The best edition of the HD 7950?

JBourke

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In your guys' opinions, what is the best brand/edition of the HD 7950? I want to find out so I can compare and decide between that and the top GTX 660 ti (from what I've read, the ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCUII top). I'm aware that the 7950 is generally viewed as better than the 660 ti in general but I've always been an NVidia guy, not to say i'm against Radeon. I'm actually leaning towards a 7950. ;)

I'm thinking on the terms of reliability, cooling, performance, acoustic, etc etc. I've heard good things about the MSI twin frozr and the Windforce, but I can't seem to find a solid answer as far as the 7950 is concerned and i've been looking all over the internet.

Thanks!
 

JBourke

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Is there a specific sapphire model that shines above the rest? I know theres the vapor-x and then the boost model.

I also probably should've specified that the size of the card matters, I know some of the 7950s are pretty long cards. I use an antec 300 illusion case and I think the maximum GPU length that it will take is 11". I don't want to have to saw anything out of the case so that would make a difference for me.

I've heard the same thing on the debates between 7950s and GTX 660ti. That generally the 7950s usually offer higher maximum FPS and the GTX660ti offers slightly lower maximum frames, but smoother gameplay in general. That makes a difference to me since I'll only be playing games at 1080p until I someday (long in the future) get a monitor that supports anything higher than 1080p.

I'm looking for something that will run BF3, Bioshock Infinite, Metro, and heavily modded skyrim/new vegas the best.
 

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