Which is a better performing card Stock/Overclocked (POLL) *plan on buying today*

[glenquagmire]

I have I think narrowed my choices to either: FYI they are priced similar with 760 $15 more. (760 comes with Batman while the 7950 has 3 games. I am looking more so on performance though.)

-Sapphire Vapor-X 7950 3GB
-MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC

Please help me choose which will be better both at stock and overclocked. I prefer experience, documentation and all the above. I really appreciate the "hypothesis" some people give, but I dont need to have a guess, but hard core facts.

I plan on a "stable" OC for either card (not for benchmarking but for actual usage), on my Gigabyte GAFX990-UD3 4.0 with FX 8350 CPU on a CM 700V psu using G Skill Ripjaw X 1866 CL 8. KEEP IN MIND, I PLAN ON DOING 50/50 GAMING/MEDIA CENTER (movies, live espn stream, music, youtube, etc...)

 

[glenquagmire]

I wanted to share this link I found comparing actually the two cards. There are stock and overclock settings I think. Please read and give me your input. Is this accurate??

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/02/msi_n760_tf_2gd5oc_gtx_760_overclocking_review/6#.UiyugcaTggN

 

[baner711]

There both good cards however since you are overclocking its a no brainer the 7950 will beat out a gtx 760 when both are max stable overclocked.If your looking at future proofing the 7950 is a safer bet with its 3 gb of vram.This should be a no brainer if your overclocking as an 1100 mhz overclocked 7950 will run neck and neck with a gtx 680 anything higher and you would beat gtx 770 performance in some games

 

[Zero Cool]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_GTX_760_TF_Gaming/27.html

 

[glenquagmire]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_GTX_760_TF_Gaming/27.html

Is this on OC'ed setting or stock? Did you check out the link I found and posted in my second post? Just trying to see here which is which.

See Page 3 for Stock and page 5 for OC.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/02/msi_n760_tf_2gd5oc_gtx_760_overclocking_review/5#.UizJY8aTggM

 

[Zero Cool]

That's at 1180Mhz... Mine clocked to 1295Mhz without a voltage increase and my temps still stay under 68c.

 

[baner711]

why do you keep using the graph with the 800 mhz 7950's?they dont even sell those anymore i dont think.compare it with the 925 mhz ones and he is talking about overclocking so that graph means nothing

 

[baner711]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_GTX_760_TF_Gaming/27.html

Is this on OC'ed setting or stock? Did you check out the link I found and posted in my second post? Just trying to see here which is which.

thats stock gtx 760 against a now underclocked 7950

 

[Zero Cool]

why do you keep using the graph with the 800 mhz 7950's?they dont even sell those anymore i dont think.compare it with the 925 mhz ones and he is talking about overclocking so that graph means nothing

He asked about stock and OC. Just trying to help since I have the MSI 760. Sorry.

 

[glenquagmire]

why do you keep using the graph with the 800 mhz 7950's?they dont even sell those anymore i dont think.compare it with the 925 mhz ones and he is talking about overclocking so that graph means nothing

He asked about stock and OC. Just trying to help since I have the MSI 760. Sorry.

No I appreciate it. I am comparing the Stock and Overclock. Seems as though Page 3 of my link proves you right, the MSI is a bit better, however Page 5 shows an OC'ed 7950 is outpacing the 760. Do you find this accurate?
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/02/msi_n760_tf_2gd5oc_gtx_760_overclocking_review/5#.UizJY8aTggM

 

[Zero Cool]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121716 That is a 800Mhz 7950 for sale on Newegg? Also, that chart is for BF3. I just wanted to show him that with a very mild OC the 760 performs better than the 770.

 

[glenquagmire]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121716 That is a 800Mhz 7950 for sale on Newegg? Also, that chart is for BF3. I just wanted to show him that with a very mild OC the 760 performs better than the 770.

Here are the two I am looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007709%20600007797&IsNodeId=1&Manufactory=1315%2C1561%2C1312%2C1314&PropertyCodeValue=3055%3A20548%2C3055%3A94398%2C684%3A40865&bop=And&CompareItemList=48%7C14-127-745%5E14-127-745-TS%2C14-202-003%5E14-202-003-07%23&percm=14-127-745%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-202-003%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24

 

[Zero Cool]

why do you keep using the graph with the 800 mhz 7950's?they dont even sell those anymore i dont think.compare it with the 925 mhz ones and he is talking about overclocking so that graph means nothing

He asked about stock and OC. Just trying to help since I have the MSI 760. Sorry.

No I appreciate it. I am comparing the Stock and Overclock. Seems as though Page 3 of my link proves you right, the MSI is a bit better, however Page 5 shows an OC'ed 7950 is outpacing the 760. Do you find this accurate?
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/02/msi_n760_tf_2gd5oc_gtx_760_overclocking_review/5#.UizJY8aTggM

For Far Cry 3 and Tomb Raider definitely... Those two games were designed to run much better on AMD chips. In games like BF3 and Bioshock Infinite I think then the 760 would perform better. I guess it really comes down to what you will be playing. I will say however, AMD and Nvidia aside, I have never had a better experience with a card than I have had with this MSI n760. It overclocked to 1295/7000 without a voltage increase, it doesn't get above 58c on stock clocks and 68c overclocked and it is completely silent even at 70% fans (they haven't gotten any higher than that). Whether you should get the 7950 or the 760 really comes down to what you plan on playing!

 

[glenquagmire]

why do you keep using the graph with the 800 mhz 7950's?they dont even sell those anymore i dont think.compare it with the 925 mhz ones and he is talking about overclocking so that graph means nothing

He asked about stock and OC. Just trying to help since I have the MSI 760. Sorry.

No I appreciate it. I am comparing the Stock and Overclock. Seems as though Page 3 of my link proves you right, the MSI is a bit better, however Page 5 shows an OC'ed 7950 is outpacing the 760. Do you find this accurate?
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/02/msi_n760_tf_2gd5oc_gtx_760_overclocking_review/5#.UizJY8aTggM

For Far Cry 3 and Tomb Raider definitely... Those two games were designed to run much better on AMD chips. In games like BF3 and Bioshock Infinite I think then the 760 would perform better. I guess it really comes down to what you will be playing. I will say however, AMD and Nvidia aside, I have never had a better experience with a card than I have had with this MSI n760. It overclocked to 1295/7000 without a voltage increase, it doesn't get above 58c on stock clocks and 68c overclocked and it is completely silent even at 70% fans (they haven't gotten any higher than that). Whether you should get the 7950 or the 760 really comes down to what you plan on playing!

True but I do 50/50 Gaming/Media Center. Are these difference somehow for streaming video and movies?

 

[Zero Cool]

Oops haha I was looking at the minimum frame rates on this link you provided. When I looked at the average FPS it looks pretty close; within 2-8% on all the games except Tomb Raider which ran horribly on all Nvidia cards haha.

 

[Zero Cool]

why do you keep using the graph with the 800 mhz 7950's?they dont even sell those anymore i dont think.compare it with the 925 mhz ones and he is talking about overclocking so that graph means nothing

He asked about stock and OC. Just trying to help since I have the MSI 760. Sorry.

No I appreciate it. I am comparing the Stock and Overclock. Seems as though Page 3 of my link proves you right, the MSI is a bit better, however Page 5 shows an OC'ed 7950 is outpacing the 760. Do you find this accurate?
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/02/msi_n760_tf_2gd5oc_gtx_760_overclocking_review/5#.UizJY8aTggM

For Far Cry 3 and Tomb Raider definitely... Those two games were designed to run much better on AMD chips. In games like BF3 and Bioshock Infinite I think then the 760 would perform better. I guess it really comes down to what you will be playing. I will say however, AMD and Nvidia aside, I have never had a better experience with a card than I have had with this MSI n760. It overclocked to 1295/7000 without a voltage increase, it doesn't get above 58c on stock clocks and 68c overclocked and it is completely silent even at 70% fans (they haven't gotten any higher than that). Whether you should get the 7950 or the 760 really comes down to what you plan on playing!

True but I do 50/50 Gaming/Media Center. Are these difference somehow for streaming video and movies?

It will make no difference in streaming. A $40 card will be just as good as a $1000 card when it comes to music, movies and streaming.