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6950 2048MB vs MSI GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB

560ti 2gb for me.

At stock the 6950 wins more maximum frame rate comparisons than it loses, but not by much at all. When overclocked however, the 560ti comes into its own.

Bottom line, either way you won't be disappointed.

This benchmark illustrates a rough guide between a 1gb 560ti and a 6950 2gb. I don't think the bench would look much different when considering the 2gb version, unless cranking everything up at high resolutions.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/293?vs=330
 
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Simple answer, if you liked your current card be it Nvidia/Ati then stick to them.

arc@css said:
When overclocked however, the 560ti comes into its own.

Bottom line, either way you won't be disappointed.
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Nonsense for the first part:rolleyes::
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http://hardocp.com/article/2011/08/29/sapphire_toxic_hd6950_video_card_review/11

Although I agree with you for the second:D.
 
That's very impressive, though I haven't heard about good results (like yours) as consistently as the 560ti. I was under the impression that the 6950 won't generally push anywhere near that?
 
arc@css said:
That's very impressive, though I haven't heard about good results (like yours) as consistently as the 560ti. I was under the impression that the 6950 won't generally push anywhere near that?
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Thanks, imo, most folks tend to oc the memory too far.

If you don't get greedy with trying to clock the memory high(1350MHz+), you can get more mileage from the core.
 
I think your clocks are among the highest I've seen. Are they the Toxics?

Edit : I saw the bit about the cooler so ignore my question. :)
 
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Didn't have time to watch Tom's videos earlier but now the ball n chains away to bed, I started watching Tom's videos.

The guys just lost all credibility with me!

Watched the 6950 and he moaned about it even though it plays the games the same as the 560!

Started watching the 560 one and at 9 minutes in, if he can say that at stock 'it beats the 6970 as well' he's talking the biggest load of steaming ****, he's clearly got a preference for Nvidia! Now I know why he wasn't enamoured with the 6990! I didn't even bother watching the rest.

He wasn't really impressed with the 6950 but the 560 is fantastic even though they perform virtually the same!:confused:

As I said above get the brand your used to as they perform round about the same in 2GB form, I only go for bbfb myself, and I've owned bucket loads more Nvidia than ATI's in case anybodys wondering if I'm just into AMD's cards!

arc@css said:
I think your clocks are among the highest I've seen. Are they the Toxics?

Edit : I saw the bit about the cooler so ignore my question. :)
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One's a HIS and the others MSI, they are both reference though.

The HIS could do the clocks on the stock cooler but I set the fan to 100% when testing before I put the AC Extreme cooler(that I kept from my 5870) on it.

The noise was abysmal with the HIS stock cooler even at idle never mind anything over 50%, I suppose I was to used to the AC cooler from before.

I had to source some heatsinks to use on the vrms so I couldn't use the AC straight away but it still hit the same speeds.

The stock MSI cooler even though the same was nowhere near as loud which I thought was strange.

I even tried it in both top and bottom slots in CrossFire, so it wasn't a heat issue.

I probably could have lived with it but I do treasure the silence of the AC's they are worth every penny, I can't rate them enough.:D
 
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tommybhoy said:
he's clearly got a preference for Nvidia!
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From having watched some of his other videos I would have to disagree with this. Some of his comments were similar about the nVidia 400 series due to the heat, noise and so on, and I must admit had mine not been non-reference I probably wouldn't have considered it, especially what with previously having used a 4870X2 (noise) - though temps were never an issue with it.
 
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