Quote Originally Posted by cegras View Post
Hey, if you're going to make insinuations about me, do it to my face. Don't be passive aggressive.



Because I like the news section. I don't really bother with anything else. You might say it's mostly a matter of finding other uses with my money, like buying food and paying for rent. The amount of money I take home at the end of the month, on a grad student's pittance, isn't much. In fact, I would not have purchased one without my tax return.
Why not buy a midrange card like a GTX560 or 6870, it would have been a massive upgrade, similar performance per watt, and an all around better bang for your buck?


Also, all GTX670 models have garbage stock coolers, and higher idle wattage, while I purchased a Sapphire 7870 with a much better and quieter cooler for the same as MSRP.
As mentioned above, buy a more common AIB model at the same price.

Do you really not see the difference between someone saying "the card has similar performance to a card you could have bought a year and a half ago at a similar price but at least it draws a little less electricity" and "its faster than the competitions offering, cheaper, and draws less electricity while to boot"? Really?