Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

[ShardTheOwl]

So I am going to build a Gaming PC soon, and I've been having some trouble deciding between the 2. I've heard there were driver issues and that the fan is loud and it gets hot easily with the 7950? I don't know which one I should get, lots of people seem to reccomend the 7950 over the 660 Ti.

 

[Novuake]

Wait, hold up a second. Is it really worth the 660 Ti for the PhysX and stuff?

depends. there's only a handful of games that make good use of Physx. others its just minor particle effects.

That. And besides, incoming games are being made for consoles that have ATI cards, so you might start seeing less PhysX and more ATI technology.

Those would be TressFX, which is so far looking pretty awesome and less bloody gimmicky than PhysX. PhysX does not even make sense in some game where the effect is actually annoying and just cluttering.

One more thing, ATI is dead and gone. Its AMD.

 

[dudewitbow]

If I get the 7950, which one should I get?

Safe Choices:
MSI Twin Frozr 3
Asus DC2
HIS IceQ
Sapphire Dual-X

Choices that may teeter depending on preference:
Gigabyte Windforce(heard its moderately loud)
XFX(good long warranty period, cooler is subpar compared to competitors)
Sapphire Vapor-X(if you get one that's either a) voltage locked or b) bad vram cooling. if its not a or b, then its a great card)

 

[Novuake]

If I get the 7950, which one should I get?

Safe Choices:
MSI Twin Frozr 3
Asus DC2
HIS IceQ
Sapphire Dual-X

Choices that may teeter depending on preference:
Gigabyte Windforce(heard its moderately loud)
XFX(good long warranty period, cooler is subpar compared to competitors)
Sapphire Vapor-X(if you get one that's either a) voltage locked or b) bad vram cooling. if its not a or b, then its a great card)

I agree with this, Dual-X then IceQ versions then MSI TF versions then finally comes Asus. Why is Asus last you ask? Its large, and is probably the most expensive one in the lot for not much extra.

 

[dudewitbow]

If I get the 7950, which one should I get?

Safe Choices:
MSI Twin Frozr 3
Asus DC2
HIS IceQ
Sapphire Dual-X

Choices that may teeter depending on preference:
Gigabyte Windforce(heard its moderately loud)
XFX(good long warranty period, cooler is subpar compared to competitors)
Sapphire Vapor-X(if you get one that's either a) voltage locked or b) bad vram cooling. if its not a or b, then its a great card)

I agree with this, Dual-X then IceQ versions then MSI TF versions then finally comes Asus. Why is Asus last you ask? Its large, and is probably the most expensive one in the lot for not much extra.

sorta on the same boat but different pros and cons for the asus card. Asus will tend to be the quietest of the bunch with its large heatsink. disadvantage(which also is shared with sapphire as well) as they are terrible with RMA's if there would be a point where the gpu crapped out on the user.

 

[ShardTheOwl]

Which one do you think is best for the money?

 

[dudewitbow]

Which one do you think is best for the money?

I'm still having trouble deciding between the 2.

Buy whichever is cheaper problem solved.:lol:

basically that

 

[ShardTheOwl]

I mean the cheapest 7950?

 

[Novuake]

If I get the 7950, which one should I get?

Safe Choices:
MSI Twin Frozr 3
Asus DC2
HIS IceQ
Sapphire Dual-X

Choices that may teeter depending on preference:
Gigabyte Windforce(heard its moderately loud)
XFX(good long warranty period, cooler is subpar compared to competitors)
Sapphire Vapor-X(if you get one that's either a) voltage locked or b) bad vram cooling. if its not a or b, then its a great card)

I agree with this, Dual-X then IceQ versions then MSI TF versions then finally comes Asus. Why is Asus last you ask? Its large, and is probably the most expensive one in the lot for not much extra.

sorta on the same boat but different pros and cons for the asus card. Asus will tend to be the quietest of the bunch with its large heatsink. disadvantage(which also is shared with sapphire as well) as they are terrible with RMA's if there would be a point where the gpu crapped out on the user.

RMA in South Africa is bad in general. Waiting times of 2 weeks at best. So yeah, I would not know.

 

[dudewitbow]

I mean the cheapest 7950?

if its online, then it depends on where you live, because sites will tax you if they own a facility in your state(for instance, california has a newegg/NCIX/Amazon factory and get taxed on this site, TigerDirect Doesn't)

 

[Novuake]

I mean the cheapest 7950?

The cheapest is after rebate are usually Sapphire Dual-X. Sometimes its the HIS IceQ. So yeah, choose between them.

The MSI TF HD7950s are actually quite hard to find at the moment. So considering that its an easy choice.

If you ahve a well ventilated case and prefer quieter operation, the Sapphire Dual-X, if you want something that blows hot air of the GPU directly out of the case that is a bit louder, the IceQ. So yeah.

 

[ShardTheOwl]

I mean the cheapest 7950?

if its online, then it depends on where you live, because sites will tax you if they own a facility in your state(for instance, california has a newegg/NCIX/Amazon factory and get taxed on this site, TigerDirect Doesn't)

I live in Massachusetts

 

[ShardTheOwl]

And what's with the box for the Sapphire? Lol... just saying

 

[dudewitbow]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7542562&CatId=7387

lowest price one I think, before and after rebate of the good bunch

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161420

would be the follow up



TD may charge for shipping. so prices should be close, but if you magically get the rebate, then TD is cheapest of the good bunch

 

[ShardTheOwl]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131478 This one looks good to me.

 

[ShardTheOwl]

Hello?

 

[Novuake]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131478 This one looks good to me.

Noooo. Not PowerColor. Definitely not powercolor. Shoddy cooler no better than reverence.

 

[ShardTheOwl]

Well I mean it looks nice a nice card... What's wrong about the cooler?

 

[smeezekitty]

Power cooler isn't as good of quality in general and the cooler is primitive.
Gigabyte: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414 Looks nice but it is alittle more expensive.

 

[Novuake]

Power cooler isn't as good of quality in general and the cooler is primitive.
Gigabyte: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414 Looks nice but it is alittle more expensive.

Gigabytes are voltage locked, rendering that nice cooler useless other than being silent.

 

[Novuake]

Well I mean it looks nice a nice card... What's wrong about the cooler?

Looks can be deceiving. Its a single fan design that is very near the same as a reference cooler, which are very loud and not efficient cooling at all.

 

[ShardTheOwl]

Well I'm not planning on overclocking it, but the Gigabyte seems good except for alot of people in the reviews saying they got a DOA and other bad stuff happening.

 

[ShardTheOwl]

This HIS one looks pretty nice to me. Your thoughts?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161400

 

[bigcyco1]

This one you mean? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161420

 

[ShardTheOwl]

No, I meant the one I posted.

 

[bigcyco1]

Oh i wouldn't buy that.But it's your choice do as you please.