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670 vs 7950
- Thread starter Snq
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With both at stock power draw is similar and the 670 is the faster card in all games, with both overclocked the 7950 has higher power draw, but they tend to have more similar performance with the 670 winning out in games like batman and the 7950 in games like metro 2033. Unless you a) dont like nvidia, or b) get a better price on the 7950, there is no compelling reason to get a 7950 over a 670. Edit: that is for gaming. If you bitcoin mine the amd card is a no brainer, other computing programs will go either way.
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Well, the tfiii cooler is pretty good, and should allow you to overclock while keeping noise down. Only you can decide if the better cooler and lower price on the 7950 make it worth it over the 670. FWIW, i love my 7950, but i also paid a bit less than 400$ for the card and its full cover waterblock combined, so the value was heavily in favor of the amd card for me.
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I just bought 2 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 670's after having to RMA the new Sapphire 7950 I had just bought. Not very happy with AMD at the moment.
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Ouch 
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When the card worked, it was awesome. The graphics where SO much smoother than my 6850 crossfire. But, it only lasted 3 days till it started crashing while playing bf3. I thought it was server lag till I switched to multiple severs and still the same prob. So i ran furmark, and within a min it would crash. And i didn't even start overclocking it yet. Bad card, it happens, but for 410$ it shouldn't.
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That's not a bad price at all. This is the first time for me spending this much money on video cards. The 2 670's I just bought are 399$ a piece with no tax....thank u newegg. I am just hoping they do well in surround with the 2gigs. I was running the 7950 on high in bf3 with 30-50fps. Playable, but that's why i wanted the second card. I'm also saving up for new cpu and motherboard.
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http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX39319 that was the 670 i was talking about 370 before tax with 20 mir
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423 The 2 670's I went with. Also Gigabyte built this 670 on a 680 pcb, so when i go to water here in the next couple of weeks, I will not have to wait around for a 670 short block. But if i do not water cool them, the 3 fans should do a good job.
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Nice choice picking the 670 Windforce. I was having trouble deciding between the windforce, Asus Direct CUII Top, and the MSI 670 power edition Twin Frozr IV. I went with the msi simply because i can only afford one of these beasts at the moment and the core clock is at 1019mhz, has an awesome cooler, and has the best design in my opinion. Plus the asus is just really hard to get. Today it was only available for like 20 minutes in newegg
This is the one i got: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127685
Triple overvoltage will also add better overclocking capabilities once the new afterburner version comes out
