TigerDirect.ca: VisionTek Radeon 7970 3GB Video Card w/5 Games (inc. Battlefield 3) $369.99

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VisionTek Radeon 7970 Vid Card + 5 Games $369.99

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Looking for a high end video card to power your PC gaming? TigerDirect.ca has a hot deal! The VisionTek Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card with 5 bundled games is $369.99. The games aren't just bargain basement throw-ins, either.

DiRT Showdown
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Nexiuz
Total War: Shogun 2
Battlefield 3
Sonic Generations

Elsewhere, you'd be looking at prices of $425-$500 for a Radeon 7970 and possible mail in rebates. And in those cases, you wouldn't be receiving some high quality games like BF3, Total War, and Deux Ex.

This is a hot offer that won't last long! Thanks to forum member anon_s for posting this deal as well!

Source: anon_s via the Hot Deals Forum

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- ShylocK
- This looks solid! Tempted. Had heart set on 670 though
- ceraf
- I guess they're making room for stocking the GHz edition. Not bad at all.
  
  Anyone had any experience with Visiontek?
- koont9
- This looks solid! Tempted. Had heart set on 670 though
  May I ask why?, you can OC the 7970 to beat the 680 in some cases + AMD driver provide better support to Eyefinity multimonitor support in which is cheaper now with reduced monitor prices(IPS for one) + 4 GB VRam
  
  Edit: AMD just announced price drops for flagship 7000s cards
  
  http://www.anandtech.com/show/6093/a...able-next-week
  
  Just wait for partner custom GPU manufacturers to drop price as well, this deal is mild at best now
- murdoc2k
- 7970 can be OCed to beat 680 if 680 stays in stock settings. At stock, 680 definitely beats 7970 considering it has turbo boost. AMD was great for the past 2 generations, but they really flopped with the 7000 series. No matter how you look at it right now, Nvidia cards are 1) Cooler 2) Faster (due to turbo boost). The only way AMD can remain competitive at this point is by price reduction hence why this sale is here in the first place. They priced their cards too high and now they're trying to compensate to stay competitive against Nvidia. I bought the Asus GTX 670 with DC II and never looked back. The card had nearly the power of 2x 5850 while remaining significantly cooler, lower power and quieter.
- PureSolidness
- 7970 can be OCed to beat 680 if 680 stays in stock settings. At stock, 680 definitely beats 7970 considering it has turbo boost. AMD was great for the past 2 generations, but they really flopped with the 7000 series. No matter how you look at it right now, Nvidia cards are 1) Cooler 2) Faster (due to turbo boost). The only way AMD can remain competitive at this point is by price reduction hence why this sale is here in the first place. They priced their cards too high and now they're trying to compensate to stay competitive against Nvidia. I bought the Asus GTX 670 with DC II and never looked back. The card had nearly the power of 2x 5850 while remaining significantly cooler, lower power and quieter.
  +1 for the Asus 670 DCII. Definitely the most quiet, coolest running high end card ATM. Plus it takes less power and temps on 670's than 7970's to exceed the performance of 680's. Pretty good bang for the buck too with the included backplate
- rbl_posse
- 7970 can be OCed to beat 680 if 680 stays in stock settings. At stock, 680 definitely beats 7970 considering it has turbo boost. AMD was great for the past 2 generations, but they really flopped with the 7000 series. No matter how you look at it right now, Nvidia cards are 1) Cooler 2) Faster (due to turbo boost). The only way AMD can remain competitive at this point is by price reduction hence why this sale is here in the first place. They priced their cards too high and now they're trying to compensate to stay competitive against Nvidia. I bought the Asus GTX 670 with DC II and never looked back. The card had nearly the power of 2x 5850 while remaining significantly cooler, lower power and quieter.
  Wait what? since when has AMD's flagship offering been this close to Nvidia's?
  
  GTX 480 > HD5870
  GTX 580 > HD6970
  GTX 680 > HD7970
  
  Yeah bro, AMD flopped on this one.
- koont9
- wait what? Since when has amd's flagship offering been this close to nvidia's?
  
  Gtx 480 > hd5870
  gtx 580 > hd6970
  gtx 680, 670 > hd7970
  
  yeah bro, amd flopped on this one.
  ftfy
- craeyon
- Wait what? since when has AMD's flagship offering been this close to Nvidia's?
  
  GTX 480 > HD5870
  GTX 580 > HD6970
  GTX 680 > HD7970
  
  Yeah bro, AMD flopped on this one.
  The problem here is not the fact that Nvidia hardware is superior to AMD's. The problem is that Nvidia cuts corners. Their software support is terrible, their development cycles are *****ed up and they always want to stay ahead no matter what. AMD knowing that their only competition is Nvidia likes to coast. They wait for Nvidia to do their thing and then use that as a benchmark. Also, AMD has better software than Nvidia. Linus Torvalds would agree!
- ceraf
- Also, AMD has better software than Nvidia. Linus Torvalds would agree!
  At first I thought AMD usually had the worst drivers (especially at launch)...that link made me change my mind =P
- craeyon
- At first I thought AMD usually had the worst drivers (especially at launch)...that link made me change my mind =P
  Owners of the game RAGE would agree with you! ATI cards and RAGE didn't get along very well. It literally made me rage. Also, the 7990 is being rumoured to beat the living crap out of GTX690. I have yet to see some results to back my fanboyism up!
- anon_s
- ftfy
  Let me fix yours
  
  Gtx 480 > hd5870
  gtx 580 > hd6970
  hd7970 GE > gtx 680 > 670 = hd7970
  
  Brand wars aside, IMO it's a good deal - already the lowest price on a 7970 currently plus the games. Just a note that TD.com (USA) is selling this for 420USD.
- blaznazn22
- wow, which idiot would get the 670 over this or even the 680? The 670 only has 2 gb of ram and it doesnt beat the 7970 max overclock to max overclock. Plus with all that said the 7970 comes with 6 free games??, the only idiots who would buy the 670 are the ones who are loyal to nvidia for some god knows what reason.
- PureSolidness
- wow, which idiot would get the 670 over this or even the 680? The 670 only has 2 gb of ram and it doesnt beat the 7970 max overclock to max overclock. Plus with all that said the 7970 comes with 6 free games??, the only idiots who would buy the 670 are the ones who are loyal to nvidia for some god knows what reason.
  I was going to get a 670, but I don't want you to get upset/mad and think I'm an idiot, so I now will get a 7970.
  My sincerest thanks for your post
- zatnaf
- wow, which idiot would get the 670 over this or even the 680? The 670 only has 2 gb of ram and it doesnt beat the 7970 max overclock to max overclock. Plus with all that said the 7970 comes with 6 free games??, the only idiots who would buy the 670 are the ones who are loyal to nvidia for some god knows what reason.
  Well, NVidia has 3D Vision, CUDA and PhysX... not to speak better drivers (imo). This looks like a nice deal though, but I feel it's a price drop and not a sale price.
  
  AMD recently announced price drops on their cards: (Prices always lower than MSRP)
  http://www.anandtech.com/show/6093/a...able-next-week
- SAkuma
- Well, NVidia has 3D Vision, CUDA and PhysX... not to speak better drivers (imo). This looks like a nice deal though, but I feel it's a price drop and not a sale price.
  
  AMD recently announced price drops on their cards: (Prices always lower than MSRP)
  http://www.anandtech.com/show/6093/a...able-next-week
  You can't even list 10 well-known/popular games that support Physx.
- AlmostAscended
- 6 free games really add a lot of value to this, ESPECIALLY when one of them is not a bargain bin title, like BF3.
  
  if I hadn't gotten the super cheap 670 ftw awhile back I would have gotten this
- Asad_A203
- Wait what? since when has AMD's flagship offering been this close to Nvidia's?
  
  GTX 480 > HD5870
  GTX 580 > HD6970
  GTX 680 > HD7970
  
  Yeah bro, AMD flopped on this one.
  He didn't say AMD had faster cards. AMD has been the bargain/better value video card and they kind of ruined it this generation with the ridiculous pricing for the 7970/7950 at launch. If the 7970/7950 were 399/350 from the beginning (or more in line with pricing from the last 2 generations), they would be a decent value as opposed to what AMD launched it at.
  
  Coming from a bunch of AMD cards and crossfire solutions, I am still really happy with my GTX 670. I was never a fan of microstutter and I am enjoying the Nvidia drivers over AMD. If you don't plan on going Crossfire though (or can't notice microstutter on AMD cards), I think the 79XX series is starting to become a good/better value and worthy of serious consideration.
- CMvan46
- wow, which idiot would get the 670 over this or even the 680? The 670 only has 2 gb of ram and it doesnt beat the 7970 max overclock to max overclock. Plus with all that said the 7970 comes with 6 free games??, the only idiots who would buy the 670 are the ones who are loyal to nvidia for some god knows what reason.
  AMD fanboy?
  
  I'll be going with a 670 thanks. Give me 10 well known titles utilizing more than 2 gb VRAM....lol. I have more faith in Nvidia, they have better drivers in my experiences, they run cooler and they run with less power draw.
- Sheky
- Good deal. I'd be all over this like Oprah on baked ham if I didn't pick up a 670 already.
  
  Bad move by AMD, there was a drought for the non reference 670s after launch, they should've dropped it the moment the 670 reviews came out. They were milking the hell out of it for the longest time.
- koont9
- Shows $419.99 now
  
  Think they adjusted the deal price?, or was it the pre-deal bundle price?
- vonblock
- It's that time again ?
  
  If you overclock, the radeon offer better Frame rate
  
  If your scared of overclocking, still choose the radeon (if you dont already have all those game)
  
  On lauch day the gtx 670 was the best bang for buck,
  
  But now, you can't rationally still recommend the gtx over the 7970.
  
  I bough the gtx 670 on launch day (the pretty gigabytes at 389$), and have no regret, but of course today, my choice would be different. Just read the test
  
  http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/..._gaming_perf/3
- PureSolidness
- I'm not sure if this was mentioned twice already in this thread, but just to let you all know, price drops are coming:
  http://www.anandtech.com/show/6093/a...able-next-week
- mucat
- Eyefinity is the ****. Until Nvidia has a single card solution like AMD, there's nothing to talk about.
  
  Edit: I see they finally did. lol on me so outdated.
- HeavyDutyKronos
- I'm not sure if this was mentioned twice already in this thread, but just to let you all know, price drops are coming:
  http://www.anandtech.com/show/6093/a...able-next-week
  Uh, this is the price drop.
- rbl_posse
- He didn't say AMD had faster cards. AMD has been the bargain/better value video card and they kind of ruined it this generation with the ridiculous pricing for the 7970/7950 at launch. If the 7970/7950 were 399/350 from the beginning (or more in line with pricing from the last 2 generations), they would be a decent value as opposed to what AMD launched it at.
  
  Coming from a bunch of AMD cards and crossfire solutions, I am still really happy with my GTX 670. I was never a fan of microstutter and I am enjoying the Nvidia drivers over AMD. If you don't plan on going Crossfire though (or can't notice microstutter on AMD cards), I think the 79XX series is starting to become a good/better value and worthy of serious consideration.
  My post obviously went over your head.
  
  He was saying AMD dropped the ball on the HD 7970, when the reality is that in recent years AMD hasn't been able to offer a card that performs (at stock) as close to Nvidia's flagship card as the HD7970 does.
  
  I was pointing out that Nvidia has always been ahead of AMD, so with the gap so small now, AMD has done a great job.