gtx 670 or 7950 sapphire

[raiderguy92]

gtx 670 or 7950 sapphire i may oc gaming includes skyrim, metro 2033, dirt 3, halo, cod, battlefield 3 etc also is the asus z77 sabertooth worth it and ues i will be using sli/ crossfire

 

[JackNaylorPE]

GTX 670 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121707

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/33.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7950_Vapor-X/33.html

Techpowerup shows the 7950 at about 79% of the performance of the Asus 670....yes, AMD has new drivers but so does nVidia.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/28.html

Skyrim - 79.1 fps for 670 / 68.4 fps for 7950
Metro 2033 - 28.7 fps for 670 / 29.8 fps for 7950
Dirt3 - 229.4 fps for 670 / 148.8 fps for 7950
Battlefield 3 - 72.9 fps for 670 / 53.8 fps for 7950

Iif ya thinking ya might someday have a 2nd card in SLI / CF .... I'd avoid CF for the immediate future.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-benchmarking-frame-rate,3466.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6857/amd-stuttering-issues-driver-roadmap-fraps/6


And yes, I consider the Sabertooth worth every penny.

 

[fatboytyler]

Single card performance there won't be much difference. I have a Sapphire 7950 and its extremely overclockable especially with a custom fan curve(1150MHz Core and 1450MHz Memory in my case). Comparing my results to a friends overclocked Gigabyte 670 there's usually about 5ish FPS difference. I can also attest the Sapphire is very quiet with fans 0-70% and 85-100%. Mines whines a lot around 75%, but above or below takes care of the issue. And obviously, at 100% fans any cooler is going to be "Loud".

With those games you'll have no problems maxing any of them out. I play BF3 at 1920x1080 fulled maxed with 65+ frames easy. Metro 2033 Maxed causes a few drops here and there, but still very playable

As a side note: When comparing bench reviews on both of these cards, be careful. Certain software/hardware setups favor one brand over the other. I found in my case, my 7950 performs far better than the benches said they would. Also, the Sapphire is NOT voltage locked, allowing more overclock room if you've got significant cooling.

 

[bigcyco1]

The 670 is faster both are good buys pick which ever you prefer

 

[bryonhowley]

gtx 670 or 7950 sapphire i may oc gaming includes skyrim, metro 2033, dirt 3, halo, cod, battlefield 3 etc also is the asus z77 sabertooth worth it

I have rigs with 7950's and GTX 670 personally I prefer the 7950 but both are good cards. As for the Z77 Sabertooth I really like mine even though it is the first intel rig I built in a number of years.