gtx 670 vs 7950/7970

arrin

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so i've been looking at upgrading my 7850 to either a 670 or a 7950/7970 but i'm unsure

msi power edition 670 is £260
cheap xfx 7950 for £220(why is it so cheap?) although the rest are ~£250
vtx3d 7970 £300 (rest are about ~£320)

i've not seen many recent benchmarks to see how much the 670 and 7950 differ in performance so i'm unsure which to get

i'm sort of leaning towards the 670 due to the slightly less power consumption as i'm using a corsair builder series 600w and don't want to stress it out but any advice is greatly appreciated

or would i maybe be better off waiting to see what the 760/760ti brings?
 

arrin

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Sep 23, 2012
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well the 770 is currently £330+ and seems to perform about equivalent to a 7970, my 7850 is doing alright but for games like metro and guild wars (world vs world) it's really slacking
 
The 770 is about the same as the 7970Ghz, the one you have will be clocked at 1ghz, but without the boost, so it won't be as fast as a 770.

Given you are unhappy with your 7850, you may be looking at going SLI/CF down the road, which means you should probably go with an Nvidia card for now, as Crossfire still needs some work.