GTX 660 Ti vs HD 7950

[Cs342]

Hi guys,
I'm planning on upgrading my GTX 460 1GB this week. I'm having trouble deciding between the 660 Ti and the 7950. The only 7950 that is available is this one:
http://www.linkecomputer.com/products/1020163/21196-00-20G/SAPPHIRE/

whereas for the 660 Ti I have a wide range of choices:
http://www.linkecomputer.com/products/1019124/N660TI PE 2GD5OC/MSIMicroStar/
http://www.linkecomputer.com/products/1020187/66NPH7DV6VXZ/Galaxy Technology/
http://www.linkecomputer.com/products/1018021/03G-P4-3661-KR/eVGA/
http://www.linkecomputer.com/products/1018020/02G-P4-3662-KR/eVGA/
http://www.linkecomputer.com/products/1020206/02G-P4-3667-KR/eVGA/

Not sure which card I should get.

 

[airdeano]

welcome to the OC3D forums,

there have been many threads devoted to this subject. and they all tend to
lean 7950 for price, performance and experience. unless you have a particular app
needing CUDA access, availability limitations, or like NVidia more, then the GTX may
suit you better.

 

[Cs342]

welcome to the OC3D forums,

there have been many threads devoted to this subject. and they all tend to
lean 7950 for price, performance and experience. unless you have a particular app
needing CUDA access, availability limitations, or like NVidia more, then the GTX may
suit you better.

so I should go with the 660 ti?

 

[NRG!]

The 7950 is a faster card

 

[Cs342]

How about the particular model I posted?

 

[Feronix]

For just gaming: The HD 7950 is the fastest of the two
When you do some photo/video editing and such, you'll most likely be using a program that makes use of the CUDA technology. If this is the case, the Nvidia card would suit you better as they have CUDA, where AMD cards don't.

 

[Cs342]

For just gaming: The HD 7950 is the fastest of the two
When you do some photo/video editing and such, you'll most likely be using a program that makes use of the CUDA technology. If this is the case, the Nvidia card would suit you better as they have CUDA, where AMD cards don't.

How about Sony Vegas? I use that for editing, would a 660 Ti speed up rendering compared to a 460?

 

[iBeInspire]

How about Sony Vegas? I use that for editing, would a 660 Ti speed up rendering compared to a 460?

Sony Vegas uses OpenCL as well as CUDA, therefore theoretically both should speed up rendering

 

[iBeInspire]

And yeah, I'd be going 7950, simply because of Price, Performance and OC headroom

 

[Cs342]

As I said, only this 7950 is available:
http://www.linkecomputer.com/product...-20G/SAPPHIRE/

Doesn't look like a particular good cooler compared to the 660Ti options I have

 

[equk]

As the 7950 keeps up with the GTX680 when overclocked (check toms review of the Club 3D 7950 Royal King) , I'd go for the 7950

As said above, unless you have a specific requirement for CUDA or Nvidia the 7950 is pretty amazing for the price when overclocked.

Also most CUDA apps now support OpenCL (eg: adobe photoshop, sony vegas, powerdvd, gimp)

 

[iBeInspire]

Although the cooler might not be great on that 7950, the core will still be faster stock vs stock than a 660 ti... With overclocking (normally you'll hit stability issues before you hit temp issues with GPUs) that will only go further

 

[Cs342]

If this helps at all, I'm running 2 1680x1050 monitors (only gaming on one). Probably won't need the 3GB of memory the 7950 has.

 

[SeekaX]

haven't we had the exact same question just yesterday?
7950
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[alienware]

haven't we had the exact same question just yesterday?
7950
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OP has stated he uses CUDA accelerated apps so the 660ti may be the better choice.

 

[SeekaX]

OP has stated he uses CUDA accelerated apps so the 660ti may be the better choice.

well then the question is kinda pointless, isn't it?