used 7950 for $325 or GTX 670 for $440 (after tax) ?

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WillC310

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I have both right now. Well, technically not the 7950 since that should show up tomorrow since I bought it off a forum member. I picked up a 670 at Fry's today and now I'm debating on which to keep.

Relevant info:

- Currently running 5850 on a i5 2500k.
- Game on a single monitor @1900x1200 but have dual monitors.
- Games I play now are mostly older games, so I know either card can handle it. Looking at getting into BF3 and D3 and the stuff coming out this year so I want some future proof-ness.


Pro's for AMD:
- Cheaper since I got a used card
- Probably better $/performance at that price
- Better GP GPU performance (but I don't use it)
- More VRAM (might be negligible on single monitor @1900x1200 ?)

Pro's for NV:
- Better performance
- PhysX (whatever, I don't use it in any game now)
- Less heat/power/sound
- Arguably better drivers
- AutoOC/vsync

Thoughts on what card I should keep?
 
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Test them both out if you can and see which you prefer? I would just stick with the HD 7950 if you want to save money. There won't be much difference between the two performance wise.
 
I'd probably just stick with the 7950 and put the $115 towards a SSD or something. Assuming you can get your money back on the 670.
 
Since you already have a 670, I'd say keep that. I made the same decision as you did except the other way around ( I currently have a 7950 and ordered a store pickup 670 from Fry's) and from what I'm reading and looking at benchmarks, with my current 7950 running 1150/1650 ( 73 fps avg with ultra preset at 1920x1080) it reaches 680 speeds. I just got consumed by the stock vs stock of the 670 vs 7950 beating and didn't realize that my OC'd 7950 is it's own class plus even though [H] says it can reach 680 speeds with a simple overclock, some 670s might not be able to reach that, but that is true for all overclocking. So I'm not going to pick up the 670 and just keep my 7950. It idles at 45c and BF3 pushes it up to around 70 at 50% fan speed. I fixed my stuttering issues with the 2 games that had them so I'm as happy as I can be. In BF3 MP btw, I play with Ultra preset minus 4xMSAA and I constantly in the 90's fps wise, sometimes dipping to mid 70's and rarely in the 60's. Im sure I can cap 60 with vsync and turn on 2xMSAA and be fine. Just some food for thought
 
For 325 keep the AMD. Buying new it would be a no brainer in favor of the 670. But that's. A good price for the 7950
 
For $115 less, like everybody else I'd keep the 7950.

Don't forget, this is the AMD subforum though, so a lot of people here like AMD... :)
 
I'd keep the 7950, reason being you can just return the 670 (unopened right?) whereas the 7950 you would have to find another buyer and resell/ship it (or you can try selling local on Craigslist). Both will run what you need, although I went 670 personally ($350 vs $399 new, and I prefer NV).
 
$115 price difference is huge. Also need to resell the 7950, would keep the 7950.
 
It's hard to pass up the "newest" toy but in this case I think the HD7950 is the better card even at the same price.

NVIDIA has problems with drivers and so does AMD but I think the HD7950 has greater over clocking potential and with the higher 3GB of vram it seems more future proof.


If you just want to run card at stock clocks then the GTX 670 is better.


What is yet to be seen is how well the GTX 670 will over clock once the custom PCB versions with software voltage adjustments and improved cooling perform.


I think the GTX 670 should be priced about $25 less than GTX HD7950 right now.
 
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