GTX 560 Ti 1GB vs. Radeon HD 6950 2GB?

[dpk33]

Which one gives better performance on Bad Company 2, 1920x1200, 8xAA, 16xAF, Highest Settings, HBAO Disabled? I have a Phenom II x4 955 oc'ed to 3.9 ghz if that matters.

 

[zerocool84]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

 

[Will Robinson]

Here...this may help.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

 

[dpk33]

Yes, but does the 2GB and the 1GB on the 6950 make a difference?

 

[3DVagabond]

Looking at TechPowerup the two are pretty comparable @ <1fps less for the 6950 at your res and 4xAA. That's well within margin of error.

The 560 generally runs a little less money, does PhysX and CUDA (if you use them). The reference 6950 though has 2gig RAM, scales better as res increases, uses less power, and is 97% successful at unlocking to a 6970. Both are good O/C'ers. You probably won't notice a difference playing games with them. They are that close.

 

[ZimZum]

Yes, but does the 2GB and the 1GB on the 6950 make a difference?

In that it can be unlocked to a 6970, yes. Performance wise for your resolution, probably not.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

D:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

Ah - I remember that the GPU reviews were NOT using any AA on 1680X1050 benchmarks but that it said that it was using 4XAA in the reviews until they fixed it, but apparently on the bench it still says that.

 

[AtenRa]

Yes, but does the 2GB and the 1GB on the 6950 make a difference?

Only Metro2033 and AvP at 2560x1600 will benefit from the 2GB memory buffer. Triple monitor setups will use the larger buffer even at 1920x1080.

 

[nwo]

If you intend to flash that 6950 into a 6970, then that would definitely be a better investment than a 560Ti.

 

[wahdangun]

wit a lot of AA and higher resolution HD 6950 will win, and once you unlock it to HD 6970 performance it will be faster tha GTX 570 and GTX 480

 

[Ryan Smith]

D:

Ah - I remember that the GPU reviews were NOT using any AA on 1680X1050 benchmarks but that it said that it was using 4XAA in the reviews until they fixed it, but apparently on the bench it still says that.

We use 4xAA at 1680 on everything except Bad Company 2 and Metro 2033.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

We use 4xAA at 1680 on everything except Bad Company 2 and Metro 2033.

Right- sorry! BC2 benchmarks are essentially the only one I use so that's what I was meaning, because most other games, especially single player games, I can handle a somewhat lower frame rate. And I use BC2 benchamarks to gauge BF3 performance. It's impossible to say for sure until specs are out or even Beta for BF3 but until then I basically presume that BF3 will be BC2 minus 20&#37;. In other words, something that gets 60 FPS in BC2 will get 48 FPS in BF3 at identical settings. That's not a prediction it's just the assumption I use to think about rather than keep repeating "must wait".

 

[Termie]

Which one gives better performance on Bad Company 2, 1920x1200, 8xAA, 16xAF, Highest Settings, HBAO Disabled? I have a Phenom II x4 955 oc'ed to 3.9 ghz if that matters.

You won't find any reviewers doing 8xAA without HBAO (and why would you play like that anyway? HBAO looks much better - I take it over 8xAA personally.). The only 8xAA review I've seen is Guru3d: http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/15.

You have your answer there. 1GB vs. 2GB doesn't matter. 6950 is slightly faster, and has probably expanded the performance delta with the newest driver beta.

 

[Skurge]

Right- sorry! BC2 benchmarks are essentially the only one I use so that's what I was meaning, because most other games, especially single player games, I can handle a somewhat lower frame rate. And I use BC2 benchamarks to gauge BF3 performance. It's impossible to say for sure until specs are out or even Beta for BF3 but until then I basically presume that BF3 will be BC2 minus 20&#37;. In other words, something that gets 60 FPS in BC2 will get 48 FPS in BF3 at identical settings. That's not a prediction it's just the assumption I use to think about rather than keep repeating "must wait".

Its better you just wait till BF3 comes out, you wont be able to compare that engine to the one in BC2 as its much much more advanced, could be more efficient as well as its going to be built from the ground up around DX10/DX11.

Also, by the time that game comes out, you will have 28nm cards from AMD and nvidia if TSMC doesnt mess up. I have a feeling we are going to see some great things from 28nm. Seeing how efficient AMD and nVidia had to make their current architectures on 40nm. (Cards that are faster and use power on the same node)