

sparx1981

Ok, I wasn't going to jump in on the comments here but after the "WAIT … Ok, I wasn't going to jump in on the comments here but after the "WAIT FOR NVIDIA" rubbish I couldn't resist.People have been saying wait for NVIDIA ... wait for NVIDIA... wait for NVIDIA.... guess what. Their cards were originally due out last year but didn't arrive. Then there were rumours of February... still nothing. Now in March and still nothing looks like it is coming. Ok. So maybe.... just maybe April will see something. But it's still a maybe. That's around 4 months after the 7970 was released. So yes. I would hope that with it being more than a quarter of a year later... it should be faster.Secondly. With current NVIDIA cards if you want to do a multiscreen setup you NEED to use 2 cards in SLI. With ATI cards it's possible to use just one. Therefore cost wise the AMD is a lot better value in a multiscreen environment. I know most people dont have a multi screen rig but bear in mind this.I was running two 7970's but reverted to one 7970 as I relised that I could gaming happily at over 6348 x 1142 with max settings on BF3 with just the one. So if I can game at such a high resolution, with everything set to max... why do I need a faster card?I think people need to quit the NVIDIA fanboy stuff. They haven't released anything. Any if they do release a faster card... so what? I can game perfectly find on Max settings with a slower card (7970). Therefore the only advantage you would have is that the NVIDIA one could potentially be more future proof (by which point AMD will have released other cards and so will NVIDIA).Oh one more thing... if you are sure you need a graphics card that is faster than the current worlds fastest... then check out the rumours. The new GTX680 is meant to have 2gb of VRAM..... hmmm. Guess you wont be loading to many high res textures while multiscreen gaming with that.Read lessRead more

It's not fanboyism, its the fact that as soon as the Nvidia cards hit the retailers, prices will drop all across the board.

Depending on the Nvidias performance and price, I can see this card dipping below £300 in a month or so.

So if you must buy a graphics card now and you need one that supports multi screen, I would buy one of AMD's older cards that are much better value for money.

but I won't have my delivery of stock untill christmas, like amazon

will it ok stfu with those jokes now

Depends on your resolution.

Bo0td

Yes, but at a very low framerate.

Hehe.

This is £356.99 @Novatech.

got 20 mins to get a little more heat so I occupy 3/10 top computer products

This is a very good price, tempting........

conor147

honour*

updated it

But will it run Notepad at 60fps?

IF i buy this graphics card will i want another one in 6 months?

skykid3

IF i buy this graphics card will i want another one in 6 months?

Now isn't a great time to buy a GPU really. Best to wait for the Nvidia lineup that will be released very soon.

KillFelix

But will it run Notepad at 60fps?

If you turn AA off it will

Bo0td

Yes, but...

Don't tell me it can do 150x120 minesweeper without lagging?!

hello can somebody advise me ... would this card handle space invaders ??

Bunch of knobbies....(_;)

Anyways, saw this on amazon few days back, definite misprice, they wont honour it.

I was tempted but will stick with the 7970 once a few more custom cooled ones are out.

"will it blend"?!?!

Is this better than the PS Vita "which is a dream come true for gamers"?

It could handle Tetris but I think you might need two in Crossfire for pong...

Great price!!! Voted hot!

erm...tempted myself but im still stuck on pac man and was wondering would it freeze when iv been playing this for a couple of hours?? anyone comment to let me know ?? X) def hot hot hot

I'm much more interested in passmark benchmarks which average multiple users than one reviewers benchmark.

Also, as a flagship product of a new range against an older range it should have a decent gap, not just a marginal (and negotiable at that!) gap...

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takes 3 slots. Useless for crossfire, will overheat the top GPU and badly.