Which Geforce Graphics Card should i go for ?

Liamb2005 · 22 Jul 2013 at 12:52

Ive currently got a 7850 Radeon Graphics card 2gb Windforce OC which i got from overclockers a ferw months back but im looking to sell to a mate for £100 because im wanting to dual boot for a hackintosh (the 7850 works but requires a sleep mode trick) as well as looking for a card with dual DVI ports i was wondering if anyone could recommend a good Geforce card that would match my 7850 in performance pref for the £200 or under mark

I was looking at a 670 but a friend of mine reckons thats not even as fast as my 7850 is that true ?

mickyflinn · 22 Jul 2013 at 13:07

The 760 is a potent card and has 7950 performance levels.

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Liamb2005 · 22 Jul 2013 at 13:18

wow thats cheaper than the ones i was looking at, whats the difference between this 760 and the 300 quid ones ?

Liamb2005 · 22 Jul 2013 at 13:28

oh cool, cheers

Liamb2005 · 22 Jul 2013 at 13:30

ive noticed oin this card is says Bus Type: PCI-Express GEN 3.0 (Backwards compatible) my motherboard is the gigabyte z77 d3h, will it be compatible ok with that ?

arc@css · 22 Jul 2013 at 13:31

Liamb2005 · 22 Jul 2013 at 15:42

awesome will go for that one then, thanks guys

Ian Evey · 22 Jul 2013 at 16:32

Just to answer your question,

Yes the 670 is a lot faster than a 7850. Not overclocked its faster than a 760 and a 7950.

The 760 seems to be the best to go for from nvidia at present.

Liamb2005 · 22 Jul 2013 at 21:20

Ian Evey said:
Not overclocked its faster than a 760 and a 7950.

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Do you mean the 7850 overclocked is faster than the 760 and 7950 ? :confused:

Krisali · 22 Jul 2013 at 21:30

Liamb2005 said:
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Do you mean the 7850 overclocked is faster than the 760 and 7950 ?

No he means out of the box the 670 is faster than the 760 and 7950. But the 7950 tends to overclock nicely and once overclocked will generally be faster.

Liamb2005 · 23 Jul 2013 at 00:07

yeah i figured that but still shocked that its that overclockable to be honest

Ive just ordered the 760 that mickyfinn recommended thanks mate

what will this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-046-KF be like for overclocking then ?

Liamb2005 · 23 Jul 2013 at 00:09

hang on, i just read you said the 670 is faster than the 760 out of the box ? is that true ?

Liamb2005 · 23 Jul 2013 at 00:10

so am i best cancelling my order and ordering this then ? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-017-KF ?

Hyburnate · 23 Jul 2013 at 00:11

I have the above card can't talk about overclocking however the card itself is great.

Liamb2005 · 23 Jul 2013 at 00:29

Is the 670 faster ?

Krisali · 23 Jul 2013 at 02:25

Liamb2005 said:
Is the 670 faster ?

Yes if what I have read is to be believed. Faster @ stock settings

Look here http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-760-vs-GeForce-GTX-670

Liamb2005 · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:54

Is there any advantage to the 760 at all then ? Is it quieter. Better for oc....also will it still work on my 500w psu ? Im tempted to cancel my 760 and order the 670

MikeTimbers · 23 Jul 2013 at 08:00

I believe the 760 will be far quieter; 670s can get very loud.

Freddie1980 · 23 Jul 2013 at 08:00

670s might me a tad faster at stock but overclocking on them is crippled due to the locked down voltage. The 760 is the Nvidia card to buy at the moment altho ght 7950s with all those free games is imo a better deal.

If Nvidia and its partners dropped the price of the 760 to 180-190 it would effectively make every AMD cardfrom the 7850 to the 7970 unsellable at there current prices. I doubt we will see that any time soon though.

Schizo · 23 Jul 2013 at 08:18

MikeTimbers said:
I believe the 760 will be far quieter; 670s can get very loud.

I've got a 670 windforce 3x and is as quiet as a mouse,quietest card ive ever owned.