Which GPU is the greatest?

[antonice22]

Well im building a new pc and i ran into these awesome GPUS and idk which should i pick :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
and :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

 

[carowden]

The 6870 is a better card than the 6850

 

[stant1rm]

The 6870 is much better then the 6850, but if thats your budget, try this instead for a little bit more as it is much better then either of them.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500196

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Define greatest .... fastest card ? ...... best bang fir the buck ? .... best reviewed ?

To my mind I agree with the reviewer here ..... never seen any card dominate like this one does:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/33.html

Overall the ASUS GTX 670 Direct CU II is the best card I ever tested.

Now that covers the thread title......as far as the two you listed, here's how they shape up against the competition

Guru3D uses the following games in their test suite, COD-MW, Bad Company 2, Dirt 2, Far Cry 2, Metro 2033, Dawn of Discovery, Crysis Warhead. Total fps (summing fps in each game @ 1920 x 1200) for the various options in parenthesis (single card / SL or CF) are tabulated below along with their cost (lowest price from major brand (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA) in dollars per frame single card - CF or SLI:

$ 135.00 6850 (371/634) $ 0.36 - $ 0.43
$ 180.00 6870 (434/701) $ 0.41 - $ 0.51
$ 240.00 6950 (479/751) $ 0.50 - $ 0.64
$ 250.00 6950 Frozr OC (484/759) $ 0.52 - $ 0.66
$ 150.00 560 Ti (455/792) $ 0.33 - $ 0.38
$ 340.00 6970 (526/825) $ 0.65 - $ 0.82
$ 210.00 560 Ti - 900 Mhz (495/862) $ 0.42 - $ 0.49

So the 6870 is faster than the 6850 (434 - 371 fps) but the 6850 has a much better "bang for the buck" at $0.36 per frame ... only the 560 does better at $0.33 per frame and it outscores the 6870 (455 to 434)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121446
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127592

 

[verbalizer]

Well im building a new pc and i ran into these awesome GPUS and idk which should i pick :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
and :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

I pass on both of them..

 

[bigcyco1]

Well im building a new pc and i ran into these awesome GPUS and idk which should i pick :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
and :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

They both suck!Save up some more money and get the 660 when it comes out or when you can afford it.

 

[geofelt]

Well im building a new pc and i ran into these awesome GPUS and idk which should i pick :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
and :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

Your links do not work for me.

But, in general, when planning for a gaming pc, the graphics card is more important than the cpu.
My rule is to budget twice the cost of your cpu for the graphics card.

And... I would prefer one of the new 28nm based cards. AMD7000 series, and Nvidia GTX6xx They run cooler , and need less power.