7870 2gb or.........

[mastermoirich]

Ok, i;ve been around this block before, but i really need some opinions...

I've been looking at amd 7870 2gb. What is the comparable nvidia gtx card?

There are a lot of sales going on, and i have $300 to spend.....

previously i was sold on Gigabyte 7870 2gb for $259.00

Thoughts?

 

[ilysaml]

The comparable cards are GTX 580 and GTX 660.

 

[Modestvolta]

This is a card I'm leaning towards for myself, but I just noticed it's in (the high end of) your price range:

XFX Radeon 7950 3GB

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-FX795ATDFC/dp/B00713RT62/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1356453913&sr=1-5&keywords=7970

$320 today, $290 after mail in rebate

 

[mastermoirich]

Ya so here is my dilemma. I received $300 in bestbuy.ca cards today and was planning on a 7870 2gb but they only had a decent price on the sapphire, (which i didnt want as i was hoping for an asus, msi or esp the Gigabyte.) However, they do have a 7950 3gb for $312.00

Those brands do make gtx 660 2gb cards for sale at bestbuy.ca for the $240 range (so after tax about 300). I've read a lot of mixed reviews between 660 or 7870...some say they are almost the same, etc....

Thoughts?

 

[mastermoirich]

And this link seems to say that the 7870 is better...sort of

http://www.hwcompare.com/12190/radeon-hd-7870-vs-radeon-hd-7950-3gb/

 

[mastermoirich]

here is the link for the 7950 3gb

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/gigabyte-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7950-3gb-gddr5-pci-e-video-card-gv-r795wf3-3gd-gv-r795wf3-3gd/10214805.aspx?path=a471329a5bf902a9e35e90d538c7eee5en02

 

[djangoringo]

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/evga-com-evga-geforce-gtx-660-ti-2gb-gddr5-pci-e-video-card-02g-p4-3660-kr-02g-p4-3660-kr/10219978.aspx?path=05e6c73e8ddd6437e4d4a1542e365faaen02

You can only buy from there ?

Cause there's good offers on other canadian sites :

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11830BD8287&vpn=GV-N66TOC-2GD&manfuacture=GIGABYTE

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=75685&vpn=GTX660%20TI-DC2O-2GD5&manufacture=ASUS&promoid=1285


The 660 ti is better than the 7870 and 7950.

 

[mastermoirich]

The issue is that i got gift cards for xmas....so in the interest of trying to save my cash and use the cards, then that is my store of choice atm....

 

[mastermoirich]

And do u have anything to show me the 660ti is better? So far...

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/366424-33-7870

And that first link u gave me, is that a blower card? someone told me to stay away from those.