ASUS 660 TI or 7950 sapphire? help?

[warhead99]

Hey guys so my 6950 died on me so i'm currently using a 4890 at the moment hah... I currently have the 990fx sabertooth rev 2.0 and a bulldozer 8 core clocked to 5Ghz with my watercooling loop, i have 4 gb of ram 1600Mhz,
and I've been searching the web for a heir to sit the PCI throne.

I came across this dilemma:

apparently the 660ti is similar if not sometimes abit better by a few FPS and sometimes a bit slower in the same margin than that of the 7950.

Now I've always been a fan of AMD and have always had an AMD card however:

http://www.ebuyer.com/390237-asus-amd-ati-hd7950-direct-cooling-2-top-3gb-ddr5-version-2-90-c1crx0-u0uay0bz-hd7950-dc2t-3gd5-v2

The same ASUS style for the 7950 is £271 whilst the 660 TI ASUS is only £189...

http://www.ebuyer.com/455280-asus-gtx660-ti-2gb-gddr5-6008mhz-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-gtx660-ti-dc2o-2gd5

or there is the sapphire 7950 for £229

http://www.ebuyer.com/454252-sapphire-hd-7950-boost-3gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-11196-19-20g

I am totally baffled and I am hearing mixed vibes about both cards and would like to get a chat going to maybe sway me in either direction as the benchmarks ive seen aren't really posing much bias to either cards, id like to hear some personal experiences.

Thanks as always.

 

[warhead99]

Also just thought id add that the new consoles will be using AMD GPU's so im assuming that games that are released will have better coding and more support for the AMD series cards as opposed to the Nvidia ones

 

[KareemGT]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 660 TI for sure , but i don't know if it worth that extra dollars !!

 

[warhead99]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 660 TI for sure , but i don't know if it worth that extra dollars !!

This is totally my dilemma ha, i mean the 6950 was adequate for me and the 660 ti would be an upgrade of quite a lot.
but im unsure about the future proofing of the 660...

 

[smeezekitty]

The 7950 is definitely better. If it is worth the extra money is up to you though.

 

[warhead99]

The 7950 is definitely better. If it is worth the extra money is up to you though.

Well i originally wanted the 7950 but im wondering about the price difference when about 6 months ago these cards were not that differently priced.

 

[KareemGT]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 660 TI for sure , but i don't know if it worth that extra dollars !!

This is totally my dilemma ha, i mean the 6950 was adequate for me and the 660 ti would be an upgrade of quite a lot.
but im unsure about the future proofing of the 660...

buddy , get the HD 9750 if you are looking for better future proof . just go ahead with the HD 7950

 

[KareemGT]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 660 TI for sure , but i don't know if it worth that extra dollars !!

This is totally my dilemma ha, i mean the 6950 was adequate for me and the 660 ti would be an upgrade of quite a lot.
but im unsure about the future proofing of the 660...

buddy , get the HD 9750 if you are looking for better future proof . just go ahead with the HD 7950

 

[warhead99]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 660 TI for sure , but i don't know if it worth that extra dollars !!

This is totally my dilemma ha, i mean the 6950 was adequate for me and the 660 ti would be an upgrade of quite a lot.
but im unsure about the future proofing of the 660...

buddy , get the HD 9750 if you are looking for better future proof . just go ahead with the HD 7950

http://www.ebuyer.com/520367-evga-nvidia-gtx-760-sc-1085mhz-6008mhz-2048mb-256-bit-ddr5-acx-cooling-02g-p4-2765-kr im seing that the 760 is slightly cheaper than the 7950

 

[warhead99]

think ill stick to my gut and go for the 7950 but please do carry on posting, and maybe suggesting other cards im also debating waiting for the 8xxx series maybe resulting in a cheaper 7950

 

[KareemGT]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 660 TI for sure , but i don't know if it worth that extra dollars !!

This is totally my dilemma ha, i mean the 6950 was adequate for me and the 660 ti would be an upgrade of quite a lot.
but im unsure about the future proofing of the 660...

buddy , get the HD 9750 if you are looking for better future proof . just go ahead with the HD 7950

http://www.ebuyer.com/520367-evga-nvidia-gtx-760-sc-1085mhz-6008mhz-2048mb-256-bit-ddr5-acx-cooling-02g-p4-2765-kr im seing that the 760 is slightly cheaper than the 7950

go for the HD 7950 since the upcoming games optimized for AMD Stuff .

 

[PriPhaze]

idk if its worth to wait for the 8xxx series .. i mean u can do it but if u really need the card right now then go get it dont wait for anything u wont regret . Plus the 8xxx will be way overpriced i belive and if im correct u will be able to get something like a HD8870 that maybe will be ecual to a 7950 at the price of a 7950 . ( lol dont take me too serious here im just guessing )