I am making my new gaming build soon and am debating wether to go with a 760 or a 7950. I have been using this benchmark (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/25/nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-2gb-review/3) to check on the graphical power of the cards. So which is better for gaming, 760 or 7950?
Specific Cards:
That's the problem with some review webites: they leave the cards at stock performance.
Both cards are near identical at stock values. However, the 7950 kicks the 760's ass when they are both overclocked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGWyAyO9mc
Grab this 7950 for a little more $$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667&Tpk=msi%20twin%20frozt%207950
Double thumbs up for the 7950 for gaming!
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I can imagine you know a hell of a lot more then I do about this stuff, but what if he isn't looking at overclocking?
Then cheapest would be best. They're both good cards for gaming.
The 7950 would be more productive in some applications and software suites. If for some reason you required CUDA, I would point you to a different Nvidia card. Since, the 760 has fewer CUDA cores than the 670 or 660ti.
And I don't actually know too much about this stuff. Most of what I say is common knowledge or reiterated from any number of posts in these forums. Posts that have obviously been verified. blah blah blah.
7950 for sure... If you grab a good card with a good cooler, it cozies up to the 7970 in performance.
hmm the recent reviews on that card are bad, I actually was considering the MSI card till I saw those. Now I'm considering the sapphire vapor x card. Its more expensive but the cooling is top notch giving better overclocks and it also cools the memory.
If you're particuarly worried about the MSI, the HIS IceQ X2 turbo is probably the best of the AMD cards. It just happens to have a super long PCB which doesn't fit some cases.
The Sapphire vapor-x is 50:50 love hate in these forums. Some people recommend it and other's don't. I forget why... Seems to be a lot of myths surrounding the card. Bios problems. Voltage lock myth (true/untrue... I have no fuckin' idea).
Main reason for recommending the MSI is because it isn't voltage locked. You don't want a voltage locked card on a GPU series that happens to be great at overclocking. It's an annoying handicap.
What ever you do don't get the XFX 7950, I got it because it was the cheapest and I was stupid not to look at the cooling reviews, I wish i had bought the Sapphire Vapor X Card now. :/ Don't get me wrong it is still fantastic in terms of performance, just runs real hot.
Why you edit it? The MSI Vapor-X sounded awesome.
It would be wasteful if he weren't overclocking. Aside from that I would still choose the 7950 for the extra gb of frame buffer.
I think 3GB is the sweet spot. It allows you to upgrade to higher-res panels. It'll be a good amount for some time. But the 700 cards resolved the bandwidth problems found in the 600 series. So, 2GB doesn't put anyone at a serious disadvantage. Not at this time.