New gfx... 7950 or 680??

ICDP · 17 Jul 2013 at 18:52

Ian Evey said:
Much higher res for farcry. I did say 1080 and 1200, and hitman absolution was a gaming evolved title. So apart from sleeping dogs, tombraider , hitman absolution a 670 is faster.

Lol, the best you can come up with is "apart from all those titles and much more, the GTX670 is faster". Way to lose an argument. I at least showed some benchmarks to demonstrate that an overclocked HD 7950 trades blows with an overclocked GTX680 let alone a GTX670. I'm going to go ahead and believe the figures I posted thanks.

GTX670 and HD 7950 are very close in performance when overclocked. I would give the overall win to a HD 7950 but a few percent either way is hardly decisive. The reason the HD 7950 was a superior purchase was because it was cheaper. It won on price/perf, not outright performance.

Ian Evey · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:04

Argument ? Win ? Your mistaken, i am just informing.

anyway http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/25/nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-2gb-review/3

7950 oc boost whatever that is in mhz 925 or 1000 ? not sure vs a 670 non oc boost.

Only 4 games but the 670 is faster with no overclock in all 4 at 1080.

Unless the 670 is a typo and its really the 7950 :rolleyes:

daniel1212uk · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:33

I have £240 to get new gpu was thinking about

Asus GeForce GTX 660TI Direct CU II DC2O
Asus GeForce GTX 760
XFX DD Radeon HD 7950

my pc

BitFenix Prodigy
core i5 3570k
asus p8z77-i
Samsung ssd 840
corsair pro series 1866
cooler master silent pro 600w

and I don't no if the card will fit in a BitFenix Prodigy

BluD · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:42

I have the XFX 7950, it's cooler is v noisey and theyre voltage locked, so i wouldnt go for that one unless ya dont mind a bit of noise. Maybe someone can suggest a 7950 with a better cooler.

chanjy · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:51

daniel1212uk said:
I have £240 to get new gpu was thinking about

Asus GeForce GTX 660TI Direct CU II DC2O
Asus GeForce GTX 760
XFX DD Radeon HD 7950

my pc

BitFenix Prodigy
core i5 3570k
asus p8z77-i
Samsung ssd 840
corsair pro series 1866
cooler master silent pro 600w

and I don't no if the card will fit in a BitFenix Prodigy

Direct CU is a 3 slot (yes really

) card so won't fit.

Would advise you to avoid the 660Ti, 760 is better and almost the same price.

For the prodigy 760 > 7950 in my opinion, because it is smaller. Not sure which 760 would suit you best though

Jamezinho · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:52

Gigabyte Windforce 7950 is the best cooler I beleive.

ICDP · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:58

Ian Evey said:
Argument ? Win ? Your mistaken, i am just informing.

anyway http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/25/nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-2gb-review/3

7950 oc boost whatever that is in mhz 925 or 1000 ? not sure vs a 670 non oc boost.

Only 4 games but the 670 is faster with no overclock in all 4 at 1080.

Unless the 670 is a typo and its really the 7950

Why are you posting stock vs stock comparisons when I was responding to your post where you stated the following.

"The 670 i have is poor at overclocking 1189mhz yet is still 5% faster on average with a similar clocked 7950 @ 1080 or 1920x1200 res."

Your post referenced overclock vs overclock, I know the GTX670 is marginally faster out of the box but that was never my point. You clearly state a 7950 vs GTX670 at similar clocks would leave the 7950 5% slower. I responded to show that this was not the case in my own extensive testing vs a GTX680 let alone a slower GTX670.

Still don't believe me, how about a HardOCP review where a very highly clocked GTX670 is matched by a lower clocked HD 7950. I know it is from 1 year ago but the point is still as valid today.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/08/23/galaxy_gtx_660_ti_gc_oc_vs_670_hd_7950/3#.UecDkm2J1I0

I am not saying a HD7950 is faster than a GTX670 when both are overclocked, I am saying they are so close that it would be impossible to declare an outright winner. Especially now that they are identically priced.

ICDP · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:00

daniel1212uk said:
I have £240 to get new gpu was thinking about

Asus GeForce GTX 660TI Direct CU II DC2O
Asus GeForce GTX 760
XFX DD Radeon HD 7950

my pc

BitFenix Prodigy
core i5 3570k
asus p8z77-i
Samsung ssd 840
corsair pro series 1866
cooler master silent pro 600w

and I don't no if the card will fit in a BitFenix Prodigy

If you are worried about size you need to take into account that the 7950 is quite a big card. Don't rule out a GTX670 as they are still faster than a GTX 760 out of the box, and when overclocked. Also the reference Nvidia fans are very quiet.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-164-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

daniel1212uk · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:06

i have £240 so if i can get 670 for that let me no

ICDP · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:13

daniel1212uk said:
i have £240 so if i can get 670 for that let me no

I posted a link to one for £233. MSI reference 670 with a 3 year warranty.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-164-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

daniel1212uk · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:17

that good get that Friday thx
oh i have 600w cooler master that be ok

daniel1212uk · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:21

ok thx get it Friday i have 600w that be ok

ICDP · 18 Jul 2013 at 07:51

daniel1212uk said:
ok thx get it Friday i have 600w that be ok

Is it a named brand 600w or one that came with your case? It should be good enough for one GTX670, just stay away from SLI.

Good luck and enjoy it when you get it.

chanjy · 18 Jul 2013 at 09:34

SLI in a Prodigy? glhf

daniel1212uk · 18 Jul 2013 at 09:53

CANT do SLI ANYWAY CANT GET THE 670

SO AS TO BE

EVGA GeForce GTX 660TI SuperClocked
Asus GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II OC
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked

Darujhistan · 18 Jul 2013 at 09:56

pattojones said:
Which should I go for and why?

7950 - 8 free games and 3GB of VRAM.

chanjy · 18 Jul 2013 at 10:03

daniel1212uk said:
CANT do SLI ANYWAY CANT GET THE 670

SO AS TO BE

EVGA GeForce GTX 660TI SuperClocked
Asus GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II OC
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked

Seriously... best card for your money: get a 760

Out of your list, defintiely the 660 Ti, but why that list?

daniel1212uk · 18 Jul 2013 at 10:15

way not im use a BitFenix Prodigy

daniel1212uk · 18 Jul 2013 at 10:17

,,m,,,,,,,,

Ian Evey · 18 Jul 2013 at 16:28

ICDP said:
Why are you posting stock vs stock comparisons when I was responding to your post where you stated the following.

"The 670 i have is poor at overclocking 1189mhz yet is still 5% faster on average with a similar clocked 7950 @ 1080 or 1920x1200 res."

Your post referenced overclock vs overclock, I know the GTX670 is marginally faster out of the box but that was never my point. You clearly state a 7950 vs GTX670 at similar clocks would leave the 7950 5% slower. I responded to show that this was not the case in my own extensive testing vs a GTX680 let alone a slower GTX670.

Still don't believe me, how about a HardOCP review where a very highly clocked GTX670 is matched by a lower clocked HD 7950. I know it is from 1 year ago but the point is still as valid today.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/08/23/galaxy_gtx_660_ti_gc_oc_vs_670_hd_7950/3#.UecDkm2J1I0

I am not saying a HD7950 is faster than a GTX670 when both are overclocked, I am saying they are so close that it would be impossible to declare an outright winner. Especially now that they are identically priced.

Ok maybe my posts were not all that clear from rushing around.

My Card is 5% faster on average than 7950's ( which are my friends and collegues 7950's ) 1 of my friends cards is identical to mine ( a saphire 7950 ) the other 5 friends and colleagues 7950's are all slower in nearly every game at the same clocks, except metro , sleeping dogs , tombraider. I am talking about skyrim , bf3 , farcry 3 , serious sam 3 to name a few games were my 670 is faster.

Maybe i have just heard enough of this 7950 is faster, which a lot of people are stating that a stock 7950 boost or none boost is faster than a 670, which is not the case, Much better value yes with 8 games, but not faster.

I appreciate your input though.