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760 vs 7950

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So I was about to buy this EVGA supercocked 760,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130932

 

but was told that a 7950 performs better for slightly more $.

 

So question is, which should I purchase? I plan on overclocking and plan to do gaming, some 3d rendering, and some photoshop work.

 

Also, could anyone recommend a 7950 for around the same price point that would be a quality card such as the EVGA?

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I use a 7950 and I love it! Not sure about the 760. Ive seen in benchmarks that the 7950 performs slightly faster. Kind of depends. If you find either one cheaper at a different site then get it. I imagine that the 760 is still an excellent card

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this in my opinion is one of the best 7950's around http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161429

the cooler is a total beast and i would take the 7950 over the 760, better price to performance ratio

 

Edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202003 this one is also a really good choice :)

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I forgot to mention that I also plan on doing SLI or Crossfire in the future with whatever card I buy.

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Then go for a single more powerful GPU, rather than going for a multi-GPU config.

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but was told that a 7950 performs better for slightly more $.

More $? You mean less: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Get the 7950. It's cheaper, has more vram, and overclocks better. 

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I forgot to mention that I also plan on doing SLI or Crossfire in the future with whatever card I buy.

Always better to get the more powerful single card. But if you really want to then go ahead.

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Also, I'm looking for a card around the $250 mark.

Wont the 9XXX series cost much more than that on release?

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I agree, I would wait for the next generation of cards.

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Okay, I might be wrong but this is what I read.  But here you go:

If you play wow and/or do not want to overclock, a GTX 760 is a better buy

If you want to overclock, def buy an HD 7950.  

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And because they're so close at stock, overclocking the 7950 to the same clock would cause it to outperform the 760 by quite a bit. But pricing is a factor, and the 760 on Newegg(USA) is quite a bit cheaper than the 7950. The cards I'm comparing are ASUS DirectCU II for both.

 

Radeon HD 7950

GTX 760

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And because they're so close at stock, overclocking the 7950 to the same clock would cause it to outperform the 760 by quite a bit. But pricing is a factor, and the 760 on Newegg(USA) is quite a bit cheaper than the 7950. The cards I'm comparing are ASUS DirectCU II for both.

 

Radeon HD 7950

GTX 760

That ASUS 7950 you linked is Hated by pretty much everyone in my 79series club..Most are voltage locked now and don't OC well...

 

My cards are amazing and cool and OC like champs..And are cheaper..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161429

 

 

If you want to go ask members about that ASUS 7950 here is a link..But be prepared to get yelled at cause they hate it so much... :D

http://www.overclock.net/t/1196856/official-amd-radeon-hd-7950-7970-7990-owners-thread

 

So my vote is for 7950..

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Get one of these or this.  That direct cu II 7950 is way too expensive.  You can get a 7970 for that price.

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You can get a 7970 for that price.

Not on Newegg.

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That ASUS 7950 you linked is Hated by pretty much everyone in my 79series club..Most are voltage locked now and don't OC well...

 

My cards are amazing and cool and OC like champs..And are cheaper..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161429

And how cool does your 7950 run in relation to ASUS version? And overclocking is a chancy process. You can't say "Buy this card because I bought it and it overclocks well." That's about as effective as me saying "my 3570K overclocks decently, so yours will too."

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And how cool does your 7950 run in relation to ASUS version? And overclocking is a chancy process. You can't say "Buy this card because I bought it and it overclocks well." That's about as effective as me saying "my 3570K overclocks decently, so yours will too."

You are right about OCing..But there are 50 guys in the 79series club that have had and got rid of that ASUS card..I know ASUS makes good cards but IMO they failed on the 79series..

 

Here is what one guy did to his card rather then deal with RMA cause he just didn't want a crappy card returned to him..

 

post-14027-0-13530500-1376100240.jpeg

 

And mine two cards are at 20% fan right now at 32c with a 28.4 ambient..And under full gaming in BF3 hit 62c max..

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Because it didn't overclock well? You wouldn't be able to RMA it anyways. I also looked up a review of the Matrix 7970 on Guru3D and it got a Top Pick award. There were no complaints about its overclocking capabilities either.

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.I mean you thought the H80i was a better cooler then a H100i from a review.. :lol:

This is completely off topic to the thread and is irrelevant. Even so, you just believe what Linus has to say without actually testing things? He isn't the god of reviewers.

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at stock clocks with current non beta drivers a 760 wins but with a 7950 with a decent cooler (or if you really dont care if your pc sounds like a plane) than you can get it up 300mhz on core and voltage, a 760 doesn't oc as well.  BF4 is supposedly supposed to be optimized for AMD cards initially so for the first week or two its out you should get a little more performance until nvidia comes up with a driver fix.   right now you can get a 7950 for way less than a 760, if you bought a 760 now it will probably be $80 cheaper in a few months as a 7950 probably won't get any cheaper than it is now.

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This is completely off topic to the thread and is irrelevant. Even so, you just believe what Linus has to say without actually testing things? He isn't the god of reviewers.

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He still does reviews.

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