Quick question, Radeon 6970

Ankur

Ankur

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I have confirmed my build of 1090T CPU and Radeon 6970, I just saw some youtube videos and I thought that the graphics of black ops on 6970 gpu wasn't better than GTX 460. I am confused a bit and not quite optimistic about radeon 6970 now. Please tell me what should I do, 6950 is out of my budget.
 
Ankur said:
I have confirmed my build of 1090T CPU and Radeon 6970, I just saw some youtube videos and I thought that the graphics of black ops on 6970 gpu wasn't better than GTX 460. I am confused a bit and not quite optimistic about radeon 6970 now. Please tell me what should I do, 6950 is out of my budget.
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You mean a 6870. Your saying 6970, then said the 6950 was out of your budget.
 
StrangleHold said:
You mean a 6870. Your saying 6970, then said the 6950 was out of your budget.
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Yeah i think hes getting them confused :P,

Ankur,Just by looking at Youtube vids you wont see any diffrence.

Its performance that you will notice the diffrence,check out Anandtech Benchmarks and compare the cards side by side.
 
Another thing to consider is that Black Ops only uses DX9, so it's not exactly that great looking or demanding. Not saying it looks bad, but you don't need a powerhouse card to max it out.

Also, if you do mean a 6870, then there isn't a huge difference between the two. The 6870 is better and worth the price difference, but the GTX 460 isn't a whole lot behind.
 
So there are some changes in my specs, cpu is 2600k, the post I actually meant 6870 sorry for the error :eek: .
What should I go for GTX 460/560 or Radeon 6850/6870.
 
6870 Single > 460 Single
460 SLI > 6870 CFX

So if you're planning to get another card in the future, a 460 might be worth it now... otherwise, a 6870 would be great!
 
I will see some benchmarks, well if GTX 560 is better than GTX460 then I would get it.
BTW I have less knowledge about GPUs so this question could be a bit noobish.
Can a GTX 460 be SLied with 570? or any other?
 
High End Videocards - Updated 26th of February 2011
Videocard PassMark G3D Score
GeForce GTX 580 3,835
GeForce GTX 480 3,532
GeForce GTX 570 3,464
WinFast GTX 470 3,384
Radeon HD 6970 3,026
Radeon HD 6950 3,017
GeForce GTX 470 2,964
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2,935
Radeon HD 6870 2,851
Radeon HD 6850 2,807
Radeon HD 5870 2,694
Tesla C2070 2,680
Quadro 6000 2,675
WinFast GTX 460 2,616
Radeon HD 5970 2,595
Tesla C2050 2,543
GeForce GTX 465 2,498
Radeon HD 5850 2,473
Quadro 5000 2,431
FirePro V8800 2,342
GeForce GTX 460 2,340
FirePro V7800 2,335
GeForce GTX 460 SE 2,130
SKD Radeon 4870 X2 2,125
GeForce GTX 485M 2,078
Radeon HD 5830 2,073
GeForce GTX 285 2,057
WinFast GTX 285 2,004
WinFast GTX 280 1,999
GeForce GTX 280 1,955
Radeon HD 4890 1,942
I don't know how good it looks but I see 6870 > 460
 
Ankur said:
High End Videocards - Updated 26th of February 2011
Videocard PassMark G3D Score
GeForce GTX 580 3,835
GeForce GTX 480 3,532
GeForce GTX 570 3,464
WinFast GTX 470 3,384
Radeon HD 6970 3,026
Radeon HD 6950 3,017
GeForce GTX 470 2,964
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2,935
Radeon HD 6870 2,851
Radeon HD 6850 2,807
Radeon HD 5870 2,694
Tesla C2070 2,680
Quadro 6000 2,675
WinFast GTX 460 2,616
Radeon HD 5970 2,595
Tesla C2050 2,543
GeForce GTX 465 2,498
Radeon HD 5850 2,473
Quadro 5000 2,431
FirePro V8800 2,342
GeForce GTX 460 2,340
FirePro V7800 2,335
GeForce GTX 460 SE 2,130
SKD Radeon 4870 X2 2,125
GeForce GTX 485M 2,078
Radeon HD 5830 2,073
GeForce GTX 285 2,057
WinFast GTX 285 2,004
WinFast GTX 280 1,999
GeForce GTX 280 1,955
Radeon HD 4890 1,942
I don't know how good it looks but I see 6870 > 460
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I wouldn't use that as an accurate gauge of which card performs better than the other. The test used there seems biased towards nVidia first of all, and even between companies the results seem iffy. For example, the 6870 scored higher than the 5870, and the 5870 beats the 6870 in every benchmark I've ever seen.
 
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