~$200 price point-560Ti or Radeon 6950 2 Gb?

[Artista]

As the title says at around the $200 price point, which is the better the Nvidia 560Ti or Radeon 6950 2 Gb? Would it make a difference if the 6950 could/would be flashed with a 6970 bios?

The gtx 560Ti 1 Gb is on sale after MIR for $199.99 the possibly non-flashable Radeon 6950 2 Gb is $189.00

I see a 6950 on newegg for ~$189 that possibly cannot be flashed and one for ~$250 that can be flashed with the 6970 bios. Is that ~$60 worth it in performance if it can be flashed and the cheaper card cannot?

I did see a gtx 570 on sale for ~$260...thats another story I guess. :\

Thanks

 

[fishsauce]

For 250, get a 7850.

For 190-200, 6950.

 

[-Slacker-]

Neither. Hd 6870

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150561

Or wait for 7850s to go down.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Definitely the 6950 for $190 because it's cheaper and faster then the 560 ti.

 

[lehtv]

Agree. It's either GTX560/HD6870 or HD7850 2GB. The card in the middle just aren't that good bang for buck, just for a little more you can get a 7850 which is in a different world altogether - overclocks like nothing else, consumes the same power as a 6850, has twice the VRAM.

 

[KingFatty]

The 7850 price has got to get closer to $200 soon, it is destiny.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Agree. It's either GTX560/HD6870 or HD7850 2GB. The card in the middle just aren't that good bang for buck, just for a little more you can get a 7850 which is in a different world altogether - overclocks like nothing else, consumes the same power as a 6850, has twice the VRAM.

Right $190 for a card that performs identical near enough to the 7850 that goes for $60 more I don't get your guy's rational.

 

[lehtv]

Right $190 for a card that performs identical near enough to the 7850 that goes for $60 more I don't get your guy's rational.

Except that it doesn't. 7850 consumes 50W less and overclocks 2-3 times better. But on second thought, a 6950 for $200 ($190 AR) is not a bad deal

 

[Don Karnage]

7850. Do not waste money on last gen cards

 

[Bryson777]

7850. Do not waste money on last gen cards

this

 

[Don Karnage]

Why does everyone always recommend last gen cards? Thats like me buying 580's over 670's for 30 dollars less.

 

[-Slacker-]

Why does everyone always recommend last gen cards? Thats like me buying 580's over 670's for 30 dollars less.

It's a forum wide conspiracy meant to irritate you and make you have doubts about upgrading from a 2500k to a 3570k and then to a 3770k for no significant gains in performance (or, at the very least, it can't possibly be that a $140 AR 6870 has a much better value than a $240 7850). Stay strong.

 

[Don Karnage]

It's a forum wide conspiracy meant to irritate you and make you have doubts about upgrading from a 2500k to a 3570k and then to a 3770k for no significant gains in performance (or, at the very least, it can't possibly be that a $140 AR 6870 has a much better value than a $240 7850). Stay strong.

I wouldn't doubt it

 

[Destiny]

I'm backing up Don on this... Also you will need a card with at least 2GB DDR5 RAM... I checked my performance for BF3 and that game was using 1.5GB of GPU memory gaming at 1920x1200p! D:

The 7850 price has got to get closer to $200 soon, it is destiny.

Yes... I believe so too!

 

[borisvodofsky]

go ATI for 2 reasons

Better video playback quality, very important if you like Highdefinition movies.

OPENCL in photoshop cs6 and other incoming adobe apps

Cuda from Nvidia is going away.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Except that it doesn't. 7850 consumes 50W less and overclocks 2-3 times better. But on second thought, a 6950 for $200 ($190 AR) is not a bad deal

Um nobody cares about power consumption I never had I must have lucked out cause I have never had a PSU issue and I have owned 4890CF and it worked fine on a 550watt PSU I now have a 430 watt PSU and it will run any single GPU.

 

[nFeF]

Um nobody cares about power consumption I never had I must have lucked out cause I have never had a PSU issue and I have owned 4890CF and it worked fine on a 550watt PSU I now have a 430 watt PSU and it will run any single GPU.

 

[Jaydip]

Um nobody cares about power consumption I never had I must have lucked out cause I have never had a PSU issue and I have owned 4890CF and it worked fine on a 550watt PSU I now have a 430 watt PSU and it will run any single GPU.

I don't but somebody might be,along with power comes responsibility(here heat)()

 

[Leyawiin]

go ATI for 2 reasons

Better video playback quality, very important if you like Highdefinition movies.

OPENCL in photoshop cs6 and other incoming adobe apps

Cuda from Nvidia is going away.

A mid to high end video's cards main purpose is gaming. All the other stuff is secondary. I rather have Ambient Occlusion, Adaptive Vertical Sync and PhysX, thanks.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

I don't but somebody might be,along with power comes responsibility(here heat)()

"along with power comes responsibility(here heat)" I don't follow you and heat you guys make it sound like it becomes like an oven. Even my old GTX 275 which maxed out @ a not very cool 91c and 220watts in max gaming load was never a heat and power consumption issue for me even is the summer heat of +30c LOL.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

A mid to high end video's cards main purpose is gaming. All the other stuff is secondary. I rather have Ambient Occlusion, Adaptive Vertical Sync and PhysX, thanks.

AO = Meh cause it only works in some games, Adaptive Vsync is completely busted, and Physx is Meh I just keep it always off being it's more or less a kitschy sales gimmick. I like nvidia cards as much as the Radeons in fact I own two nvidia cards right now but I don't like nvidia's stupid sales gimmicks that do nothing in games and amount to nothing more than a placebo sales gimmick.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

go ATI for 2 reasons

Better video playback quality, very important if you like Highdefinition movies.

OPENCL in photoshop cs6 and other incoming adobe apps

Cuda from Nvidia is going away.

The image quality and color reproduction can not be beat on the Radeons.

 

[Artista]

Interesting ideas so far.

I figured to flash a 6950 to a 6970 but will look at the recomendations here. Really my budget is more like in the nvidia gtx 460 range but I know that wont last for years to come. Spend a little more now and get more usable gaming life out of the card.

Money is tight but I have already starting buying parts. I know the Intel 2500k is the cpu to have but it is twice the price of the four core 3.8 Ghz amd cpu I was looking at.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Interesting ideas so far.

I figured to flash a 6950 to a 6970 but will look at the recomendations here. Really my budget is more like in the nvidia gtx 460 range but I know that wont last for years to come. Spend a little more now and get more usable gaming life out of the card.

Money is tight but I have already starting buying parts. I know the Intel 2500k is the cpu to have but it is twice the price of the four core 3.8 Ghz amd cpu I was looking at.

This is a good OCed GTX 560ti it performs roughly = to a GTX 480 and will OC more.

 

[SickBeast]

The image quality and color reproduction can not be beat on the Radeons.

That was true before we had DVI connections but your statement is completely false today.