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Becouse i was hoping to put a bit more money into it and get something better
Originally posted by Infi8nity
A 6950 is below a 560 and a 6970 is just right below a 560. I do not know about the other card. Some advice.... go on youtube and look up video's for benchmarks. Or google 560ti vs and you will see your results. Why are you returning the 560ti instead of RMAing it? It should be undrer warranty so you should be able to replace it. You got a bad card, it happens. Does not mean it needs to be completely replaced.
Originally posted by H1ght3chHippie
I advice on buying an Nvidia based card, not an ATi Radeon.
Originally posted by LvSLoLo
HD 6950 or a HD 6970
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
Originally posted by H1ght3chHippie
I advice on buying an Nvidia based card, not an ATi Radeon.
And I could just as easily advise the opposite. AMD has the fastest single-GPU card on the market right now (HD-7970) that will destroy any single-GPU Nvidia card.
In fact, AMD quite often and usually has the fastest video card on the market until Nvidia follows along with something to compete with AMD.
You can see the benchmarks HERE for the HD-7970 which doesn't lag too far behind the GTX-590 or the HD-6990, which are both dual-GPU while the HD-7970 is single-GPU.
By the way, the dual-GPU cards on both sides have always had issues and aren't the most stable, while being very expensive.
What it boils down to is preference. AMD has always had the best price-to-performance ratio over Nvidia and Intel.
Originally posted by LvSLoLo
HD 6950 or a HD 6970
The HD-6xxx cards were actually slower than the HD-5xxx cards. I have two HD-5870's laying around, one of them almost brand new, that are faster than the HD-6xxx series cards, and with both of them Crossfired, have almost the same performance as the HD-7970 I'm now running.
edit on 31-3-2012 by _BoneZ_ because: (no reason given)
I advice on buying an Nvidia based card, not an ATi Radeon.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Look..
www.videocardbenchmark.net...
Benchmark tests and prices..
Updated almost daily.
I would suggest an ATI card, Nvidia is just..well not up to snuff IMO.
The 6900 series is probably one of the best out there. Mid range 6950 is decently priced and has great performance.
If you really wanna go crazy then the 7970 HD is where you wanna go.
Although really it'd going to depend on the rest of your build too. A system is only as good ast he base platform.
(Board, Chip & RAM)edit on 3/31/2012 by tothetenthpower because: (no reason given)
Ive never had a ATI GPU i wouldnt know were to start even with the drivers
Originally posted by autowrench
reply to post by H1ght3chHippie
I advice on buying an Nvidia based card, not an ATi Radeon.
I strongly agree. In both Windows, and Linux, drivers for ATI cards are a nightmare. Nvidia makes the best, and easiest to install drivers for.
Hmm im not sure, i cant see in the case atm i remember it being a ASUS pro+ AM3 and some other stuff lol
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by LvSLoLo
That's not a bad system you got yourself there.
I cringe a bit when I see AMD procs, but ohh well, that's a fan thing on my side.
What do you have for a motherboard?
I see nothing in your build that would not support a ATI card; and although you've never had one; you probably won't go back if you did.