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7850 or 560 Ti - 448?

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danielhep

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Okay, so I have a few choices for the GPU for my computer. I play a lot of Minecraft, in fact, that's really the game I'll play the most, but I'm getting an overkill GPU for other games like Skyrim, which I'll play in the future. I would like to overclock the GPU, and I know some of these will end up better than others after overclocking them.

I have around $270 to spend on a GPU, but I can go to $300.
Here's my choices:
  • AMD 7850
  • nVidia 560 Ti
  • nVidia 560 Ti - 448
  • nVidia 570 <- On sale.
I don't know much about AMD, which makes me want to stay away from them, but I'll get it if I know for sure it's better. I also like to use Linux, which is another reason for me to stay away, but again, if it's that much better, I'll do it. I know the 560 Ti 448 is better than all of them, but I've heard that the 7850 is better when overclocked.

So which should I get?

Thanks.
 
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The 7850 is equal to the 570 in some games, slower in others. The 560-448 nearly as fast as a 570, so its basically on par with a stock 7850. OC the 7850, and you are looking at more speed. No clue how well the 560-448's OC.
 
Stuka87 said:
The 7850 is equal to the 570 in some games, slower in others. The 560-448 nearly as fast as a 570, so its basically on par with a stock 7850. OC the 7850, and you are looking at more speed. No clue how well the 560-448's OC.
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I've read some articles that claim the 560's Ti 448 OC potential can surpass a 570 that is overclocked due to various reasons that I forgot. Not sure how true that is, but to be honest a 7850 would probably be ideal due to having almost double the VRAM.
 
Snowshredder102 said:
I've read some articles that claim the 560's Ti 448 OC potential can surpass a 570 that is overclocked due to various reasons that I forgot. Not sure how true that is, but to be honest a 7850 would probably be ideal due to having almost double the VRAM.
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I have two monitors, and both run fine off my laptop's 1gb vram. I don't think I'll have issues.
 
AMD has the better power draw in this area, the 7850 is great in that spec.

Performance seems to be a wash from what I've been hearing, a 448 will overclock past 580 performance typically without a sweat.

vram is important in Skyrim though, 2GB is better than 1.28GB, but nvidia has a ace up their sleeve there, it's called Ambient Occlusion.

I guess I'd call it like this

Power: 7850 wins
Noise: wash
Performance: wash
Price/Perf: 448
Drivers: 448 (AO in Skyrim)
Vram: 7850 (texture mods in Skyrim)
Multi-gpu Supprt: 448
GPGPU: 448 (programs like CS5)
Bitmining: 7850

Weight it as you see fit.


570 is going to be 5% faster than the 448 or so per clock, everything else is the same. Overclocking the 570 vs 448 is pretty much a wash unless you're looking at non reference 570s.
 
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BallaTheFeared said:
AMD has the better power draw in this area, the 7850 is great in that spec.

Performance seems to be a wash from what I've been hearing, a 448 will overclock past 580 performance typically without a sweat.

vram is important in Skyrim though, 2GB is better than 1.28GB, but nvidia has a ace up their sleeve there, it's called Ambient Occlusion.

I guess I'd call it like this

Power: 7850 wins
Noise: wash
Performance: wash
Price/Perf: 448
Drivers: 448 (AO in Skyrim)
Vram: 7850 (texture mods in Skyrim)
Multi-gpu Supprt: 448
GPGPU: 448 (programs like CS5)
Bitmining: 7850

Weight it as you see fit.


570 is going to be 5% faster than the 448 or so per clock, everything else is the same. Overclocking the 570 vs 448 is pretty much a wash unless you're looking at non reference 570s.
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I think I'll get the 570. I can get it for $240 from Galaxy. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...32-105981611-2
And I also have a discount coupon.
 
Stuka87 said:
The 7850 is equal to the 570 in some games, slower in others. The 560-448 nearly as fast as a 570, so its basically on par with a stock 7850. OC the 7850, and you are looking at more speed. No clue how well the 560-448's OC.
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aaksheytalwar said:
Once overclocked a 7850 comes close to a gtx 580
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You guys are massively overestimating the OC potential of the 7850. Even when sporting a 200MHz OC, it can't touch a 7870, and that just brings it even with a 570. No way it's ever going to touch a 580 in games that matter (BF3, Skyrim, not Crysis).

http://techreport.com/articles.x/22705/8

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5625/...-7850-review-rounding-out-southern-islands/19

In pure price/performance, it's nothing special at all.
 
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Termie said:
You guys are massively overestimating the OC potential of the 7850. Even when sporting a 200MHz OC, it can't touch a 7870, and that just brings it even with a 570. No way it's ever going to touch a 580 in games that matter (BF3, Skyrim, not Crysis).

http://techreport.com/articles.x/22705/8

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5625/...-7850-review-rounding-out-southern-islands/19

In pure price/performance, it's nothing special at all.
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Well that changes things....

448 fo sho.
 
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