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6950 to a 7950 worth it?

The 6950 is still a capable card.

Having said that i went from a Sapphire 6950 to a Gigabyte 7870 and the performance increase was 'quite noticeable' overclocked vs overclocked it as near as makes no difference doubled my performance in a couple of games while giving me 30 to 50% in the rest, a 7950 will switch the lights on you can be sure of that.
 
1080x1920... that's a very tall monitor ;):p

The 7950 will give you approximately 70% better performance, I'd certainly say it was worth it if you do feel you need an upgrade.

However, I wouldn't go for the HIS card, I'd rather go for this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Better CS and warranty with a great cooler. Do note, the WF cooler does vent heat into your case (not that it should be a massive problem with your Z9 :))
 
Yes the 6950 is still a good GPU, but consider a 7870 very nice card some good bargins to be had, google is your friend.
 
i went from a 6950@6970 shaders to a 7970 (at stock) and the jump is noticeable in all games (some massively).
The 7950 will max 95% of games at your res, some are waiting an un disclosed time for the new Gen, but to be honest there are no games in the pipeline that i have seen for 2013 that will trouble current gen, the problem we have now is until the next gen of consoles come out we don't know what way future gaming is going to go but i expect the focus is going to be more on cloud gaming, living room functionality and waving your arms about than hardcore gaming as we know it.
 
Somthing Else said:
the day when i have to swing my arms about to play a game is the day ill give up playing modern games.

it just doesnt appeal to me. give me a controller any day of the week.
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bah humbug its fun with the kids but with a can of beer, the lights off, missus in bed you cant beat shooting people in the face with a mouse and keyboard :)
 
Thanks for the reply's guys. I think I'm going to go for the windforce as the free delivery makes it to good to miss, plus I've got most of the free games so i can probably sell them and get a little bit more money back. :D
 
the_darjeeling said:
Thanks for the reply's guys. I think I'm going to go for the windforce as the free delivery makes it to good to miss, plus I've got most of the free games so i can probably sell them and get a little bit more money back. :D
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Hi, i myself just went from a 6950 which was unlocked to 6970 to a 7950 windforce wf3

i was starting to put some settings down on games on 1080p screen, so decided on a 7950 from gigabyte which is very much recommended i have it running at 1150 gpu / 1600 mhz memory so easily going past a 7970,

no need to worry about running games on high settings now and loving it
 
Sayso said:
bah humbug its fun with the kids but with a can of beer, the lights off, missus in bed you cant beat shooting people in the face with a mouse and keyboard :)
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+1, as for consoles+controller easy for parents to set up and put right, give me a mouse and keybroad any day, the only time l use a controller is for car racing games.
 
Hi, Sorry to hijack but i have a 6950 and was thinking of getting 7950/7970 but didnt know if my Antec TruePower New Modular 650W 80 Plus Bronze was up to it ?
 
squidge4 said:
Hi, Sorry to hijack but i have a 6950 and was thinking of getting 7950/7970 but didnt know if my Antec TruePower New Modular 650W 80 Plus Bronze was up to it ?
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Yes, the 7950 is the same power consumption as the 6950, maybe less.....
 
squidge4 said:
is the 7950 Windforce 3X the card to get at the moment out of all the 7950s
at overclockers. :)
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I'm under the impression newer cards are voltage locked, though I haven't really read into it beyond the odd notice in threads here as I got one ages ago. For new voltage locked models, I assume the potential overclocks are seriously limited and a card with a less good cooler but voltage increasing ability would be a card to go for over one with a great cooler but limited overclocking potential.

You can always put water/3rd party air cooler on a crap card with overvolting ability, while the other card will always be limited.

Depends what you want to overclock to, what you want to spend, how you might want to cool, what noise levels you want to put up with.

I'd have gotten an old windforce with voltage control, if they don't have voltage control now, I wouldn't.

A 6950 to a 7950 is a fairly large jump in performance, but my general advice is, in any given generation buy within the first few months to get the most "value" from it, the last few is the worst time to buy. With probably a 8970 due in 3-4 months(maybe sooner), I'd hold on, and get a price dropped 7970/50 when the new cards launch of see if the new cards offer better value and the better option. I'm not expecting anything magic from the 8xxx series cards at all performance wise , more that if you can get 15% more performance at the same price, or if the 7970/50 drop by 30% in price to clear, then good options all around.
 
I think its the Gigabyte 7950 'BE' thats locked, not the normal one, but i'm not sure.

If you want a 7950 that definitely is not locked you should be looking at MSI
 
drunkenmaster said:
I'm under the impression newer cards are voltage locked, though I haven't really read into it beyond the odd notice in threads here as I got one ages ago. For new voltage locked models, I assume the potential overclocks are seriously limited and a card with a less good cooler but voltage increasing ability would be a card to go for over one with a great cooler but limited overclocking potential.

You can always put water/3rd party air cooler on a crap card with overvolting ability, while the other card will always be limited.

Depends what you want to overclock to, what you want to spend, how you might want to cool, what noise levels you want to put up with.

I'd have gotten an old windforce with voltage control, if they don't have voltage control now, I wouldn't.

A 6950 to a 7950 is a fairly large jump in performance, but my general advice is, in any given generation buy within the first few months to get the most "value" from it, the last few is the worst time to buy. With probably a 8970 due in 3-4 months(maybe sooner), I'd hold on, and get a price dropped 7970/50 when the new cards launch of see if the new cards offer better value and the better option. I'm not expecting anything magic from the 8xxx series cards at all performance wise , more that if you can get 15% more performance at the same price, or if the 7970/50 drop by 30% in price to clear, then good options all around.
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Sounds a very wise way of looking at this :p But it is so true what you are saying, Its easy to get caught up in the moment and not think realistically about the way we spend our hard eaarned cash.:)
 
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