2-way SLI Geforce 7950GT or a single Radeon HD 4670?

[TheInternal]

As the title asks, which is the more powerful graphics solution?

Two "XFX PVT71JYHE9 GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card" in 2-way SLI mode

or

One "XFX HD-467X-ZDFR Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card"

I'm thinking the 4670 may be. I know, from personal experience, that NVIDIA has pretty terrible driver support for older Geforce cards, which often required me to swap out the driver between three or four different versions based on the game I was playing.

Between work and school, I don't have much time to test both out. Any thoughts or suggestions? Is my assumption a pretty safe one?

This is going in a now ancient MSI K8N Neo 4 SLI Platinum motherboard with a socket 939 Athlon 64 and 2 GB of system RAM. It will primarily be used as a internet TV box and for some light gaming (hooked up to an old TV) running Windows 7. I'll be using resolutions of 800x600 or 1024x768 on the television.

 

[dragantoe]

what keeps you from getting a new card? because honestly spending $50 can get you a far superior card

 

[TheInternal]

I have two Geforce 670 GTXs in 2-way SLI in my main rig.

The parts I've listed are all parts I have and want to put to use. I'm back in school after getting laid off and only recently was able to even obtain part time work... so, yeah. Not spending more money I don't have when I have parts adequate for the job (streaming internet TV, watching videos over my network, light gaming for guests).

Based on http://www.anandtech.com/show/2376/9 and http://www.anandtech.com/show/2616/6

I'm still not 100% sure on the 4670 being better, but am still leaning that way.

 

[KaosFaction]

DX9 vs DX10 support.

 

[zootedd]

I think that the 4670 will be stonger, but hey you already have these cards? Try both combinations to see.

 

[Termie]

For watching internet video, there's no question the 4670 is far superior. In fact, it's a totally legitimate htpc card even today. As for gaming, the 7950 gt SLI might come close in some games, but there's no reason to even bother trying. The gaming performance of either solution isn't that great so you're not going to be playing new games on them, and the 4670 is otherwise completely superior for your uses.

 

[SolMiester]

I thought the drivers for NV are unified, the latest drivers are for all cards back to the GF 8 series. The 7 series latest driver is Oct 2012....however, the Radeon would be the better card for many reasons...