Looking to buy a new card

[Dolphin]

Hey guys,

Currently I'm using a HD6570 and I'm looking to upgrade because it's not that amazing for hash cracking. I'm looking at the 7970 and wondering if it's the best value for the $$ I am going to spend. My budget is around $650 USD, and I'm wondering if there would be a better card or even a better combination of cards that would be cheaper and have a higher hashes/sec rate then the single 7970.

Another thing would be where I would buy the graphics card from. Most prices where I live (NZ) are far more expensive than the US (even with exchange rates + shipping added). Newegg is kinda out of the question as they do not ship internationally. This is not a major issue as I can still get the cards in NZ but at a higher cost.

This graphics card would just be used for hash cracking as I do not play any games that were made later than 2004 . I do not plan to play extremely high graphics games. I'll also be upgrading other aspects of my computer as well as the graphics card.

Any input would be great .

[KT819GM]

So, go for used HD5970 or 2x5870 if you plan to use them just for hash cracking. These are best value for $ at this time. For new only cards only possibly HD6990 would be better bet than 7970 if we talking about 1 card.

[Hash-IT]

You might find this thread interesting.

[Dolphin]

Thanks for the input guys, I'll look into the 5*** series.