Does anyone know of an good, efficient low power consuming video card for about 250 USD?
(I prefer radeon but will take any suggestions)
7850?
you should take a look at thtp gtx 760 acx superclocked edition or the galaxy GeForce gtx 660 ti superclockeD 3gb, the 760 is 2gb. The memory bandwidth, bus width and fthe gk chip are differen So keep that In mind and they will soon release the 3 and 4gb versions of the 760 also the 660 doesn't have gp. Boost 2.0 and evgas precision x is really nice. I'd recommend going tdither direct for this, it's cheaper.
You should definitely get a 7950 for that price. Sapphire and XFX have a few models in your price range.
+1 to the HD 7950. I would typically recommend the MSI Twin Frozr version, but considering your budget, check out Sapphire. It more than likely won't have the same overclocking potential as the MSI card, but it's definitely worth the price. It also comes with 4 free games, which itself is worth $170. Definitely worth the buy. Here's a link...
No one recommending the 660 ti galaxy oveclocked 3gb sand the acx 760 other then me, just have look at those cards ycan really can't go wrong. Also you said you would prefer radeon, is there a reasas tad to why Because then I could help you out more.
I would be careful if you decide to buy a Sapphire. Most of their cards are great quality, but there are exceptions to every rule. Some of Sapphire's 7950s can actually melt their own VRM at stock clock.
The Nvidia 6xx cards are hardware voltage locked and have a memory bus that is too small for more than 2GB of VRAM.
I'm pretty sure the msi vershavens able to have higher voltage and why would you need to do that, thafere ally decreases the life of the chip.
7970 Is all you need for 1080p gaming. 4 free games on newegg if you get one.
I'm rather certain the OP will be fine with this GPU. Do you have any data to support your claims? If you do, I'd like to read into it.
The chip itself, not the individual cards, is limited to 1.21V, only raised with highly custom BIOSes paired with harware mods, and volt mods.
Ok so i you can't raise the voltage but why does that matter, its sing voltage doesn't seem like a good ide. And you can fry the chip and you will decrease the lifespan overall. I also said a 760 is a good option For 1080p gaming which it is, the benchmarks are very impressive and it does defeat the 7950 or is equal to it and its a 300 dollar card this is a 250 dollar one which is his price point.
The 7950 is also $250, but has a fully unlocked voltage for overclocking. If you aren't overclocking, you are literally throwing away free performance, and if you aren't doing utterly insane stuff like me, by going for 2gHz OCs on my 680, then you are not really noticeably decreasing the lifespan within the usable lifespan of the card itself for gaming.
Where's this $250 7950? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=7950&N=-1&isNodeId=1
http://pcpartpicker.com/search/?cc=us&q=7950
Quote from Maximumpc.com "...so the pricing seems quite competitive. It certainly seems like the fastest card in the mid-$200 price range, and is a heck of a lot quieter than the HD 7950, making that head-to-head a no brainer..."http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/geforce_gtx_760_benchmarks
http://techreport.com/review/23981/radeon-hd-7950-vs-geforce-gtx-660-ti-revisited
Just my 2 cents.
Dang how did I manage to miss that.
How the hell can you even get a 2ghz over clock, also how much will that decrease the lifespan anwho's you even get that much more performance.
Well, the max I've gotten so far is 1634mHz, but to hit 2gHz, I will use both custom BIOSes and a volt mod.
Nothing personal, but I'm calling bullshit on maximumpc's benchmarks. They included minimal info concerning their testing methodology. What are those numbers even representing? Minimum FPS? Average FPS? A GTX 660 Ti beating a GTX 670 in BF3? Yeah right...
I think these benchmarks are more reputable:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-review-gk104,3542.html