HD 7950 vs. GTX 660Ti???

[WWSummers23]

Hello all,
I need help choosing a graphics card for my build. I'm currently split between a Radeon HD 7950 and a GTX 660Ti. Which would you recommend? and what brand should i get? My price range is right around $280-350.

Current Build:
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Cpu: I5-2500k
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Mobo: ASUS P8z77- V
RAM: Kingston 8GB
HDD: Toshiba 1tb
SDD: Samsung 120gb
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow
PSU: Corsair Cx600M

 

[vmem]

I would recommend the 7950 mainly because you get a copy of crysis3 and bioshock infinite with it for free

 

[Guest]

Hello all,
I need help choosing a graphics card for my build. I'm currently split between a Radeon HD 7950 and a GTX 660Ti. Which would you recommend? and what brand should i get? My price range is right around $280-350.

Current Build:
....................................................................
Cpu: I5-2500k
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Mobo: ASUS P8z77- V
RAM: Kingston 8GB
HDD: Toshiba 1tb
SDD: Samsung 120gb
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow
PSU: Corsair Cx600M

If you plan to overclock the 7950 by far if you plan to run both straight out of the box there pretty similar

 

[babernet_1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127675&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Here is a 670 for $340. The 670 will give you smoother framerates than the AMD Radeon which needs to play catchup with its drivers.

 

[hero1]

Hello all,
I need help choosing a graphics card for my build. I'm currently split between a Radeon HD 7950 and a GTX 660Ti. Which would you recommend? and what brand should i get? My price range is right around $280-350.

Current Build:
....................................................................
Cpu: I5-2500k
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Mobo: ASUS P8z77- V
RAM: Kingston 8GB
HDD: Toshiba 1tb
SDD: Samsung 120gb
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow
PSU: Corsair Cx600M

7950 can overclock pretty well and comes with Bioshock and Crysis 3, so can't go wrong there. GTX 660Ti has it's worth can achieve the levels of GTX 670. So it comes down to whether you want Nvidia or AMD? And whether you like free games or not. Price can be in favour of 7950 but you have to look for a good deal from Sapphire, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, HIS and Powercolour. I'd personally go for 7950 over GTX 660Ti, but should you choose to get the GTX 660Ti then grab it from eVGA, ASUS or MSI. Again, 7950 with new 13.2 beta driver makes it the go to card on that price bracket. Here're some good cards for you to pick from:

AMD Radeon HD 7950
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=67546&vpn=GV-R795WF3-3GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1324
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=70088&vpn=R7950%20Twin%20Frozr%203GD5%2FOC&manufacture=MSI%2FMicroStar
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=79411&vpn=AX7950%203GBD5-2DHP&manufacture=PowerColor

GTX 660Ti
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=75201&vpn=N660TI%20PE%202GD5%2FOC&manufacture=MSI%2FMicroStar&promoid=1324
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=75454&vpn=02G-P4-3667-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1067
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=77328&vpn=02G-P4-3664-KR&manufacture=eVGA

Cheers!

 

[wannabepro]

X2 for the 7950. $80 worth of free games, and its much more powerful.
The 660 TI is hamstrung by its memory bandwidth.

 

[hero1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127675&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Here is a 670 for $340. The 670 will give you smoother framerates than the AMD Radeon which needs to play catchup with its drivers.

Ahem, the new driver wishes to differ with your claim. So let's see which card did good in terms of smooth frames in Crysis 3, just Crysis 3.

Here's the link: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-5.html

You can find it in the main page and it shows how much the 13.2 has improved the fps smoothness for 7950 ans so on!

 

[Guest]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127675&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Here is a 670 for $340. The 670 will give you smoother framerates than the AMD Radeon which needs to play catchup with its drivers.

Some of you are so clueless.If you put a 670 and a 7950 in the same system i guarentee you would not know the difference.

 

[WWSummers23]

Thank you guys! I see i will have a tough choice. right now i'm leaning more towards the 7950 for price reasons. so thank you!

 

[hero1]

Thank you guys! I see i will have a tough choice. right now i'm leaning more towards the 7950 for price reasons. so thank you!

You're welcome and you wouldn't be disappointed with AMD 7950. Go for Sapphire and check out the links that I gave you. Cheers!

 

[vmem]

Thank you guys! I see i will have a tough choice. right now i'm leaning more towards the 7950 for price reasons. so thank you!

the best part of this decision is that you'll be happy with either choice!

personally, I would get the 7950 and your free copy of crysis3 to benchmark it with

 

[redeemer]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127675&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Here is a 670 for $340. The 670 will give you smoother framerates than the AMD Radeon which needs to play catchup with its drivers.

How much did Nvidia pay you to type that, most know that its Nvidia that needs to catch up their driver WHQL releases have quite a few problems


A 7950 OC @ 1200> an overclocked 680 !!!

 

[Mousemonkey]

How much did Nvidia pay you to type that, most know that its Nvidia that needs to catch up their driver WHQL releases have quite a few problems


A 7950 OC @ 1200> an overclocked 680 !!!

What problems are you seeing?

 

[redeemer]

What problems are you seeing?

Massive dips and stuttering in Crysis 3, SLI support needs some more tweaking. Crashing in BF3 with their last WHQL again! Now seems to have been resolved with their latest Beta 314.14. The worst thing of all as everyone knows benchmark scores taking a hit with every forceware release! Come on now..


Anyway the bottom of the article!
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-6.html

 

[Mousemonkey]

Massive dips and stuttering in Crysis 3, SLI support needs some more tweaking. Crashing in BF3 with their last WHQL again! Now seems to have been resolved with their latest Beta 314.14. The worst thing of all as everyone knows benchmark scores taking a hit with every forceware release! Come on now..


Anyway the bottom of the article!
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-6.html

Two games that I don't have, that could explain why I haven't had any problems! :lol:

 

[olivierhacking]

I would definitely choose the GTX 660 Ti in this case. Regardless of FPS (frames per second), what really is the determining factor in games in terms of smoothness is frame times.

Read all about it here: http://www.techpowerup.com/177173/HD-7950-May-Give-Higher-Framerates-but-GTX-660-Ti-Still-Smoother-Report.html

 

[hero1]

I would definitely choose the GTX 660 Ti in this case. Regardless of FPS (frames per second), what really is the determining factor in games in terms of smoothness is frame times.

Read all about it here: http://www.techpowerup.com/177173/HD-7950-May-Give-Higher-Framerates-but-GTX-660-Ti-Still-Smoother-Report.html

That article is from way back then. We are talking about now. Go have a look at the charts for Crysis and other recent benchmarks. The 13.2 has brought the smoothness to AMD and now it's Nvidia that is lagging. Take those blinders off bud. We're all for p/p and right now Nvidia needs to up it's game with the next drivers!

 

[Mousemonkey]

That article is from way back then. We are talking about now. Go have a look at the charts for Crysis and other recent benchmarks. The 13.2 has brought the smoothness to AMD and now it's Nvidia that is lagging. Take those blinders off bud. We're all for p/p and right now Nvidia needs to up it's game with the next drivers!

New drivers came out yesterday so maybe they have.

 

[ikaz]

Personally I would also go with 7950 hands down.

there even on sale

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?SID=ZzsG4IXkEeKKS27jEQkWzw0_kK0T3_86M_0_0&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=14-202-006&cm_sp=

 

[nitrium]

What no one ever seems to mention on these Red vs Green threads, remarkably, is that the 7950 comes with 50% MORE video RAM than either the 660Ti or the 670 at no extra cost!

 

[Mousemonkey]

What no one ever seems to mention on these Red vs Green threads, remarkably, is that the 7950 comes with 50% MORE video RAM than either the 660Ti or the 670 at no extra cost!

Vram is not the be all and end all.

 

[loops]

7950 + games.

 

[mightymaxio]

GTX 660 ti in SLI works wonders imo. Much more rock solid than ATI cards. I personally love EVGA and XFX sucks these days which is really the only company that offers lifetime warranties on ATI cards.

I have never had a nvidia card give me errors where as when I went quad 5870 I had so many issues it made me never want to go ATI again.

 

[CaptainTom]

Vram is not the be all and end all.

When people are paying an extra $25 for a 3GB 660 Ti that is already weaker than the 7950 it is worth mentioning. Honestly idk what the dilemma is here.

A 7870 LE is stronger than the 660 Ti and it costs $240. Seriously Nvidia's cards have laughably less value than AMD's at this point.

 

[MasterPeyton]

I was about to ask this same question. Im choosing the 7950 w/ the games or the MSI 660 Ti. The only reason I would get the 660 ti is cause of physx but it that really worth it??