Worth upgrading from a GTX 570 to a 7950 at 1440p?

kissenger · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:05

I should hopefully have received my new monitor by the end of the week (a Yamakasi Catleap). I'm using a GTX 570 at the moment. It runs great at 1200p, but I think vram might become an issue at 1440p, which is what my new monitor runs at natively.

Would it be worth upgrading?

What's the general lowdown on the 7950. I've heard mostly good things about it. Good value for money, good overclocker, etc, but are there any drawbacks I should be wary of? I saw some BF3 benchmarks which didn't exactly blow me away.

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:13

kissenger said:
I should hopefully have received my new monitor by the end of the week (a Yamakasi Catleap). I'm using a GTX 570 at the moment. It runs great at 1200p, but I think vram might become an issue at 1440p, which is what my new monitor runs at natively.

Would it be worth upgrading?

What's the general lowdown on the 7950. I've heard mostly good things about it. Good value for money, good overclocker, etc, but are there any drawbacks I should be wary of? I saw some BF3 benchmarks which didn't exactly blow me away.

Welllllllll I might have the golden answer for you

I received my 7950 today after replacing my asus 570 direct cu ii. Well all I'm saying is I'm blown away. Overclocks like a beast and bf3 never drops bellow 60 and it averages at 90 fps ish.

arc@css · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:17

See how your 570 copes at 1440p, but if it doesn't do as well as hoped (you'll probably need to lose the AA), I think a 7950 would only really 'feel' worth it if it was overclocked. If you get a good clocker, then it should reach around stock 7970 speeds, maybe slighly more.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=518

arc@css · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:18

Geo-Gamer said:
Welllllllll I might have the golden answer for you

I received my 7950 today after replacing my asus 570 direct cu ii. Well all I'm saying is I'm blown away. Overclocks like a beast and bf3 never drops bellow 60 and it averages at 90 fps ish.

Can't beat user experience like that!

Gregster · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:20

Geo-Gamer said:
Welllllllll I might have the golden answer for you

I received my 7950 today after replacing my asus 570 direct cu ii. Well all I'm saying is I'm blown away. Overclocks like a beast and bf3 never drops bellow 60 and it averages at 90 fps ish.

the 7950 is a great upgrade from a 570 and the extra VRAM will be a needed bonus at your res.

From Geo Gamers post, his 7950 is faster than a single 680 because I have seen my single 680 drop to 52 fps when tanks are being blown up. This is at 1080P with full ultra.

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:25

arc@css said:
Can't beat user experience like that!

Glad I can help

When I had the 570 I played at 60 fps but that wasn't at ultra , I had it at high with hbao off, antianilising Deffered off and anIsotropic filter off. With all that it managed at 60-70, with it on forget about it hitting constant 60 fps as the VRAM just got over run . Now with the 7950 I average 80/90 fps with everything maxed. So you can see the difference is night and day really

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:29

gregster said:
the 7950 is a great upgrade from a 570 and the extra VRAM will be a needed bonus at your res.

From Geo Gamers post, his 7950 is faster than a single 680 because I have seen my single 680 drop to 52 fps when tanks are being blown up. This is at 1080P with full ultra.

What is your average fps mate on ultra? I'd put a 680 way above a 7950, that's like a golden card in my eyes lol

kissenger · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:31

Geo-Gamer said:
Glad I can help

When I had the 570 I played at 60 fps but that wasn't at ultra , I had it at high with hbao off, antianilising Deffered off and anIsotropic filter off. With all that it managed at 60-70, with it on forget about it hitting constant 60 fps as the VRAM just got over run . Now with the 7950 I average 80/90 fps with everything maxed. So you can see the difference is night and day really

Wow, that really is impressive. Thanks for the feedback. I currently run my 570 overclocked to 850 core, with everything on ultra except with no MSAA. That usually keeps me at 60FPS, except for when there's a lot of smoke onscreen. For some reason that causes a bit of a drop.

GG, I take it you're playing at 1080p? I would expect the difference would be even more noticable at 1440p.

Gregster · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:32

Geo-Gamer said:
What is your average fps mate on ultra? I'd put a 680 way above a 7950, that's like a golden card in my eyes lol

Not sure but guessing around 80-85

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:35

kissenger said:
Wow, that really is impressive. Thanks for the feedback. I currently run my 570 overclocked to 850 core, with everything on ultra except with no MSAA. That usually keeps me at 60FPS, except for when there's a lot of smoke onscreen. For some reason that causes a bit of a drop.

GG, I take it you're playing at 1080p? I would expect the difference would be even more noticable at 1440p.

Yup I'm at 1080p

Gregster · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:40

Geo-Gamer said:
Yup I'm at 1080p

On full ultra?

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:46

gregster said:
On full ultra?

Yeah ultra with the 7950 at full

Gregster · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:51

Geo-Gamer said:
Yeah ultra with the 7950 at full

Sweet. Looks like I will sell my 680's and buy 2 7950's if they are smashing the 680's that much

MM here I come

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 00:57

gregster said:
Sweet. Looks like I will sell my 680's and buy 2 7950's if they are smashing the 680's that much

MM here I come

Hehe well I've only tested it for half hour on strike st karkand and managed to get 1150 / 1500 oc within the 30 mins and I had to go. Tomorrow I'm going to test it all day and try get 1200 core. I will come back and let you know how the card is performing on a full day of bf3

Gregster · 11 Oct 2012 at 01:04

Geo-Gamer said:
Hehe well I've only tested it for half hour on strike st karkand and managed to get 1150 / 1500 oc within the 30 mins and I had to go. Tomorrow I'm going to test it all day and try get 1200 core. I will come back and let you know how the card is performing on a full day of bf3

Use Fraps to log lowest/average/highest fps and this will give you all the info you need. I ran my test for 1200 seconds on Caspian Border 64 MP. This will give an accurate indication.

Glad you are enjoying it though and cracking priced card

MoRT489 · 11 Oct 2012 at 11:54

I was considering upgrading from a 570 to a 670 or 7950 (~1080p) but after looking through many reviews the 7950 just doesnt seem to me to offer enough of an improvement. I'll buy a 670 once the custom ones come below £300.

passey89 · 11 Oct 2012 at 12:14

570 will run out of VRAM easily.

I'm running sli 570's at 1080p 120hz and if i set everything to ultra i get Vram issues and 2 fps.

Picking up my 670 FTW tommorow hopefully so will be able to sell the 570's then and be back to ultra settings.

RetrogamerX · 11 Oct 2012 at 12:19

Geo-Gamer said:
Welllllllll I might have the golden answer for you

I received my 7950 today after replacing my asus 570 direct cu ii. Well all I'm saying is I'm blown away. Overclocks like a beast and bf3 never drops bellow 60 and it averages at 90 fps ish.

What card do you have mate?

I just bought a msi 7950 TFIII.

Rusty0611 · 11 Oct 2012 at 12:26

Geo-Gamer said:
When I had the 570 I played at 60 fps but that wasn't at ultra , I had it at high with hbao off, antianilising Deffered off and anIsotropic filter off. With all that it managed at 60-70, with it on forget about it hitting constant 60 fps as the VRAM just got over run . Now with the 7950 I average 80/90 fps with everything maxed. So you can see the difference is night and day really

Run a min/max/avg benchmark using Fraps or something similar. This will give you a better idea. And get in the action as well and play normally otherwise you could give people the wrong impression.

Enjoy!

Geo-Gamer · 11 Oct 2012 at 14:36

RetrogamerX said:
What card do you have mate?

I just bought a msi 7950 TFIII.

Yeah thats what i got yesturday im really happy with it so far its stable on 1150/1500 with 1118 voltage. Going to try push for 1200 mhz

Rusty0611 said:
Run a min/max/avg benchmark using Fraps or something similar. This will give you a better idea. And get in the action as well and play normally otherwise you could give people the wrong impression.

Enjoy!

Yeah i know sorry lol just that i had about 30 mins with it so i just saw it averaging at 80 fps. Il do that now mate and thanks!