6950xt or 7800xt

[Kawdam91]

Time to upgrade my 1080ti.

I am looking at the XFX Merc Speedster 319 6950xt and Sapphire Nitro 7800xt.

Both are priced at £569.99.

Which would be the better purchase?

Thanks.

 

[Tediore]

Time to upgrade my 1080ti.

I am looking at the XFX Merc Speedster 319 6950xt and Sapphire Nitro 7800xt.

Both are priced at £569.99.

Which would be the better purchase?

Thanks.

6950 XT all day long for me.

I recently built a PC for a friend using the XFX 6950 XT and it's a stunning looking card.

 

[randomdziad]

On paper seems like 6950 is the better deal but a) its an older card so you at risk that some new features will only be avi for newer gen b) you get 5% more performance but that card has really high power consumption
I wouldnt pay 570 for 7800xt - just few days ago you could get that nitro for 515. If you consider energy savings that is overall a much cheaper and newer gen card while you just lose on 5% performance.
I'd rather buy 7800xt or 7900xt (which hopefully you can get for closer to 700 with black friday deals).

 

[Apex]

Neither, I wouldn't buy a 6950XT now for the reasons others have outlines, and 7800XT is too expensive. Sadly that's the tale for every GPU is at least £100 too expensive, some are a lot more than that.

It's not like you have no card so i'd just wait a while.

 

[Troezar]

Either would be ok, at this point though I'd probably go 7800XT. I don't see GPUs getting cheaper over time.

 

[Gray2233]

You can get a 7800xt for £500, which would be my choice. You're not realistically gaining anything by spending the extra on one.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT MBA 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-00763) = £499.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £509.99

Total: £1,017.97 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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[Zarax]

Try to get a 7900 GRE, same price as 6950XT and same performance with a lot less power use.

 

[GhostDog1981]

Try to get a 7900 GRE, same price as 6950XT and same performance with a lot less power use.

Or overclock the 7800XT to match stock performance of the GRE

 

[Zarax]

Or overclock the 7800XT to match stock performance of the GRE

GRE has some overclocking potential as well, with the added bonus of having the same CUs as the 6950XT.

 

[subbytna]

Bear in mind that to have a sale a price must be higher for 21 days beforehand. This means that November is FULL of higher priced products in preparation for sales at the end of the month for Xmas. November is a poor time to buy anything due to the likelyhood of higher prices (the 21 days at the higher price requirement) before a sale

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

wonder the chances of it coming to for us, now they coming to europe as standalone

ASRock launches Radeon RX 7900 GRE cards in Europe with prices starting at €579 - VideoCardz.com

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 GRE now available in Europe The Navi 31 XL-based models, initially designed for the Chinese market, are now available in Europe. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE comes equipped with a smaller Navi 31 GPU, featuring 5120 Stream Processors. This GPU finds its place not only in the...

videocardz.com

 

[docsonic]

GRE would be a good choice but I'm doubtful we will see meaningful supply at the right price.

 

[Tommy_Here]

£479.99 7800 XT isn’t a bad shout..

 

[Zarax]

Now if AMD was smart... Releasing an RX 7900 card with same specs as GRE but higher clocks would give a nice bridge to the current price gaps...