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9/28/12 at 5:10pm
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Today I was browsing through different benchmarks, and I felt like getting a new video card.
I was looking at these video cards:

ATI

XFX Radeon HD 7950 Double D 800MHZ 3GB 5.0GBPS GDDR5 DL-DVI HDMI 2XMINIDP PCI-E Video Card

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 900MHZ 3GB 5GHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XDP PCI-E Video Card

MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr III 880MHZ 3GB 1250MHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XMINI DP DX11 PCI Video Card

Powercolor Radeon HD 7950 OC 880MHZ 3GB 5.0GBPS GDDR5 DL-DVI HDMI 2XMINIDP PCI-E Video Card

NVIDIA

EVGA GeForce GTX 660 TI+ 915MHZ 3GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 SLI 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E DX11 Video Card

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Ti OC 1032MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card

TBH I have some cash lying around, and I don't mind upgrading from my current gtx 570(plan on selling it after). I was looking at this review AnandTech - The GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review, Feat. EVGA, Zotac, and Gigabyte and I am thinking on going with ATI, still not sure though. I game on a 32 inch TV, which I also use to watch movies and whatnot, and I am ashamed to say that the max res the TV can go is 1360x768, I know that these cards are overkill for that, but I am planning for the future. I also want to have the possibility to OC in the near future. The benchmarks that get posted for the gtx 570 are often BS IMO. I don't know if the benchmarks I have been looking at get done while looking at the ground, but I am pretty sure I will get a lower fps on similar settings on my system(having in mind that I only game at 1360x768). I am looking to be able to get an avg of 60fps on modern games even when there is A LOT going-on on screen. I am pretty sure my PC doesn't have any bottle necks atm, but I truly believe that my GPU could be improved, after all my GPU is almost 2 years old.

Anyways, thoughts and comments are appreciated. Also good/legit websites to shop at are always welcome smile.gif

PS: I find the 20-30% performance difference between these cards and mine quite significant .
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9/28/12 at 5:16pm
The 7950 is the better card between those two, and all of those are pretty much good brands. At the same price or near the same price, the 7950 wins. You can post the rest of your system or add it to your posts via the rigbuilder, by the way.
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9/28/12 at 5:20pm
Just curious as to what games you're playing now? I'm asking because I play on 23" 1920x1080 with a GTX 570 and am happy with it. Even in Skyrim with quite a few mods and BF3 it does great. Could you post the rest of your system also?
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9/28/12 at 5:22pm
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Just curious as to what games you're playing now? I'm asking because I play on 23" 1920x1080 with a GTX 570 and am happy with it. Even in Skyrim with quite a few mods and BF3 it does great. Could you post the rest of your system also?

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The 7950 is the better card between those two, and all of those are pretty much good brands. At the same price or near the same price, the 7950 wins. You can post the rest of your system or add it to your posts via the rigbuilder, by the way.

Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 ATX LGA1155
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD Fermi
Hard Drives: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM
Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-600CXV2 600W ATX
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT
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9/29/12 at 2:10am
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Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 ATX LGA1155
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD Fermi
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Gigabyte HD 7950 Windforce is the pick of those cards . the windforce cooler is fantastic. the XFX DD and MSI Twin frozr cannot handle 1.2+ Ghz overclocks. the coolers just aren't so good. as for GTX 660 Ti vs HD 7950 , the HD 7950 is clearly the faster card. clock for clock HD 7950 is 3 - 5% slower than HD 7970.An average overclock of 1.15 Ghz on the HD 7950 would put the card faster than HD 7970 Ghz . GTX 660 Ti falls behind pretty badly at high AA settings (MSAA 8x) in games like Batman AC, Skyrim and Witcher 2.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/08/23/galaxy_gtx_660_ti_gc_oc_vs_670_hd_7950/2
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/08/23/galaxy_gtx_660_ti_gc_oc_vs_670_hd_7950/3

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7950_Vapor-X/31.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_660_Ti_Direct_Cu_II/31.html
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9/29/12 at 2:48am
Are you looking for future proofing yourself at that resolution? I'm asking because the GTX 670 is way faster than the 7950 at such a low resolution.

Techpowerup latest performance summary index at 1280x800:
7950 97%
7970 110%
GTX 670 113%

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_7870_PCS_Plus_Vortex_II/images/perfrel_1280.gif

At that resolution even the higher average OC headroom won't save the 7950. Of course, if you're going to upgrade your monitor then it is a different case though Nvidia is still very strong at FullHD.
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