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7950 vs 660 ti

Could we limit VRAM arguments to *A Single Thread* rather than *Every Single Thread* please?

It really makes this forum almost useless when every thread degenerates into pointless arguing.
 
If misleading information is dished out, I will add my point, especially when I read 4 GB or 3GB is required to run games.
 
I've ordered a 7950 after weeks of faffing about.

Now I know that the GTX670 is around 10% better and has PhysX but I couldn't justify it's price.

On Anandtech there is a thread that says the 660ti's prices are coming down in the next couple of weeks because they're not selling well. With the 7950 being at the same price bracket and with bundled games I can see why NVIDIA may be doing it.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2269376

I would have liked the GTX670 to come down in price to £280'ish, if it did then I would have bought a couple as I consider that value for money, but the 7950 and 7850 at there current prices are just too good to consider over an NVIDIA atm.
 
AndyPandyPie said:
The 480 plays BF3 very very well at 80+ fps and ultra textures/effects/terrain decoration using up its Vram.

you have to turn down shadows terrain and mesh and the game doesnt look much different, just less draw distance and less rounded mountains in the distance.

The 570 on the other hand cant play at those same settings because its Vram is too low and some textures render black.


I never said a 2 year old GPU will be able to play the latest games at max settings... thats dumb ov course it will not lol.

I said if you are keeping the card for a long time and not upgrading then I recommend more than a 2gb card from the example above, to still be able to play games a decent framerates and make them look half decent with nice textures (textures aren't a performance hog, but a RAM hog)



Your just boring now :p
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Something must have been seriously wrong with your system then :) I have 2 470's in sli and I run 1080p bf3 ultra with 4xmssa and its smooth as butter with perfect visuals all this talk about vram is boring just play the games and enjoy them.

Cheers,
Hugest
 
majnu said:
On Anandtech there is a thread that says the 660ti's prices are coming down in the next couple of weeks because they're not selling well. With the 7950 being at the same price bracket and with bundled games I can see why NVIDIA may be doing it.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2269376
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Yeah, $20, $300 to $280, my.... they don't like to over do it do they? :mad:

Every little helps i guess.
 
Stop whinging about the price :p

If people don't feel they're getting value for money - and let's be honest: the 7950 is clearly the better option performance wise as well - then they won't sell that well and prices will eventually drop further.
 
Rusty0611 said:
Stop whinging about the price :p

If people don't feel they're getting value for money - and let's be honest: the 7950 is clearly the better option performance wise as well - then they won't sell that well and prices will eventually drop further.
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You Sir have been playing a very devious game by telling everyone buy a 7950, so that NVIDIA will be forced to lower the price of the gtx670.

You've been rumbled!! :p
 
The 670 is not 10% better either, numerous threads and reviews show like for like they are now very similar, and once overclocked the 7950 pulls ahead of an overclocked 670. Finally the 7950 has more VRAM for future proofing yourself, it's a no brainer as far as I am concerned especially given the price point.
 
1) numerous threads but only one review an that review had the 670's memory underclocked (for whatever reason) so the 670 is about 5% faster like for like scaling up

2) while having the extra VRAM is hardly a bad thing it doesn't make it more future proof even for multi-screen gaming. With MSAA off in BF3 in Surround I use between 1400 and 1500MB of VRAM. I can't run MSAA 4x as it takes too much GPU power at this resolution

The 7950 is overall a better buy at the moment. Just not for the reasons mentioned.
 
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Testing a 2011 game (BF3) is hardly relevant to futureproofing though, nobody knows the requirements of future games, but we all know its better to have more than less assuming it costs little or no more.
 
psychodil said:
Testing a 2011 game (BF3) is hardly relevant to futureproofing though, nobody knows the requirements of future games, but we all know its better to have more than less assuming it costs little or no more.
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I know but BF3 is right at the top end of the scale and it does show that realistically you still have 500MB of VRAM "wiggle room".

Looking at how VRAM usage has increased historically if you think that the 7950 (or even the 680 4GB) is still going to push decent frames when normal VRAM usage is in excess of 2GB then I will again refer you to historical usages.

Your point is correct that you get more VRAM for less money and slightly less GPU power for a hell of a lot cheaper. It just doesn't make it more future proof that's all.

The 7950 sells itself at the moment. There's no need to apply artificial selling points to it :D.
 
majnu said:
I've ordered a 7950 after weeks of faffing about.
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Did you go for the Vapor-X? I was considering that card and wanted to know more about the potential lack of voltage control. However, googling only showed the same query you posed in at least 3 different other forums and so I decided to give it a miss :D
 
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