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Nvidia and Ati - need advice and some explanation :)

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Hello guys

I've been building a system recently and I've come to the huge hurdle.
I realized I have no idea which card to choose, either manufacturer or type.
However I noticed few things, both on OcUK site and manufacturers.
Nvidia cards use much less power than Radeons.
See, I have a 600W PSU and If my calculations are correct, I could either use a single Radeon HD 7950/70 or SLI 2x GTX 670.
Which, apart from obvious cost factor, is a better choice?
I'll give you a hint :) Changing my PSU to get Xfire is not an option :)

I'll give you another hint, about what I need my GPU for:
Its mostly entertainment, both HD movies and games (MMOs mostly).
So far I never had a GPU that could run high or ultra settings smoothly (30fps+), so thats what I am looking for.

Thanks in advance for any advice or explanations you can give me (and I would really like to know why Radeons are so power hungry).

Cheers
 
Well, I have seen the description and it say 300W under load (I guess that is max without overclocking) while 670s have just 170W power usage.
So where is that 130W, extra 1GB of ram?
 
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http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...6-msi-gtx-670-power-edition-oc-review-19.html
 
The 7950 for these reasons:-

1. It has a custom cooler as opposed to the 670's ref design
2. It has a lot more overclocking headroom
3. It has 384bit memory bandwidth over the 256bit of the 670
4. It's cheaper
 
Thanks, that explained a lot.
I narrowed down my selection to 2 choices :)

This:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

or this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-304-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Again, don't look at the cost. Just your opinion (try to base it on something more than personal preference).

Thanks :)

If you do go 670 I would spend the extra £20.00 and get the EVGA FTW edition. Its overclocked as standard & runs on a 680 PCB and 680 cooler
 
I thought about that, but I am a bit tight on budget and I set up my limit at 300£ - it does appeal to me that card is a little better, but I don't need one from top shelf. I need a card which will run my games and some programs / video's, fluently, for another 1-2 years.
Knowing that, I will probably end up with that 7950 Sapphire Vapor-X.
 
I'll give you another hint, about what I need my GPU for:
Its mostly entertainment, both HD movies and games (MMOs mostly).
So far I never had a GPU that could run high or ultra settings smoothly (30fps+), so thats what I am looking for.
Assuming it is for 1920 res, graphic wise either an overclocked single 7950 or GTX670 would meet your requirement for mmos. But whether or not the frame rate can stay consistant and high, the rest is very much dependent on CPU speed.
 
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