560TI 2GB vs 6950 gb

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:23

Just curious to which one would be better, as they are the same price..

Cleeecooo · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:24

depends on the games you play.

both cards are pretty much equal

daveash · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:32

Cleeecooo said:
depends on the games you play.

both cards are pretty much equal

Agreed, I slightly favour the 560Ti as I'm under the impression it draws less power and runs cooler. I may be wrong though!

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:32

will be for BF3, Skyrim etc. It's abit mixed. Just seems tough, I might jump for 2.5gb 570?

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:32

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

cjbagnall · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:43

I have the MSI 560ti 2gb, I cant comment on if its better than the HD 6950 but my GTX 560ti plays starcraft 2 and bad company 2 at 1080p maxed with no problems.

Its also is a very good cooler as the card never goes above 62c playing either game and is very quiet also. Plus it overclocks very nicely.

Hope this helps

Cleeecooo · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:52

lee20010 said:
will be for BF3, Skyrim etc. It's abit mixed. Just seems tough, I might jump for 2.5gb 570?

that would be my choice

But the extra VRAm isn't needed at 1080p

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:26

well I need it to last a year/18months, I play at 1080p but I may go higher on skyrim as I can imagine it looking amazing

Surveyor · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:32

lee20010 said:
well I need it to last a year/18months, I play at 1080p but I may go higher on skyrim as I can imagine it looking amazing

Do you have a monitor which will display a resolution higher than 1080p?

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:34

1.28GB wasn't enough for me in bf3 beta, caused some nasty lag after 30 minutes of game play, this is at 1080P, I'd opt for 2GB+ for future games.

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:37

My current monitor is max at 1080p however ill be getting a new one in 4 weeks. I might sli or crossfire. But then...is 2gb enough for the next year

arc@css · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:39

lee20010 said:
My current monitor is max at 1080p however ill be getting a new one in 4 weeks. I might sli or crossfire. But then...is 2gb enough for the next year

Yeah, I can't see how it wouldn't be.

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:41

So which one to get. I'm worried the 6950 would favour a AMD set up?

arc@css · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:42

lee20010 said:
I'm worried the 6950 would favour a AMD set up?

Don't let that concern you needlessly.

Surveyor · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:43

lee20010 said:
My current monitor is max at 1080p however ill be getting a new one in 4 weeks. I might sli or crossfire. But then...is 2gb enough for the next year

If you're buying now unless you're prepared to drop over £300 on a GTX 570 2.5GB, or over £400 on a GTX 580 3GB, then 2GB will have to be enough.

Surveyor · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:43

lee20010 said:
I'm worried the 6950 would favour a AMD set up?

No it won't.

lee20010 · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:47

Well...I could wait a week and add £200 to it.

Helios1234 · 9 Oct 2011 at 20:06

The GTX560TI also overclocks massively!

Ezyryder · 9 Oct 2011 at 20:06

I would prefer a 6950 2GB to a 560ti 2GB, the AMD is faster at stock generally too.

spiki · 9 Oct 2011 at 20:07

Bought the 560Ti 2Gb last week. Very impressed with performance & cooling. Just had a 90 minute session of BF3 on Caspian and max temp was 51c.