Radeon hd 7950 vs gtx 670 (specs in summary)

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Please don't complain about my bad english, I'm Dutch.

I don't know whether I should buy a ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II with 4096 MB DDR5 of memory, or a HIS RADEON HD 7950 IceQ Boost  with 3072 MB DDR5 of memory (recommended by Logan). Does anyone have any experience with one or both of them. And does anyone know which has the best price performance ratio, because the gtx 670 is 38% more expensive.

 

Specs:

  • GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7950
  • Type: Tahiti
  • Core-clock: 850 MHz
  • Boost Clock: 925 MHz
  • Memory: 3.072 MB
  • memory clock: 2.500 (5.000) MHz
  • Type: GDDR5
  • memory bus type: 384 Bit
  • outputs:
    1x HDMI 1.4a
    2x Mini-DisplayPort
    1x DVI (Dual-Link)
  • Features: DirectX11.1, Shader Modell 5.1, Direct Compute 11.1, OpenCL 1.2, Eyefinity 2.0, Tessellation, HD3D, Enhanced UVD 3.0, APP, PowerTune with Boost
 
 
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
  • Type: Kepler GK104
  • Core-Clock: 915 MHz
  • Boost Clock: 980 MHz
  • Memory: 4.096 MB
  • Memory clock: 3.004 (6.008) MHz
  • Type: GDDR5
  • Memory bus type: 256 Bit
  • Outputs:
    1x HDMI 1.4a
    1x DisplayPort 1.2
    1x DVI-I (Dual-Link)
    1x DVI-D (Dual-Link)
  • Features: DirectX 11, Shader Modell 5.0, Direct Compute 5.0, OpenGL 4.2, OpenCL, 3D Vision Surround, Tessellation, PhysX, CUDA, NVENC, SMX, GPU Boost, Adaptive Vertical Sync, SLI

A picture of the 7950 -->HIS RADEON HD 7950 IceQ Boost, 3072 MB DDR5, PCIe 3.0, mini DP

A picture of the 670 --> ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II, 4096 MB DDR5, PCIe 3.0, DP

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The hd 7950 should be cheaper now so I'd go for that. Instead of buying some expensive last gen nvidia why don't you look into gtx 770 or r9 280x/290x. The 7950 is better but if you have a bigger resolution monitor the nvidia would be better but not by much (and will get old pretty fast due to much lower bandwidth)

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Thank you! Do people always respond that fast? If you have any question I will try to help.

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7950 beats the 670, comfortably. Grab a 7950 with a good cooler, and it will beat a 680 or 770, when either of those cards are overclocked.

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Which benchmarks can I trust? Because in most benchmarks the gtx 670 beats the 7950.

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Benchmarks are often out-dated, which doesn't show the development of drivers. Benchmarks do not show the overclocking performance of cards.

At stock clocks, we do not see the whole story.

http://youtu.be/7Z6e0UtPZY0?t=2m30s

Quite recent, overclocked benchmarks. At 1440p resolution. Admittedly, the 670, and other Nvidia cards are at a slight disadvantage with the greater amount of pixels.

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Shoudl I overclock my gpu? Would it be a good idea to buy the same graphics card with a better heatsink for 20 euro's?

 HIS RADEON HD 7950 IceQ X2 Boost, 3072 MB DDR5, PCIe 3.0, Mini-DPHIS RADEON HD 7950 IceQ Boost, 3072 MB DDR5, PCIe 3.0, mini DP

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That HIS IceQ X2 Turbo is amazing!!! If you grab that twin fan cooler, and overclock it, you will easily get 7970 GHz overclocked speeds.

It has a 7970 PCB, a 7970 power delivery. It's sold as a 7950, but it is a 7970. Brilliant card. Definitely worth the extra Euros

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+1 that IceQ X2 Turbo is a brilliant card! 

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Tnx, I have bought the HIS IceQ X2 Turbo right away!