Radeon HD 6950 or GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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PMarge

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Could someone give me some advantages and dis-advantages or the Radeon HD 6950 and GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Also, which one would be better for a gaming computer?

Thanks!
 
The 6950 is a hair better in benchmarks than the 560Ti, however if you want PhysX, nVidia is the best choice.
 
Which would you choose? There is only about £10 in the price with the Radeon cheaper. Is it worth getting the nVidia for PhysX? Would you be able to give me a summary of what the PhysX does?
 
Out of the two,Id probably choose the 6950 (2GB version)....i had one not so long back and its a decent card...you can pick them up quite cheap second hand these days,Same with the 560TI,s.

As for Physx,games that support Physx such as Mafia 2 & Batman you can really tell the difference in game,But of course with physx enabled its more demanding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX

Its really up to you.
 
Tell us the price range and there might be something better for the same, the 7870 costs the same as a 6950 in the us about.
 
Sorry for the late reply... £200 would be the limit but if there is something for slightly more then i would consider it :)
 
Umm if u do get hd 6950 make sure u search and buy those ocable ones because u can get same spec as an hd 6970 without much difference in temp( well at least for me ) and apperently some hd6950 comes with pre oced where u simply switch onto 2nd setting... That wasnt the case for me but flashing only took me 20min and i had a hd
6950 with same shader count as 6970 and also the same frequency... Which was pretty sweet considering the price.... But bewarned some of them can not be flashed i dont know exactly which one cannot be flashed but apparently some model cannot be flashed no matter what you do...

So in conclusion i would get hd 6950 because u can flash it and get hd 6970 which is way better than gtx 560 ti
but that being said flashing at ur own risk and follow exact steps with a well known guide for ur specific hd6950 brand and everything will be good... Gl
 
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Go with the hd7850, it's cheaper and a bit better then these two. If your budget allows you to go for an hd7870.
 
Thank you! The only thing stopping me from building this thing is money. I am saving up and should have this early next year :D
 
SmileMan said:
Go with the hd7850, it's cheaper and a bit better then these two. If your budget allows you to go for an hd7870.
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This. 7850 is about the same as the 6950 and it's also smaller, quiter, less power hungry, and Overclocks better I believe. I love mine! Also it's a newer generation so has better support for newer technologies :D

But if you can afford the 7870 go with that.
 
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