EDIT:
The GTX 670 4GB would have been a terrible buy, I realize that after doing some research.
I'm staying in AMD's ship in terms of GPU for a little while longer and decided to buy the XFX HD7950 black edition 3GB dirt cheap for around $340. I think I'm gonna be satisfied with that upgrade.
At least I know what I'm getting for that kind of money.
(01-15-2013, 01:16 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-14-2013, 06:12 PM)Duke Nukem Wrote: [ -> ]EDIT:
The GTX 670 4GB would have been a terrible buy, I realize that after doing some research.
Care to expain? :p
Well for starters it has only a 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface which is bad if the card has 4GB of VRAM which the GTX 670 have.
That could make performance worse in some cases, but this is just what I have heard and read in different forums and I for sure ain't taking any chances.
Of all people I asked none recommended it to me.
The 7950 card have a 384-bit GDDR5 memory interface which is better suited for the 3GB VRAM it have and of course I saved over $100 so that's good too.
I'm not an expert or anything but when people says it's bad, it's usually 99.99% correct.
@ NaturalViolence
Please say I made a wise choice here, you of all experts know this best.
Hmm, never noticed the the GTX's only have a 256-bit memory width
Quote:Well for starters it has only a 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface which is bad if the card has 4GB of VRAM which the GTX 670 have.
Quote:The 7950 card have a 384-bit GDDR5 memory interface which is better suited for the 3GB VRAM it have and of course I saved over $100 so that's good too.
I....wh.....whaaaattt?
That makes no sense. Why is it "better suited"? Does anyone really give a shit how wide or narrow the bus is as long as it performs similarly?
Why is a 256 bit wide bus "bad for a card with 4GB of vram"?
Memory capacity and memory bandwidth are two totally separate properties of a card with completely different areas of impact. Memory bandwidth is a function of data transfer rates and bus width.
Also here is a benchmark comparison if you were curious:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=598
The GTX 670 is the faster of the two cards on average by a small to moderate margin depending on the game. As you would expect considering that it's $100 more expensive and designed to compete with the 7970 not the 7950.
The memory bandwidth is 25% higher on the 7950 for anyone who is curious. But nvidia's chips have a better cache subsystem and require less memory bandwidth so it balances out fairly well.
Quote:Problem with SCD? Or just any Sonic fansite in general? SCD was actually mild in comparison to most of the other Sonic fansites out there.
Sonic fansites in general.
Well like I said, I'm no expert and this is what I have heard and read.
But anyway, it's better then the 6950 at least and it looks good too and I saved money for something else.
Admin89 is going to pass me by in posts soon, I'm not pleased.
I guess you have noticed, that I'm not very active at the moment. Yeah, it's a hard time for me (lot of work to do in school etc.)
I'll be fully back in the holidays