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I believe I am reading that the 7850 beats the 6950 in 1900x1200 gaming. Is this true? I am looking to upgrade when I get home.
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At stock speeds the 6950 and 7850 are close to the same performance with the 7850 having the edge in some titles. But if you are not afraid of overclocking, the 7850 has way more headroom while using much less power and taking up less space in your case. An decent overclocked 7850 will exceed the performance of a stock 7870 and cost $100 less. At the price of a 7870 ($330 in US for cheapest at NewEgg), I would honestly start looking at a 7950 ($379) or GTX670 instead as they offer superior performance for not much more $$.
a lit less than that do u see 680 speeds...the 670 will trounce the 7950, it will perform mor on par with a 7970. + if you get a 670 like the gigabyte / asus/ evga ones with the 680 pcb and pre factory overclock and your adventurous with overclocking you are looking at at least 680 stock speeds when you hit 1300mhz core.
the 670 will trounce the 7950, it will perform mor on par with a 7970. + if you get a 670 like the gigabyte / asus/ evga ones with the 680 pcb and pre factory overclock and your adventurous with overclocking you are looking at at least 680 stock speeds when you hit 1300mhz core.
At stock speeds I agree the 670 is certainly faster and if you do not OC, it is the better card. But it is not as cut and dry if you are willing to OC. You do realize that a 7950 is only about 3% slower than a 7970 at equal clock speeds and they both tend to overclock to similar levels. The stock 7950 is painfully underclocked from AMD. For instance my 7950 does 1200/1750 all day long at 1.2v but if I wanted to add more voltage (1.25v) does 1280/1775. That is 60% core OC and 42% memory overclock over standard 7950 speeds and my overclocks are not uncommon at all. I highly doubt a overclocked 670 will "trounce" a decently oc'd 7950. It will of course be better in a couple games and be more energy efficient, but it will not "trounce" it, not even close.