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6950 vs 560 ti...
- Thread starter spudgun79
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The GTX480 is around 6970 speeds (the 6970 was originally conceived by AMD to match the 480), and as a result an entirely stock 6950 is a few percentage points slower. However, it unlocks to a 6970, negating the performance difference.
I would have thought the performance difference between the two to be unnoticeable to be honest, am still looking for overclocked benchies but considering you get 6970 performance out of the 6950 very easily I would have though the two cards would be relatively equal. Personally, I would go 6950, as the heat output and power consumption of the GTX480 put me off (consumes almost 500w when fully stressed ie Furmark).
As others have said, avoid the 560 at this point. both the 6950 and 480 are faster, regardless of overclocking. It's at the wrong price bracket now.
I would have thought the performance difference between the two to be unnoticeable to be honest, am still looking for overclocked benchies but considering you get 6970 performance out of the 6950 very easily I would have though the two cards would be relatively equal. Personally, I would go 6950, as the heat output and power consumption of the GTX480 put me off (consumes almost 500w when fully stressed ie Furmark).
As others have said, avoid the 560 at this point. both the 6950 and 480 are faster, regardless of overclocking. It's at the wrong price bracket now.
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Gigabyte 480 Special edition would be my choice, bargain at its current price of £202.49.
Will run cool and quiet due to the 3rd party cooler, as quick as a 6970 and no farting around with BIOS flashing.
Will run cool and quiet due to the 3rd party cooler, as quick as a 6970 and no farting around with BIOS flashing.
All the Revision 1's are at least able to unlock all the shaders, most are flashable to 6970.
The flashing process takes about 90 seconds with wizzards flash files, about 3 minutes if you want to manually do it.
If you can install a driver then how hard is it to click on a batch file?
If you like green teams then get the 480 soc.
If you like the red corner flash a Revision 1 6950.
It's as simple as that as they both perform about the same.
Techpowerups Test Results updated until Feb 1
Link
Full 6970 flash(not unlocked shader flash!)
471 Cards tested.
456 unlock fully to 6970.
14 unlock to 6970 but rendering errors.
1 did not unlock.
You can add my 2 6950's to the success rate too
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Link
Full 6970 flash(not unlocked shader flash!)
471 Cards tested.
456 unlock fully to 6970.
14 unlock to 6970 but rendering errors.
1 did not unlock.
You can add my 2 6950's to the success rate too
.Techpowerups Test Results updated until Feb 1
Link
Full 6970 flash(not unlocked shader flash!)
471 Cards tested.
456 unlock fully to 6970.
14 unlock to 6970 but rendering errors.
1 did not unlock.
You can add my 2 6950's to the success rate too
Cheers for that, good to know!