GTX 600 and ATI 7950, performance

Trivious · 28 Jan 2013 at 02:20

Hi,

(Processor i'm going to be using is an i5 3750k)

I'm trying to decide which GPU to buy, The GTX 660 or the ATI 7950.

Would I see a big differents in performance, With a ATI 7950 over the GTX 660 for the price differents?

arc@css · 28 Jan 2013 at 02:43

Yes, the 7950 would be by far the better buy. The 7950's direct competitor is the 670.

humbug · 28 Jan 2013 at 03:29

arc@css said:
Yes, the 7950 would be by far the better buy. The 7950's direct competitor is the 670.

This ^^^

weehamish · 28 Jan 2013 at 04:01

The 660 is nowhere near a 7950, the 660Ti is closer, and the 670 is the match but its the same price as the 7970 lol.

TheRealDeal · 28 Jan 2013 at 04:52

Overclocked the 7950 is a match in games for any nvidia/amd chip. Sure there's gtx680/7970 lightnings that can go above but a good 7950 is good money spent atm. I guess what i am trying to say is your experience on a 7950 that overclocks well, which the majority do will be no different to any top end card bar 7990/gtx690.

Money saved at the end of the day.

trentlad · 28 Jan 2013 at 05:19

ATI will always win when comparing cost and performance, but the real question is how well they support driver updates and compatibility with different systems.

Kaapstad · 28 Jan 2013 at 05:25

For performance and future proofing go for the HD 7950.

Marine-RX179 · 28 Jan 2013 at 07:53

trentlad said:
ATI will always win when comparing cost and performance

Not always, GTX570 (£240-£260) was faster than 6970 (£280-£320) last gen. While it had less vram, but it matters very little until the mainstream game such as BF3 was out that it was "starting" to have some impact...but the fact was that GTX570 was still cheaper to buy.

Omaeka · 28 Jan 2013 at 09:47

Cheaper by 20 quid, whereas the 7950 is £100 cheaper than the 670. Seriously, AMD have never been more expensive than Nvidia to the scale Nvidia is to AMD.

oldestgregg · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:23

Omaeka said:
Cheaper by 20 quid, whereas the 7950 is £100 cheaper than the 670. Seriously, AMD have never been more expensive than Nvidia to the scale Nvidia is to AMD.

+1

illuz · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:42

Go with AMD this time round. They're the best performance/price ratio.

Trivious · 28 Jan 2013 at 14:35

7950 it is then,

Thanks

Ian Evey · 28 Jan 2013 at 14:57

Omaeka said:
Cheaper by 20 quid, whereas the 7950 is £100 cheaper than the 670. Seriously, AMD have never been more expensive than Nvidia to the scale Nvidia is to AMD.

AMD 7950 are actually £50 cheaper.

ubersonic · 28 Jan 2013 at 15:21

Trivious said:
I'm trying to decide which GPU to buy, The GTX 660 or the ATI 7950.

Assuming you mean the 660Ti then it depends entirely what games you play as those two will trade places depending on the games involved.

I recently moved from a boost edition 7950 to a GTX670 and saw a noticeable improvement in the games I play as they favour Nvidia (WoW/D3/Borderlands 2/Et al).

Dom86 · 28 Jan 2013 at 15:27

I went from an overclocked 7850 that was close to a 7950 and could beat a 660ti in most cases to an overclocked 7950 and i saw quite a boost in the frame rate in all the games i play.

Wucked · 28 Jan 2013 at 15:36

AMD seem to be much better value for money this gen. I don't really get why Nvidia have kept their prices high for so long when they don't have top performance. Greed or just plain stupidity?

humbug · 28 Jan 2013 at 16:23

Wucked said:
AMD seem to be much better value for money this gen. I don't really get why Nvidia have kept their prices high for so long when they don't have top performance. Greed or just plain stupidity?

Brand awareness, an army of loyal Nvidia fans on the internet singing for Nvidia keeps the prices nice and high for them.

They can still sell them in just about the same amount no mater what the price, fan loyalty is the best form of advertising there is.

Ian Evey · 28 Jan 2013 at 20:09

I agree Humbug, Although if AMD had not have asked such a high price the first few months after the 7950 and 7970 were released i would have an amd in my pc right now instead of nvidia.

LtMatt · 28 Jan 2013 at 21:10

Ian Evey said:
I agree Humbug, Although if AMD had not have asked such a high price the first few months after the 7950 and 7970 were released i would have an amd in my pc right now instead of nvidia.

If there was some competition when they were released then i expect the prices would have been lower.

humbug · 29 Jan 2013 at 11:26

LtMatt said:
If there was some competition when they were released then i expect the prices would have been lower.

Or higher today on the AMD side