Next Gen Console Equivalent GPU

[BustinJustin]

I'm thinking about building an ITX rig for an HTPC / Steam gaming machine. My only problem is that I want it to be as good or better than next gen consoles (hence why I'm not getting a next-gen console) without spending much more. I'm willing to spend a little more b/c I know I will save the cost of the PC in games on Steam.

 

Anyways, I'm wondering if you guys think that the 750Ti would be a good choice for the GPU. I'm interested in the fact that it's power consumption is so low and that it needs no PCI power cable. 

 

P.S. - I used the search bar to look for a similar thread. Didn't find one.

[Bluejay0]

The 750Ti is an excellent choice as of now for HTPCs and Steamboxes since it would only normally need the PCI slot's power only and with it's small size can fit in any case.

[TyagoDani]

go for the 750Ti. get a non-reference model, that chip overclocks like a dream...

[Liam-McShane]

The closest GPU, in terms of raw power, to the PS4 would be a 7870.

[Jamdude]

The closest GPU, in terms of raw power, to the PS4 would be a 7870.

Really?  My 7870 has no problem playing games at 1440p medium-high settings, I don't think a console could do that.  The 750ti is much closer to a console than the 7870.

[BustinJustin]

So is the 750Ti more or less powerful than a 7870?

[Jamdude]

So is the 750Ti more or less powerful than a 7870?

Less.

[Ertman]

The closest GPU, in terms of raw power, to the PS4 would be a 7870.

I thought it was more inline with a 7850

[Liam-McShane]

I thought it was more inline with a 7850

Yeah you're right.

[consoleconvergence2pc]

Well the 750ti is better than the xbox one atleast  :lol:

[Cwazywazy]

Go for a non-reference 750ti and overclock it to the max.

[BrightCandle]

750 ti is about the right ballpark. I thought the PS4 fell between a 7790 and a 7850 or thereabouts in terms of compute cores. A 750 ti is roughly the same as a 7850 so its probably a hair faster than the PS4 and quite a lot faster than an xbone and allows you to save some money on the PSU as well. I think its just right for making a console equivalent machine although  the Radeon 265 that was announced will be quite a bit quicker than it for the same money, its just not out yet for sale.

[BustinJustin]

I think that the 7870 would be a better choice just because I don't want to play my games at low settings.

[Kuzma]

I think that the 7870 would be a better choice just because I don't want to play my games at low settings.

Yeah teh 7870 is definitely a better choice.

[EdwardERS]

So the consensus among us is that the Xbox One GPU is equivalent to a 7790 and that the PS4 is equivalent to a 7850. Just to throw it into the mix the Wii U is supposed to have a 4850. It's interesting how everything is AMD.

 

XBO = 7790, PS4 = 7850-7870 and Wii U = 4850.

 

I use a 1 GB 6870. I've had it for close to 2 years. They originally were released in October of 2010 and my non-reference double fan XFX model was released in January 2011. With Ivy Bridge getting pushed backed and the over priced HD 7800 series that where new in early 2012, I effectively took the advice of Loyd Case. I went with an i5-2500k and the 1GB 6870. If I would've waited another month I could've gotten Ivy Bridge, but in March I couldn't wait any longer.

 

 

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A 7790 is very similar to a 6870. It's not quite as powerful, but more quiet and energy efficient. Why is it then that I'm hearing so much about XBOs running at lower frame rates and resolution compared to the PS4? Yes the PS4>XBO horsepower wise. What concerns me is that I run all my games at 1920x1080 between 50-60 fps no questions asked. The higher resolution makes up where poor textures fall short and seems like a more rational solution because it's the native resolution of most displays now. If you look at this comparison chart between the two cards, you see that the 6870 wins in memory bus, memory bandwidth and pixel rate. These types of categories would give it an advantage to putting more data on screen at a time, thereby maintaining higher resolutions better.

 

7790 vs 6870 @ GPU Boss

 

It sounds like the XB1 wasn't designed for 1080p. If DDR3 was more effective for gaming, desktop GPU counterparts would use them as well, which don't except for the APUs that pale to dedicated ones. I don't know at what point a Sandy Bridge i5 would bottleneck video cards. It seems like the processing power of quad core CPUs should reign triumphant paired with solo video cards for the future. Then you remember that the industry will pander to the lowest common denominator mode architecture, which looks like 8 core processors from PS4 and XBO. Now I see why PC people have been pissed of at consoles for at least damn near 10 years. With consoles becoming more like computers, with consoles games effectively being PC compatible through Direct X, PCs get unoptimized sloppy seconds a lot. However weaksauce a PS4 may look today, games are gonna be conformed to stretch out all that GDDR5 memory on board. A 2 GB 760 may end up choking against what a PS4 can do because games will be designed to use more than 2GB of VRAM.

 

The closest game that I can compare to next gen console performance that I own is Tomb Raider. They changed TressFX to be more efficient on XBO and PS4, so IDK what to think. I prefer to not use it. lol

 

How much harder is Battlefield 4 to run compared to BF3? 

 

BF4vsBF3

 

Attempting to use hyperlinks.  :blush:

 

[DJHoro]

I would go with at least a 760. Games seem to be very well optimized for consoles. Your gonna want a gpu that's a bit faster than a consoles to pull off similar settings.

[maazster]

7850/GTX 750Ti

[rentaspoon]

7870/R9 270x/270 or a 750ti will do on a budget, 770 or r9 280X if you can afford it