Need help to decide upon a new GFX

[nullface]

I'm on the hunt for a "bag for the buck" highend card.

I'v been looking a lot at the 7870, 7950 and 660Ti but am having a hard time deciding. I like that the 660 Ti has a more consistent frame rate and better frame latency, but they seem to be very close after the recent cat driver.


Any suggestions?

[King4x4]

7950 and OC it to kingdom kome!

[ZL1]

up to budget, 7950 is def best choice in this price range
bur price/perf ratio imo is 7850

[BlindShot]

I'm in the same boat trying to make up my mind. I want the 7950 but have enough cash for a 7850 now. I would like to try Crossfire for the first time. Is Crossfire a good way to go?

[zanzabar]

i think that the 7870 is the best bang for the buck, it is also only like $20 more than the 7850 right now on newegg. have you seen the 7870 joker, it has 1536 shaders and is made from a cut down 79xx gpu but with only 256bit on the memory controller.

[Ket]

7870 JokerCard. Uses a slightly cut down Tahiti GPU but costs a lot less than a 7950. Performance difference is minimal too.

[screwtech02]

Those Joker cards gonna have issues running eyefinity setups?

[Ket]

No more so than a single 7950 would, in both cases dual graphics or more is the best solution.

[Andi64]

I would try to avoid Crossfire on non high-end cards. I had HD5850 Crossfire, when they weren't high-end anymore, and they work fine, but they can't be compared to a single card.

I have an HD7950, and when overclocked (mine is at 1250Mhz) it's an excellent card. On 3DMark Fire Strike I get 7770. The "HD7930" is a great card also. But I remember a review where it didn't perform that well while overclocked. I'll see if I can find it...

[Ket]

TBH I wish I hadn't been so ambitions when I got a 7950... its not exactly been enjoyable, most of which is through no fault of its own. The only reason I replaced my OCd GTX460 wasn't due to a lack of grunt but due to a lack of vRAM. The card couldn't cope with all the HD texture mods I love to run. I suspect I would enjoy the 7950 more if I could mod the settings I want directly into the vBIOS and it does piss me off somewhat I can't. Anyone want to swap a GTX670/680 for my 7950?