Crossfire 7950 vs gtx 960

[SpartansWouldWin]

I currently have a single 7950 installed in my rig and can run bf4 on ultra with 60 fps, but with new games like GTA 5 and battlefront coming out I thought it was time for an upgrade. I was thinking of buying a second 7950 to run in crossfire or I could sell the 7950 and buy a gtx 960. Please tell me what you guys think

 

[JackNaylorPE]

960 versus 7950 is an easy win for the 960.... but CF will get you about 1.5 to 1.6 times the fps of the one 7950

but CF will get you about 1.5 to 1.6 times the fps of the one 7950 and 2 x 7950 is much better than a 960

Selling the old 7950 and getting a 970 would be about a 15% win for the 970. Cost wise, make sure to account for the $60 game coupon you get for Witcher 3 if you plan to get that game.

 

[Creme]

Save money and overclock that 7950, it will be better than the 960, especially with 3GB of VRAM.

Crossfire is not worth it in my opinion, might as well sell it and buy a R9 290X.

Don't upgrade unless you need to.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

dont crossfire, sell and get a better single gpu. Many games dont work well, or at all with crossfire. as for 7950 vs gtx960, the 960 is slightly better but not worthy of an upgrade. I dont think the 2gb vs 3gb has and real world impact at 1080p res, the more vram may avoid stuttering in certain games with high settings.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Save money and overclock that 7950, it will be better than the 960, especially with 3GB of VRAM.

No

 

[AlphaAslam]

Your best option would be to overclock and save up for something like a 970 or a r9 290(Price drops soon with newer 390's on the way!!!)I would advise against running crossfire as it doesn't always work like you think it does. Games don't scale very well with multi-gpu configurations only a few AAA games support it but even then you're looking at a few FPS increase for not only a lot hassle with getting games to run (Sometimes games outright wont support multi gpu's so you have to disable one of your GPU's :/ ) But increased Heat output and power draw.

I'll be honest the 7950 is a pretty baller card anyway you will easily be able to run GTA V especially with the VRAM it has, If I were you I would Overclock the card a bit just to give it a bit more of an edge for newer games and save up. AMD are meant to be announcing new CPU's and More importantly new GPU's. With that in mind the current gen R9 290's will become cheaper so you could grab one of them when you have enough or go with a GTX 970 when you get the cash.

Stay Awesome Everyone

 

[JackNaylorPE]

A 7950 is gonna cost you maybe $150 on ebay so it will cost you $150 for two

Selling yours for $150, and getting a 960 will cost you another $50.... however, you get a $60 game coupon so that option essentially outs $10 in ya pocket....

Selling yours for $150, and getting a 970 will cost you another $170.... however, you get a $60 game coupon so that option essentially costs you $110 and is faster than the other 2 options.

Either way, whether you were gonna get the game or not, I like the 970. Getting 2nd 970 say 18 months down the road, will keep you in happy gaming land for 3-4 years. SLI performance on the 970 is incredible:

@c 1440p
Tomb Raider goes from 29.8 to 58.7 an increase of 96.98%
Battlefield 3 goes from 62.1 to 121.4 an increase of 95.49%
Far Cry 3 goes from 35.6 to 68.8 an increase of 93.26%
Crysis 3 goes from 22.5 to 43.3 an increase of 92.44%
Thief goes from 70.8 to 136.1 an increase of 92.23%
Bioshock Infinite goes from 76.7 to 143.9 an increase of 87.61%
Splinter Cell: Blacklist goes from 49.5 to 92.2 an increase of 86.26%
Battlefield 4 goes from 45.0 to 83.2 an increase of 84.89%
Metro LL goes from 40.7 to 74.6 an increase of 83.29%
Batman: Arkham Origins goes from 81.8 to 148.3 an increase of 81.30%
Watch Dogs goes from 50.0 to 85.1 an increase of 70.20%
Crysis goes from 44.1 to 74.0 an increase of 67.80%
Grid 2 goes from 84.6 to 141.8 an increase of 67.61%
Assassins Creed goes from 37.5 to 61.8 an increase of 64.80%

 

[stephen strassen]

The 7950 is better than the GTX 960 lol, the 3GB vram in the 7950 is better for gta v, and is much better than the 2GB vram the GTX 960 has

I say give the 7950 to me as I have a 7950 and I could use both together heehee please

 

[stephen strassen]

A 7950 is gonna cost you maybe $150 on ebay so it will cost you $150 for two

Selling yours for $150, and getting a 960 will cost you another $50.... however, you get a $60 game coupon so that option essentially outs $10 in ya pocket....

Selling yours for $150, and getting a 970 will cost you another $170.... however, you get a $60 game coupon so that option essentially costs you $110 and is faster than the other 2 options.

Either way, whether you were gonna get the game or not, I like the 970. Getting 2nd 970 say 18 months down the road, will keep you in happy gaming land for 3-4 years. SLI performance on the 970 is incredible:

@c 1440p
Tomb Raider goes from 29.8 to 58.7 an increase of 96.98%
Battlefield 3 goes from 62.1 to 121.4 an increase of 95.49%
Far Cry 3 goes from 35.6 to 68.8 an increase of 93.26%
Crysis 3 goes from 22.5 to 43.3 an increase of 92.44%
Thief goes from 70.8 to 136.1 an increase of 92.23%
Bioshock Infinite goes from 76.7 to 143.9 an increase of 87.61%
Splinter Cell: Blacklist goes from 49.5 to 92.2 an increase of 86.26%
Battlefield 4 goes from 45.0 to 83.2 an increase of 84.89%
Metro LL goes from 40.7 to 74.6 an increase of 83.29%
Batman: Arkham Origins goes from 81.8 to 148.3 an increase of 81.30%
Watch Dogs goes from 50.0 to 85.1 an increase of 70.20%
Crysis goes from 44.1 to 74.0 an increase of 67.80%
Grid 2 goes from 84.6 to 141.8 an increase of 67.61%
Assassins Creed goes from 37.5 to 61.8 an increase of 64.80%

see you listen to this guy and send me your 7950. I'm well chuffed with mine and would love a 2nd 7950.. personally depends how rich you feel why fix it if its not broken ever heard that phrase well just add to what you have. why change? I play mine in 3d all the time its awesome
mines an asus hd 7950 is over clocked as well from standard to 900mhz I think without looking at the box and is bloody awesome. as I said I play all my games on optimised and when checked is all xtreme graphics smooth and works brilliant. I'm playing crysis 3 in 3d without a glitch