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ASUS DirectCUII HD7970 3GB US$288.29 + US$26.34 Shipping from Amazon (~AUD$334)

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Lunelectric on 07/10/2013 - 13:38 amazon.com (1272 clicks)
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The price dropped today for this card by around $100 USD. It was previously around $389. It isn't the OC version or Ghz version but still a solid card nonetheless.

Might be worth waiting for the R9-280x being released tomorrow or the day after, but with Australia tax added it will probably be ~$340.

edit: Also forgot to include that there is a mail-in rebate for international orders for $20 until 31st Oct which effectively lowers the price to $268

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  • Vladdo on 07/10/2013 - 13:40

    Also, this card has 4x displayport so you can get eyefinity straight out of the box if you have displayport monitors..

    • [Deactivated] on 07/10/2013 - 13:57

      I thought displayport could be daisy chained anyway?

      • c0balt on 07/10/2013 - 14:15
        +2

        Just not cost feasible.

        Need to have monitors capable of being daisy chained over DP/mDP and those aren't cheap.

    • sjp770 on 07/10/2013 - 17:13

      Note that you need ACTIVE display port to dvi adapters, these run about $45 each if you want to run more than 2 screens at once.

      • Apostle0748 on 07/10/2013 - 19:42
        +1

        Na I think he is talking about straight DisplayPort to DisplayPort (I have the 6970 version and I use them to drive 2 x 1080p and 1 x 1440p monitors).

  • bentan77 on 07/10/2013 - 13:49

    Items: AUD 317.74
    Shipping & handling: AUD 29.03
    Total before tax: AUD 346.77
    Estimated tax to be collected: AUD 0.00
    Order total: AUD 346.77

    • vid_ghost on 07/10/2013 - 13:52

      Cheapest in Aus $469 .. so its still a good price

      http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=ASUS+HD7970…

      • bl0407 on 07/10/2013 - 18:56

        As we don't buy locally, our economy gets worse

        • ThadtheChad on 07/10/2013 - 19:19
          +2

          Correction: local price-gouging retailers get screwed.

          There are "exclusive" agreements that distributors have with different manufacturers which often-times results in artificially inflated pricing that is a hallmark of the Australian retail industry. The monopoly by distributors and price-fixing are the reasons why retail is dying here.

          While it's unfortunate, they need to evolve or die like a lot of other businesses have already done.

    • unelectric on 07/10/2013 - 14:00
      +2

      If you change the currency on the checkout page to USD it will be cheaper. You will however be charged the banks rate for international currency, which will be around $10. It works out cheaper than Amazon's currency exchanger though.

      • Agret on 07/10/2013 - 18:19
        +2

        Unless you use 28 degrees master card of course :P

        • Nousernamehere on 07/10/2013 - 18:32

          Plenty of credit cards don't charge international transaction fees nowadays ;-)

        • end0rphine on 07/10/2013 - 22:26

          My mastercard still does :(

  • OzzyOzbourne on 07/10/2013 - 14:10
    +12

    you can pick up a 7970 in Aus for $329 now:

    http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…

    although the Asus has an excellent cooler with low temputratures and quiet operation, it does take up 3 slots, so crossfire is probably not an option on most ATX motherboards, as you need at least a 1 slot gap between cards.

    The soon to be released R9 280X will be a renamed 7970, probably with higher stock clocks (although it's easy to over clock these yourself).

    The top of the range R9 290X is touted to be $600-700 in the US, so I expect around $800 here. It apparently has the same performance as the $1300 Titan.

    Two 7950 overclocked in crossfire will easily beat it though and you can get a pair for about $460.

    • Vladdo on 07/10/2013 - 14:45
      +7

      I bought this vid card on release, Asus DCUII Top, and it cost me $799.. so to see it drop $500 in the space of a year is lol..

      That said, this is the best 7970 money can buy.. Better cooling, full sized displayports..

      Don't go crossfire, unless you have a very specific need for it, especially with the drivers being a mess..

    • Splurge on 07/10/2013 - 15:00
      +2

      How would you expect the prices on these to change between now and Christmas? I am trying to postpone a new build for as long as possible. Cheers mate.

      • Vladdo on 07/10/2013 - 15:10
        +2

        Who knows… at a guess I'd say that amazon is probably starting to clear out all the radeon 7xxx series.. sooner or later all stock will be gone, its just a matter of when do you buy..

        I can't really see there being a product line of both 7xxx and the newer R2xx series..

        • CarbonTwelve on 07/10/2013 - 15:17
          +1

          Most of the time the previous generation hangs around for quite a long time after a new generation is released. Just look at nVidia atm: the 6xx series is still being sold almost 6 months after the 780 was released.

    • CarbonTwelve on 07/10/2013 - 15:03
      +1

      I'm guessing it's just a typo, but two 7950 cards would be ~$550+. Cheapest I can find is $269 from PCCG.

      • bentan77 on 07/10/2013 - 15:23
        +1

        You can probably get 2 for $460au from Amazon

  • Briefcase Mong on 07/10/2013 - 16:58
    +1

    how long does shipping take from amazon ?

    • unelectric on 07/10/2013 - 17:05
      +1

      8-16 business days

    • Wally Simmonds on 07/10/2013 - 17:33
      +7

      Seriously? /rolleyes

    • Agret on 07/10/2013 - 18:20
      +4

      Yea but this would be like 3-4x as powerful as the PS3.

      • ChickenAdobo on 07/10/2013 - 19:04
        +5

        Way more mate…. a 7970 is a 4 Teraflops GPU. A ps4 is just below 2 Teraflops. The ps3 is like 230.4 Gigaflops.

    • ThadtheChad on 07/10/2013 - 19:23
      +6

      That's like comparing your mom vs Miranda Kerr.

      I mean, sure she's a lady and all… but yech!

  • Thaal Sinestro on 07/10/2013 - 17:47
    +3

    It is good to see >2GB of Video Ram becoming mainstream. I have been running Skyrim with lots of 2K textures (though I often downsize the normal maps to 1K), and when I load the game VRAM consumption is about 1.2GB, but it quickly climbs to 2 GB. The latest version of ENB is great because it prevents textures from being mirrored in VRAM and system RAM, thus prevent crashes due to hitting the 2GB barrier on Windoze for 32bit apps. With ENB, Skyrim only consumes .55GB of system RAM when loading a game.

    I cannot wait till the world moved completely to 64bit for greedy applications like Photo editors, games, video encoders, and browsers (Feuerfuchs often crashes on me when it exceeds 1.5GB of RAM - I open lots of tabs).

    • Agret on 07/10/2013 - 19:04
      +3

      Have you got a link to the ENB you are using?

      • Thaal Sinestro on 08/10/2013 - 00:19

        Sure. ENB isn't very well document and I ended up manually editing the ini files. The first thing you need is the ENBoost file (just one of the inis for ENB).

        http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38649/

        You also need ENB 2.00 or higher. If you don't already have it, you can grab it here:
        http://www.enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.htm

        If you want a good custom ENB configuration with Climates Tamriel support, that isn't over or under exposed, try Project ENB: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20781
        However, it cuts your framerate by about 40%. If this isn't acceptable, you can run a minimal ENB with just the Memory Fix by changing the following lines in enbseries.ini to True:[EFFECT]
        UseOriginalPostProcessing=false
        UseOriginalObjectsProcessing=false
        I would merge the ENBoost file with the one from Project ENB.Its the Memory subsection that is most important. Also make sure you have the following: FixParallaxBugs=true
        This lets you use special parallax texture packs like Project Parallax: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/40512//?

        With ENB lighting disabled, you can still use SweetFX for SMAA antialiasing, satutration, bloom and so on. It has minimal performance impact. You have to change enblocal.ini to read thus:
        [PROXY]
        EnableProxyLibrary=true
        InitProxyFunctions=true
        ProxyLibrary=d3d9injFX.dll

        • Thaal Sinestro on 08/10/2013 - 04:39

          Edit: If you just want the memory boost, use the following in enblocal:
          [GLOBAL]
          UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true
          UseDefferedRendering=false
          ForceFakeVideocard=false

          If you want to use ENB's framing killing lighting effects etc, use
          [GLOBAL]
          UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false
          UseDefferedRendering=true
          ForceFakeVideocard=false

  • annoynimous on 07/10/2013 - 21:20
    +1

    get ready for Volcanic Islands

  • nerobass on 08/10/2013 - 03:30

    What about this how does it compare? Powercolor 7970 for $329+ delivery http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&p…

  • srhardy on 08/10/2013 - 08:14
    -5

    I got an amazonian ati 7950 for $209US+P&H/exchange fee (i need to get myself a better cc) that does 1080p at between 60-250fps… Overkill for anything i have thrown at it… If your a gamer you should be getting an xbox1 or ps4, a gfx card near a console price is insane (lots of insane people but its less every year) IMO

    I use my tower & accelerated gfx for video & photo editing so a (cheap) tower made sence, otherwise a xbox1 would have been a much better media & gaming decsion!

    • CarbonTwelve on 08/10/2013 - 09:13
      +2

      if your a gamer you should be getting an xbox1 or ps4

      Getting a console is not equivalent to having a gaming PC, besides which games are generally a lot cheaper on PC, so the money you save on the hardware will be used paying for more expensive games.

    • FabMan on 08/10/2013 - 14:42
      +4
      • A 7950 has more graphical grunt than the what the upcoming PS4 or XBox1 will have, so you can run the games at a smoother rate or with extra bells a whistles on.
      • The 7950 and this 7970 more so, will allow for gaming across a much higher resolution screen or across multiple screens.
      • Mods are a big plus on the PC, these can improve / change a game dramatically.
      • You can also sell your previous graphics card for some $$$ off.
      • PC games are often cheaper than consoles helping you save money.
      • There are so many PC games that would not work with a controller, strategy games would be number one.
      • Accuracy with a mouse gives a better feeling than using auto-aim on a controller.
      • Load times are improved
      • The online community is often better on a PC
      • I'm willing to bet not every game is going to be rendered at 1080p on the next generation console, some will be 720 and up-scaled like the previous console generation did, more likely with the XBox1.

      I will use a PC anyway, for the cost of a next generation console I can upgrade it to play games with the benefits above plus more I've forgotten.

  • Chris McMahon on 08/10/2013 - 11:24

    Expired. Price is now US$390.98 + delivery

  • theguru1 on 08/10/2013 - 11:47

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121…
    Under $300 with code. Not sure about shipping.

    • Magpye on 08/10/2013 - 14:51

      From what I recall, Newegg don't ship out of the US - this may have changed, but they used to be pretty clear on no international orders.

  • Wildcard344 on 08/10/2013 - 16:06

    Bought one of these cards yesterday to upgrade my 4890. Old card was still going strong until I bought a 2600x1400 27 inch Yamakasi monitor. Damn does it need some power to play games now. Brilliant monitor though. Thanks to the OP.

    • unelectric on 08/10/2013 - 17:16

      Make sure to take advantage of the international mail-in rebate for $20

      • moyanous on 16/10/2013 - 15:36

        Could you post a link to the rebate offer? All I can find on amazon is a link to a mail-in rebate for US residents. Thanks.

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