worth the jump? 660ti,270x,7950

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I currently have the option to upgrade my 1gb 6950xfx with one fan. I have a sapphire two fan r9 270x for 140$. A 660ti EVGA one fan for 140$. A 7950 two fan for somewhere around 155-165$ that's what the ebay prices look like for a 7950 the other two are craigslist. I know as far as power it goes 7950-660ti-270x. I mention the fan because it will run cooler which I like who wouldn't? they all have about the same power consumption and dimensions so they will fit. I can probly get 90-100 for my card. Which leaves me with a decent cheap upgrade.

What would you pick and why? Or would you just wait? Before everyone scream 760 I know that's its a tad better then 7950 but about 40-50$ more. so I think I will focus on these 3. I emulate a lot I know some of them supposedly run better on Nvidia.
 
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Any of the 7950s will be good, the Gigabyte triple fan cooler is an excellent design, very cool and quiet, even under load which would make it my personal choice.
The EVGA 660Ti is a reference model, and as oczdude8 points out it can get noisy and hot under load, not my choice.
Exactly which dual fan HD7950? The XFX 'DD' cooler is not a nice piece of hardware, I swapped mine for a Gelid Icy Vision not because of the temperatures (mid 70C is OK) but the noise!
Truth be told there's not a great deal between those cards in performance either so if the GTX660 IS the Ti version and has a decent cooler I'd probably go for that.
If I was purchasing used hardware.
Which I never do.
 

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It is a nice upgrade from my 6950 though right I mean I think so to say the least more memory is nice so 7950 is the sapphire double fan cooler the gigabyte triple fan model or HIS ICEQ which I don't know much about but it looks like its really solid company.
The 660ti is a evga stock model where its only one fan not in the middle but on the end. Then again its EVGA which makes perhaps the best video cards for Nvidia.
 
Any of the 7950s will be good, the Gigabyte triple fan cooler is an excellent design, very cool and quiet, even under load which would make it my personal choice.
The EVGA 660Ti is a reference model, and as oczdude8 points out it can get noisy and hot under load, not my choice.
 
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ended up getting sapphire 7950boost with dual fans for 157 more then I wanted to spend I don't know what I was thinking. Hopefully I get 100$ for mine now gosh that seems like a lot. What do you think was that a good price?