Asus ATI Radeon 6950 HD 810MHz vs MSI GeForce GTX 560TI Twin FrozR

[killosberg]

The two cards featured:

■ MSI GeForce GTX 560TI Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe £179.98 (dabs)
■ Asus ATI Radeon 6950 HD 810MHz 1GB PCI-E HDMI DirectCU II £174.99 (dabs)

So one of these graphics cards will go in a Z68 motherboard with a intel i5 2500k, and it will have 8gb worth of ram installed.

Which is better and why?

OR

Would it be better for me to save another £30 and buy a Raedon 6950 2gb version instead?
And if so please post a link to one.
thanks

 

[ilysaml]

Booth cards are great but Sounds like HD 6950 1 Gb is the best option, check this out
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_6950_1_GB/15.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/40165-amd-radeon-hd-6950-1gb-review-9.html
HD 6950 beats 560Ti in most benchmarks.
you won't need the HD 6950 2GB unless you play @ 2560 × 1600 high resolution absorbs much RAM

 

[killosberg]

Thats not what i saw when reading the reviews, it said that the 560ti was a better card for noise, tempretures, power consumption, and a few games as well. So it would be wiser to go with the 560ti.

 

[ilysaml]

don't judge so fast, check out this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/331?vs=330

 

[phishy714]

AMD cards generally are quieter and less power hungry. And yes, the 6950 1gb will generally beat out the 560ti.

Honestly though, it doesn't matter which one you pick. I chose an Asus GTX 560ti and I am VERY happy with it. You won't notice the difference in performance between the two.

 

[killosberg]

Tough call to make now. It seems both have there ups and downs. Is there a answer to this question?

I might purchase another one later on to make a SLI/XFIRE .

 

[ionut19]

In that case buy the 6950. AMD has better scaling when it comes to multiple cards setup.

You will have greater performance gain with two 6950 that with two gtx560ti.

 

[killosberg]

Thanks i think i have found my answer.

 

[ionut19]

if u wanna go crossfite, get the 2GB version just so u wont meet frame buffer bottlenecks in the future, demanding games like Metro 2033 will choke with just 1GB when u actually turn everything up

I also agree with this. Especially when 30 pounds is not that much. And we all presumed that you have or will have the PSU to run it.

 

[killosberg]

I will have a 750W XFX Core Edition 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply £71.92 (aria)

So i will get the 2gb version thanks for the info

 

[killosberg]

Sorry to bring this back up again.

I just found 2 new offers from overclockers and i am wandering which one to go for.

GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 £205.99

Which would you go for?

 

[killosberg]

Just noticed that the 570 was a refurb and only has 1 yr warranty.

On that basis i will probably choose the 6950 twin FrozR III.

 

[ilysaml]

if you'll go for the GTX 570 so why not the HD 6970 ?

 

[killosberg]

I'm looking at prices and the cheapest 6970 i could find was like £270 which is too expensive