6950 vs 560ti

[alex1]

Hey guys, i am updating my old pc and have now got a i5 2500k and i use one monitor at 1900*1200. I currently have a gts250 and my budget is for one of these cards..

 

6950 vs 560ti which would choose??? (is this gonna be a big improvment/)

is amd or nvidia better for dcs or maybe it dosent matter...

 

Thank you.

[Rhinox]

From performance point of view they are about the same. So it is more up to your personal preferences. I had both of them for testing, and finally picked HD6950 (despite of being nvidia-fan for long time). Reason was quite simple: HD6950 was easy to unlock to full HD6970. But I've heard with new cards it is not possible...

 

BTW there is still known fraps-bug with nvidia cards, which I was able to repeat even with 560Ti: whenever I started fraps video-recording, there was huge fps penalty (i.e. from 100fps to 15). It is known on fraps-forum, but problem seems to be somewhere in nvidia-drivers...

 

But if you choose 560Ti, do not forget there are two kinds of them: one with 384 stream-processors, and other (newer and more powerfull) with 448. There is also difference in memory bus (256 vs 320 bit), etc...

[alex1]

thanks bud, i quess it'll come down to price and maybe see if i can get a really quite one...

[emenance]

But if you choose 560Ti, do not forget there are two kinds of them: one with 384 stream-processors,

 

yeah but.....I dont think the 480stream-procs was worth it.

 

I like the zotac amp 560ti I got. If your rich go ahead and buy bettter but this is a nice video card and i2500k at 4.3 automatic overclock. Games run nice. Screw ati and there crap drivers. So glad to be done with the 2 monitor driver problem I was having to deal with. Crap!

 

Didnt have to do anything with the 560ti. Saw them both and no problem!