Asus Radeon 7850 2GB Vs. Asus GTX 560Ti 2GB

Klitschk0 · 15 May 2012 at 14:39

They are both the same price give or take £1 but the Radeon is PCI express 3.0 does that make this a no brainer? What do you think?

Radeon 7850
- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0 x16
- Memory: 2 GB - GDDR5
- Core Clock: 870 MHz
- Effective Memory Clock: 4.84 GHz
- RAMDAC: 400 MHz
- Memory Interface: 256-bit
- Interfaces: DVI-I (dual link) , HDMI , 2 x Mini DisplayPort
- API Supported: DirectX 11

GTX 560i Ti
- Core Clock: 900MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4008MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 384
- Shader Clock: 1800MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.0
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I & 1x HDMI 1.4a

psychodil · 15 May 2012 at 14:50

Don't pay too much attention to specs, have a look at some reviews, benchmarks etc. The radon is the faster card, especially when overclocked.

Klitschk0 · 15 May 2012 at 14:54

psychodil said:
Don't pay too much attention to specs, have a look at some reviews, benchmarks etc. The radon is the faster card, especially when overclocked.

Can you point me in the right direction to some benchmark scores please?

Twirlywoos · 15 May 2012 at 15:00

The 7850 should be compared to the GTX570.

Out of the two cards go for the 7850.

Gibbo · 15 May 2012 at 15:01

7850 for sure.

psychodil · 15 May 2012 at 15:02

Try the anandtech gpu 2012 (look it up on Google) benchmarks. Select both cards to compare on the drop down menu's. I would link you but I'm posting on my not so smartphone.

Mojo · 15 May 2012 at 15:08

The 7850 is faster at stock, and also overclocks faaaaar higher. Go for it!

Martini1991 · 15 May 2012 at 15:13

The 7850.

555BUK · 15 May 2012 at 15:16

7850 also uses less power, runs cooler and has native multi-monitor support (3x monitors at once). The only reasons to opt for a 560 are if you need to use 3DVision or if Physx is important to you.

The 560 is a solid card, but the 7850 is superior within almost every area.

beejjacobs · 15 May 2012 at 16:15

Klitschk0 said:
Can you point me in the right direction to some benchmark scores please?

Here you go:

560Ti vs 7850

Defy Belief · 15 May 2012 at 16:52

beejjacobs said:
Here you go:

560Ti vs 7850

Note that's the 1GB version of the 560ti, however it wont make a huge difference in terms of fps, 7850 all day.

Double07 · 15 May 2012 at 16:55

Anadtech GPU Bench 12 highlights it nicely without needing to trawl through reviews, etc.

ussff · 15 May 2012 at 20:32

From what I've read elsewhere on the forum, PCIe 3.0 is not a deal breaker either way as you'd be hard pushed to see any difference in a PCIe 2.0 setup. I'm currently sticking goodies in my basket for my new gaming PC and after weeks of review reading the 7850 hits a sweet spot, from a power point of view its a lot less than the 560i Ti and it kills off the NVIDIA card in most games.

Marine-RX179 · 15 May 2012 at 20:37

Single card 7850 over GTX560Ti is a no brainer...but if you think you are likely to grab another card to go dual-card in the future, then you probably best to either wait for GTX660, or stretch the budget to GTX670...as crossfire will most likely cause you more headache than enjoyment.

ussff · 15 May 2012 at 20:49

Marine-RX179 said:
...as crossfire will most likely cause you more headache than enjoyment.

really? That's poured water on my big plan. I Don't want to hijack the thread... Can you point me to problem page?

w3bbo · 15 May 2012 at 21:01

I included both 384 core (1GB) and 448 core (2GB) 560 (ti) in one of my reviews of the 7850.

HD7850 OC review

Marine-RX179 · 15 May 2012 at 21:15

ussff said:
really? That's poured water on my big plan. I Don't want to hijack the thread... Can you point me to problem page?

It's the ongoing poor driver support for crossfire basically. There's no doubt the AMD cards are great hardware, but when it comes to driver support (particularly crossfire), it tends to be a real let down. There are tonnes of people that went down the crossfire path saying they are never going to do it again; where as for SLI on the otherhand, I hardly notice people expressing the same dissatisfaction.

What's the spec of the PC you planning on pairing the graphic card up with by the way?

ussff · 15 May 2012 at 23:35

Marine-RX179 said:
What's the spec of the PC you planning on pairing the graphic card up with by the way?

Sorry to hijack...

I'm comming from a skt 939/SLI rig, so my new PC is uncharted territory for me...

Asrock Z77 Extreme4, [still choosing a cpu but prob i5 2500k], 16Gb Samsung green. Idea was to get a Dell u2412m (or cheaper LG ips235v) and a sapphire 7850 and clock it to death... add two more monitors and a second 7850 for Christmas

Final8y · 16 May 2012 at 01:15

ussff said:
Sorry to hijack...

I'm comming from a skt 939/SLI rig, so my new PC is uncharted territory for me...

Asrock Z77 Extreme4, [still choosing a cpu but prob i5 2500k], 16Gb Samsung green. Idea was to get a Dell u2412m (or cheaper LG ips235v) and a sapphire 7850 and clock it to death... add two more monitors and a second 7850 for Christmas

While there are potential pitfalls with going multiGPU, there is no guarantee with SLI or CF to whether you will be the unfortunate or the lucky one with a particular setup.

How much effort is worth the potential gains is down to the individual or we would all be just using Consoles if the gains was not to be had with gaming on the PC which is more hassle and that can be said about anything, MultiGPU, Multi Screen ,3D.. they add something but also comes with add risk of hassle, is it worth it, only you can decide.