GTX 660Ti VS HD 7950

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I am building a rig right now and need to pick between SLi Gigabyte GTX 660Ti WF2 2GB vs MSI 7950 3GB in CFX. Now I hear around there are a lot of issues with Crossfire going on now with scaling and micro-stuttering, a lot more then SLi at the moment. Also I would be saving money with the Gigabyte GTX 660Ti WF2 in SLi I would be saving money and that would allow me to buy a pretty good gaming headset. Here is my current build

i5 3570k
corsair h100i extreme liquid cooling
gigabyte ga-z77x-ud3h
gigabyte gtx 660 ti windforce (2x SLi) or msi hd 7950 3gb (CFX)
8gb corsair vengeance LP (2x4gb) (9-9-9-24)
seagate barracuda 1.5tb 7200 rpm hdd
corsair tx850 v2 (80 plus bronze)
cooler master storm trooper atx case
samsung internal dvdr-rw 24x drive
razer blackwidow ultimate 2013 ed.
corsair vengeance 1500 gaming headset

optional sound card and headset depending on whether I go with GTX 660Ti SLi or spend more on HD 7950 3GB in CFX. I am set on going with either setup, so please do not try to get me to get a single gpu at this time, which one do you like more right now?
 
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This is a hard decision because I can get a sound card/gaming headset by saving money and going with the GTX 660 Ti's in SLi or spend a little more and get around the same performance as the 660 Ti's in SLi with the HD 7950 3GB in CFX. That article is fine, but read geofelts, I mean that one is really pretty current and makes sense, look at the benchmarks, also higher average fps in games then the 7950s.

I am not sure which to get but you are right, the 7950s have more vram, a much better bandwidth, and I haven't heard anything about crossfire issues with the higher end AMD cards just the mid-range ones like the 7850/7870s. Makes the choice even harder. Plus with the MSI 7950 3GBs, you get 4 free games for each card!
 
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Yea I've read that article 6 times, 3 days ago I started this journey lol, I was trying to figure out what I wanted to get for the money, and really the 30$ I concluded was worth it because the 7950, in all the tests, is still more powerful. Even with Radeon coming out and saying the latency will be fixed in the next driver, even when there are lots of people, including toms folks, and anandtech, who are trying to duplicate the results TR got and just can't, they show the 7950 winning. I am telling you from everything I have read, searched through, if you are really not able to put up the extra bucks, that's great I understand and you will get an awesome 660 Ti. If you can spare the cash, you will get a much better card that will go further, don't base it off of one websites findings that many people cannot seem to validate. Also, the date on what I posted is after the TR, he did the test to see if there was something strange going on with TR's tests, and he seems to have proven that there was. The overclock article is more current, by 2 weeks.
 
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Another one... LOL.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/386945-33-testing-method-intro-techreport-hd7950-gtx660ti

There is a discussion on the techreport subject.

If you have read all about that whole latency issue you would know that AMD is currently working on drivers to fix the issue. The issue is barely real world affecting.

IMO the HD7950 is still the supperior card. It can be OCd a lot more and outperforms the GTX660ti at stock. IT DOES NOT PROVIDE MORE FPS AVERAGE.
In THEIR selection of games it does, but their selection is biased AS THEY HAVE SAID.

 
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yes its fine for space.
 
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That is a reference design, he would be deaf in days.

Below is MUCH better.
This is what I would suggest. 309.99 after rebate and probably the best HD 7950 available. Quiet, good OCer and very cool.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202003

EDIT : I would get what you suggest if I planned to add an aftermarket cooler. But that add a lot of extra cost.
I can't handle reference designs at all.
 
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Ok so I can't get from Newegg, I am a Tigerdirect Preferred Customer and I have to get from them, so you're saying pay like $20 more a card for the Sapphire versions? They are all sold out with the Sapphires on TD, ;/. Anything else on there I should look at in the 7950 department?

 
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I was going by price, but okay lol.
 
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Sorry, that was just an example from Newegg.

But yes that is what I am saying. Considering that the HD7950 is a GREAT OC card, the better the cooler the better buy it is. Especially if the difference is as little as 20$.

I don't see a Sapphire Vapor-X or Dual-X on tiger direct but this is also pretty good if it not too much more than the one you were looking at...

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2555845&CatId=7387
 
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I agree with this statement. I've never had a reference card before. So, hay, that says that non-reference cards must be worth it. I've never heard a peep out of twin frozer cards.
 
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the 7950 would murder that card, the 7870 is equivalent to the 660 Ti
 
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