Which is the best GPU of these 3?

Nicklovn

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Radeon HD 7770

GTX 550 ti

GTX 650ti

Radeon HD 6850


Now, I'm going to be running these in 1600x900 resolution. If I get the 550 or 7770 I can upgrade my processor to something like an intel 2500k. Otherwise it's on of the AMD fx processors. What do you guys think?
 
you said the price of the 650 ti or 6850 will imply the move for amd cpus (bad move by the way) and with the 7770 you'll be able to buy a i5-2500k.
I don't know the prices in question of the gpus nor the cpus in your area, nor your mobo but if you can go with a 650 ti +i5-3470 or 3570k then great, if not get the 7770 + the intel cpus.
 
FX isn't bad, it's just not as good. Regardless, I agree, if you have to sacrifice the i5 to get a card other than a Radeon 7770, then in this situation, go for the i5 with the Radeon 7770. The next cheapest card worth making such a drop from an i5 to a weaker CPU is the Radeon 7850. The GTX 650 Ti isn't worth it.
 
GTX 650 Ti is very variable. For some things, it's on-par with the GTX 560, for others, it's on-par with the Radeon 7770. It's 128 bit bus doesn't give much breathing room for such a high-end GPU as it has (it's GPU is almost as powerful as that of the GTX 660) and that keeps it from distinguishing itself from the Radeon 7770 in memory-intensive situations IE that which is more common in newer games. As time goes on, the advantages of the 650 Ti fall down. If you want to spend more than the 7770 on graphics, the next logical step is the Radeon 7850.
 

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Yes I've heard great things about the 7850.

Now, does anyone know how the 6870 would compare to the 650ti? They're comparably priced and from what I've observed as far as their statistics on NewEgg, the 6870 would outperform the 650ti. Anyone have any ideas?
 

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hd 6870 is sligtly better than the 650 ti,
but 650 ti is newer card, consumes less power, and is so small that it fits anywhere!

but if u can u should get the 7850 it's best out of these. and performs about 15-20% more than the 650 ti.

by the way what cpu do u plan on getting? if u get the 7850
 

the 7850 is about 40% more powerful than the 650ti
 

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i'm sorry to point out a mistake but, thats not 40% performance above 650 ti :non:
it's becoz it went over 100% to 200% so 40% is actually 20%.
let me give u an example...
HYPOTHETICAL
lets say we compare 550ti to 7970 an GTX 690.
lets say that 7970 is a 1000% better than the 550ti and the 690 is 1100% better than the 550 ti.
does that mean that 690 is (1100% - 1000%) = 100% better than the 7970?
NO.
its bcoz they are above 100% so the rules r a little different.
the 7850 is 20% faster than the 650 ti.
 


In the high details, settings that you'd play with on the 7850, the 7850 was more than 40% (slightly over 42%) ahead of the 650 Ti. Even in the low details, settings that wouldn't be used on the 7850, it was over 30% (about 32%) better, not a mere 20%. I recommend re-reading the benchmark and fixing your math.

Also, the minimum frame rates would have been even more different due to the 650 Ti's far too weak memory bus. That's even more important than the average frame rates.
 

couldn't have said it better my self.
 
I've already told you that there were seven releases from AMD since Catalyst 12.11 Beta. Furthermore, in higher settings such as what you'd use on the 7850, it is around 40% instead of merely around 30% as shown by Tom's. Also, again, minimum frame rates are also more different than the averages and that's a bigger deal. Regardless, the 650 Ti is simply an overpriced card. In normal quality settings and resolutions, the difference between it and even the Radeon 7770 dwindle.

Nvidia just released a new driver a day or two ago (Tom's, as usual, was late to report it) and it evens the scales a little, mostly from its adding TXAA support for two more games than performance improvements, but still.
 

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7 releases???!!!
well i dont have an amd card, so i didn;t know that.
and yeah i never said that 650 ti is better than 7850, but since i dont have the latest benchmarks i guess 7850 could be around 40% better!
by the way do u have an amd card? or the newest benchmarks?