660ti or 7950

michael83 · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:12

there both the same price but ive been put off of ati cards from my nvidia commited friends, i fancy borderlands 2 and it comes free with the 66ti, but i cant base my entire decision on that even tho itll save me 20 quid lol, any advice would be helpfull

cheers

tamzzy · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:15

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=647

michael83 · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:22

to me there pretty much similar and its the kfa 3gb 660ti ive been looking at, not sure how much orf a difference it makes? the 660 only loses on crysis which i dont play, whats best for overclocking?

Rik1254 · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:27

Been having this discussion within my thread in the graphics card section.
The 7950 would be the best, 3GB Vram for multimonitor set ups, lower overall clocks, so better OC capability and KFA2 only offer 2 year warranty, everyone else offers 3 years minimum.

But dont forget, Borderlands is tailored to Nvidia, so they will always perform that little bit better than the AMD equivalent.

psychodil · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:36

7950 if you are going to overclock, 660TI if you are not.

michael83 · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:38

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-172-MS&tool=3

i fancy this one, im not overly keen to overclock just yet as im pretty new to the pc gaming/building world, this msi one has 3 year warranty but its only 2gb

dayz and shogun total war are my other games apart from footy manager lol

psychodil · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:40

2GB is plenty enough assuming you only have one screen. Thats the one I would go for if I was getting a 660TI. Its begging to be overclocked though

Rexton · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:41

7950 all day long.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS

michael83 · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:43

yeah im just running it thro my tele, 7950 seems to be very popular, theres an msi forzr 3 one looks good

psychodil · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:46

Yes the 7950's are the better card, but only if you are going to overclock them. If you are going to be running at stock, the 660TI is faster. If you want to get the best bang for buck, get the 7950 and we will help you overclock it. Get a good one with a good cooler.

arc@css · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:47

Overall, the 7950.

Rexton · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:48

michael83 said:
yeah im just running it thro my tele, 7950 seems to be very popular, theres an msi forzr 3 one looks good

660ti is a good card, but overclocked or not the 7950 perfoms better.

If you ever have second thoughts about overclocking bare in mind with a voltage tweak you can overclock the 7950 to come within 5% of an overclocked 670, or in some cases match it.

michael83 · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:57

yeah i see where your coming from, the msi one in the link above looks really good, and fits in my case (brucey bonus), ive an 15 3750k thats not over clocked but obviously if i wana clock it in the future the 7950 would be best suited to keep all my system top end?

Rexton · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:06

michael83 said:
yeah i see where your coming from, the msi one in the link above looks really good, and fits in my case (brucey bonus), ive an 15 3750k thats not over clocked but obviously if i wana clock it in the future the 7950 would be best suited to keep all my system top end?

I'd say so yes (for your budget anyway). The msi I linked to comes with a 7970 PCB, so it's your best bet really.

spoffle · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:09

Rexton said:
660ti is a good card, but overclocked or not the 7950 perfoms better.

If you ever have second thoughts about overclocking bare in mind with a voltage tweak you can overclock the 7950 to come within 5% of an overclocked 670, or in some cases match it.

Eh? Surely you mean 680 not 670? Because otherwise, that's not actually true.

A 7950 at 1Ghz (which is a conservative overclock for a 7950) will be along side a stock 680 in most things.

Rexton · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:13

spoffle said:
Eh? Surely you mean 680 not 670? Because otherwise, that's not actually true.

Why would I mean a 680?

I said an overclocked 670, not stock.

An overclocked 7950 with voltage tweak will reach further than 1Ghz in most cases with an aftermarket cooler.

oc 7950 / oc 670

spoffle · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:24

I have no idea how I missed the "overclocked 670" part.

Sorry about that.

Rexton · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:25

Fair enough.

michael83 · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:31

looks like im buying borderlands seperate, ati comes with crap games, ive a g27 that i could use on dirt but im thinking of putting it on ebay! 7870 overclocked is better than a 660ti as well by the looks of it as well, bot 80 quid cheaper as well

Geo-Gamer · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:33

Wow so if I have read correctly what rexton linked if all three were over locked (660ti,670 and a 7950) the 7950 will compete with the 670? And that's in bf3? I thought nvidia cards perform better in bf3 lol.