GTX 650Ti or Radeon HD 7850?

[Dlaw]

I can't decide weather to get an EVGA GTX 650Ti or Saphire Radeon HD 7850. I don't care about the free games, if the Radeon isn't the better card. Which one would you go with and why?

 

[EarthDog]

7850 should walk the 650ti...

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Catalyst_12.11_Performance/23.html

 

[Dlaw]

That's what I thought, but I felt like I was missing something. Would it be worth it to get the 2GB version, or get the 1 GB version and wait until I need more and grab a 2GB to Xfire with?

 

[||Console||]

I would get the 2 my self , and if you xfire a 1g and a 2g card you only have 1g of vram that will be used in xfire

 

[EarthDog]

That's what I thought, but I felt like I was missing something. Would it be worth it to get the 2GB version, or get the 1 GB version and wait until I need more and grab a 2GB to Xfire with?

2gb no doubt.

 

[scibuff]

Well 7850 is not usually compared to the 650 / 650 Ti. Those are mostly compared to the 7750 I believe. 7850 is much better than the 650's, which on the other hand, outperform the 7750. 7850 is much closer in performance to the 660 although I believe a little behind.

It really comes down to the price, whether you prefer AMD or nVidia and what resolution/settings and which games you'll play. The newegg's price for the 650 Ti seems quite a lot to me, no doubt you could find it cheaper than that. If it comes down to only these two cards, I'd take the 7850 hands down.

 

[pwnmachine]

2GB 7850, you will definitely appreciate the additional ram.

 

[Dlaw]

Sounds good guys, thanks for the help and information. Now to shop around for the best deal.