Radeon HD 7850 CF or GeForce 670

[Michata]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: In the next three months. BUDGET RANGE: around 400 euros.

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (Gaming. Some new games that will go out this year like Assasins Creed 3, RE 6, Tomb Raider, NFS Most Wanted etc and Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, all settings maxed out or nearly maxed out.

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Sapphire ATI PCX HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 and some 650W PS

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Intel i5 3570k, MB Gigabyte Z77-DS3H LGA1155 DDR3 1600MHz SATA3 USB3.0 Ultra Durable4 DVI/HDMI/VGA

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: None from those. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Macedonia

PARTS PREFERENCES: Doesn't matter.

OVERCLOCKING: No. Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: That's kinda the question.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:


GPU that i consider are: another Sapphire ATI PCX HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 (225 euros) for CF or Gigabyte PCX GeForce GTX670 2GB GDDR5 (around 400 euros).

 

[clutchc]

The HD 7850 CF will be much faster than a single GTX 670 with modern games. But sometimes micro-stutter rears its ugly head with mid-range cards in CF. (Not that the 7850 is mid-range)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html
But in all honesty, I doun't think the 7850s are in the mid-range catagory that you have to worry too much about m-s. I have a pair of GTX 570s which are about in the same tier as 2 HD 7850s...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
...and I never noticed any M-S.

 

[arzbhatia]

The price will definitely fall by 3 months mate New cards may come too. Amongst these, I'd choose the 7850