560 Ti vs 6950
Inf3rn0_44
1gb 560 Ti - $230.00 (Able to found as low as 190)
Deals
- http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7168004&SRCCODE=SHOPPINGDF&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCmtB55bETCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=00-10710816-2
vs
1gb 6950 - $230.00
or
2gb 6950 - $250.00
All cards new, prices from newegg.
I want to upgrade but I want to know what card is better. Please help me and others to find all positive and negative aspects about each.
My budget is at $270 I have no preference over AMD or Nvidia cards.
Is the 560 Ti just a hands down better deal? It seems cheaper and more powerful. Also shorter in the case, meaning less heat and power use?
I have a 4870 1gb right now with plenty of PSU watts available. I am also wondering if it will help to have 2 gb over 1 gb video memory?
My specs
| Intel™ Core™ i7-940 (8 Cores @ 3.20GHz HT) |
| GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R X58 Motherboard |
| G.SKILL 6 GB Tri-Channel DDR3 |
| ATI Radeon 4870 1GB |
| WD 1.5-TB HDD |
| Corsair HX850 Modular PSU |
| 22x DVD-ROM Drive |
| Samsung T240HD 24" LCD Monitor |
| ZALMAN CNPS9700 |
| 8 Fans Air Cooling |
Deals
- http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7168004&SRCCODE=SHOPPINGDF&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCmtB55bETCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=00-10710816-2
vs
1gb 6950 - $230.00
or
2gb 6950 - $250.00
All cards new, prices from newegg.
I want to upgrade but I want to know what card is better. Please help me and others to find all positive and negative aspects about each.
My budget is at $270 I have no preference over AMD or Nvidia cards.
Is the 560 Ti just a hands down better deal? It seems cheaper and more powerful. Also shorter in the case, meaning less heat and power use?
I have a 4870 1gb right now with plenty of PSU watts available. I am also wondering if it will help to have 2 gb over 1 gb video memory?
My specs
| Intel™ Core™ i7-940 (8 Cores @ 3.20GHz HT) |
| GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R X58 Motherboard |
| G.SKILL 6 GB Tri-Channel DDR3 |
| ATI Radeon 4870 1GB |
| WD 1.5-TB HDD |
| Corsair HX850 Modular PSU |
| 22x DVD-ROM Drive |
| Samsung T240HD 24" LCD Monitor |
| ZALMAN CNPS9700 |
| 8 Fans Air Cooling |
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Inf3rn0_44 said:1gb 560 Ti - $230.00 (Able to found as low as 190)
Deals - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7168004&SRCCODE=SHOPPINGDF&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCmtB55bETCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=00-10710816-2
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vs
1gb 6950 - $230.00
or
2gb 6950 - $250.00
All cards new, prices from newegg.
I want to upgrade but I want to know what card is better. Please help me and others to find all positive and negative aspects about each.
My budget is at $270 I have no preference over AMD or Nvidia cards.
Is the 560 Ti just a hands down better deal? It seems cheaper and more powerful. Also shorter in the case, meaning less heat and power use?
I have a 4870 1gb right now with plenty of PSU watts available. I am also wondering if it will help to have 2 gb over 1 gb video memory?
My specs
| Intel™ Core™ i7-940 (8 Cores @ 3.20GHz HT) |
| GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R X58 Motherboard |
| G.SKILL 6 GB Tri-Channel DDR3 |
| ATI Radeon 4870 1GB |
| WD 1.5-TB HDD |
| Corsair HX850 Modular PSU |
| 22x DVD-ROM Drive |
| Samsung T240HD 24" LCD Monitor |
| ZALMAN CNPS9700 |
| 8 Fans Air Cooling |
take a look at this..http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130662 -
3 things to check out:
1. Best Graphics Cards for the Money: May 2011
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card-game-performance-radeon-hd-6670,2935-4.html
2. Tom's HW review on the 6950 1gb vs the GTX 560 ti.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gf114,review-32102-17.html
3. XFX 6950 1gb on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150523&cm_re=Radeon_6950-_-14-150-523-_-Product
** P.S. The card the other fellow linked to you is a GTX 560, NOT a GTX 560 ti. There is a difference between the 2, and the ti is better, -
seanny said:take a look at this..http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130662
That's the non-Ti version which, on average, is 10% lower in performance than the Ti version.
It should be cheaper than the Ti version. See performance rank of GTX 560 non-Ti, GTX 560 Ti and HD 6950 : -
ko888 said:That's the non-Ti version which, on average, is 10% lower in performance than the Ti version.
It should be cheaper than the Ti version. See performance rank of GTX 560 non-Ti, GTX 560 Ti and HD 6950 :
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/Palit/GeForce_GTX_560_2_GB/images/perfrel.gif
Just to make sure you look at the chart right, you aren't comparing to the ones highlighted. The highlighted cards in the chart are the non ti cards. -
I have a 4870 and always have used ATI except for onboard Nvidia once before. I heard that ATI drivers are crap (in comparison) from friends, but have not given me much trouble. As for problems I do get occasional artifacts from ATI cards but I have seen some Nvidia cards do the same. I hear that ATI cards dont like to render shadows as smooth a Nvidia cards. I just want to know the facts. I might just get a 560 ti cause its cheaper and comes close and uses less power along with less space. In the future I would be able to SLI for a cheap price and get almost double the performance. I wonder will games start to use more than 1 gb vmem in the next 2 years? This is a concern because I play at 1920x1200
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Inf3rn0_44 said:1gb 560 Ti - $230.00 (Able to found as low as 190)
Deals
- http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7168004&SRCCODE=SHOPPINGDF&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCmtB55bETCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=00-10710816-2
vs
1gb 6950 - $230.00
or
2gb 6950 - $250.00
All cards new, prices from newegg.
I want to upgrade but I want to know what card is better. Please help me and others to find all positive and negative aspects about each.
My budget is at $270 I have no preference over AMD or Nvidia cards.
Is the 560 Ti just a hands down better deal? It seems cheaper and more powerful. Also shorter in the case, meaning less heat and power use?
I have a 4870 1gb right now with plenty of PSU watts available. I am also wondering if it will help to have 2 gb over 1 gb video memory?
My specs
| Intel™ Core™ i7-940 (8 Cores @ 3.20GHz HT) |
| GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R X58 Motherboard |
| G.SKILL 6 GB Tri-Channel DDR3 |
| ATI Radeon 4870 1GB |
| WD 1.5-TB HDD |
| Corsair HX850 Modular PSU |
| 22x DVD-ROM Drive |
| Samsung T240HD 24" LCD Monitor |
| ZALMAN CNPS9700 |
| 8 Fans Air Cooling |
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