The AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB reference card that we are looking at today features the ‘Tahiti’ GPU with boost and comes clocked at 925MHz core and 1250MHz (5000MHz effective) on the 3GB GDDR5 memory. Depending on your monitor arrangement one of this configurations might be better than the other, but it really depends on your individal preferences as both cards offer great monitor support right out of the box. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 has dual-link DVI-I, dual-link DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.
#Amd radeon hd 7800 2gb vs gtx full size
When it comes to video outputs the AMD Radeon HD 7950 has a pair of mini-DisplayPort 1.2 connectors, a full size HDMI 1.4a output and a dual-link DVI-I. NVIDIA recommends a 500W Watt or greater power supply and AMD suggests the same. When it comes to power supply connectors, both cards use a pair of 6-pin PCIe power connectors. Sometimes in life size matters, but when it comes to computer cases, most prefer a smaller card since it usually fits better and offers improved airflow. When it comes to overall length the AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB video card measures in at 11-inches in length and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB is just 9.5-inches in length. We won’t be covering the software/driver features of the cards, but rather a real quick comparison of the AMD and NVIDIA reference cards and then we are jumping right to the performance numbers. It looks like you have a pretty tough choice to make at the $250-$270 price point, so we figured we’d do a real quick performance shootout between these two desktop graphics cards. So, there is just a $15 price difference between the cards and one comes with no game bundle and the other comes with four game titles worth ~$170 if you paid full retail price for them. That is priced very close to the AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB video card that can now be found for $264.99 shipped (After a $20 Rebate) and it comes with four game titles (Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider). The day the GTX 760 was released you could find board partners cards online for $249.99 Shipped, so it was a hard launch with product immediately available. While the result wasn’t enough to surpass a stock HD 7870 2GB in BF3, we still saw a healthy 18 per cent increase in minimum frame rate.Earlier this week NVIDIA released the GeForce GTX 760 2GB video card at the $249.99 price point. We also increased the memory frequency to 1,350MHz (5.4GHz effective), and all with only a 12 per cent increase in core voltage.
#Amd radeon hd 7800 2gb vs gtx driver
Using AMD’s driver overclocking software Overdrive, we were able to push the core frequency to an outrageous 1,050MHz, a 22 per cent increase over stock. What we did find was that, at least in a HD 7870 2GB PCB, the HD 7850 2GB is a monster of an overclocker.
This was repeated at 2,560 x 1,600 with 4x AA, where the HD 7850 2GB’s minimum frame rate of 46fps was over 30 per cent higher than the GTX 560 Ti 1GB.Īs we’ve only had the opportunity to test the HD 7850 2GB’s GPU and not a retail card, we’ve forgone the inclusion of power or thermal figures. The HD 7850 2GB’s minimum frame rate of 64fps at 1,920 x 1,080 with 4x AA is around seven per cent quicker than the HD 6950 2GB, but bests both the GTX 570 1.3GB and GTX 560 Ti 1GB by larger margins. In Dirt 3 we again see the HD 7850 2GB just pip the HD 6950 2GB thanks to a minimum frame rate of 68fps at 1,920 x 1,080 with 4xAA, with the GTX 560 Ti 1GB languishing behind with a minimum frame rate of 63fps in the same test.įinally in Skyrim, AMD really seems to have delivered a coup, with outstanding performance in the latest patch. At the higher resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 with 4x AA though, the GTX 560 Ti 1GB runs out of VRAM, an issue the HD 7850 2GB doesn’t suffer from with a minimum frame rate of 20fps. In Battlefield 3 the HD 7850 2GB again surpassed the out-going HD 6950 2GB with a minimum frame rate of 34fps at 1,920 x 1,080 with 4x AA, although this was just behind Nvidia’s GTX 560 Ti 1GB which managed a minimum frame rate of 35fps in the same test. At 2,560 x 1,600 though the HD 7850 2GB proved slightly slower than the outgoing HD 6950 2GB, albeit by a single fps. In ARMA 2 at 1,920 x 1,080 with 4xAA a healthy minimum frame rate of 44fps sees the 7850 2GB surpass the GTX 570 1.3GB and thoroughly batter its price competitor, the GTX 560 Ti 1GB which only manages a minimum frame rate of 36fps in the same test. Performance AnalysisJust as the HD 7870 2GB performed similarly or slightly faster than the HD 6970 2GB, the HD 7850 2GB matches or slightly improves upon the performance of the HD 6950 2GB.
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