Radeon HD 6970, 6950 or 7950?

[DKRON]

Prices are really weird with these cards at the moment, i had a Asus directCU 6970 for $380 but the same card on amazon is $421? but the 7950 on amazon is only $470.
And also the 6950 is only $320 on pccasegear.

which one is better?

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Try looking on newegg.
The cheapest cards all seem to be a good $20+ cheaper than what you listed.
I saw a crazy deal on a 6950 MSI Twin Frozr III + dirt 3 on newegg a few weeks back, I believe it was $240, but they were out of stock real fast.

 

[slh28]

I would wait until Keplar comes out, AMD's 7000 series pricing is pretty disappointing with little to no competition out there...

 

[DKRON]

Try looking on newegg.

Newegg won't post to australia so that shop is useless to me, which is a pitty seeings its always the cheapest

 

[Leeky]

Which one you choose depends on how much you are prepared to spend. All three are very capable GPU's and will play most games at 1920x happily with high detail/settings.

If it was me, and the budget stretched to it, I'd go for the very latest HD7950. But saving the difference (maybe put towards an SSD?) and getting a HD6970 is seriously worth consideration as well.

If I had an SSD, I'd go for HD7950. If I didn't, I'd definitely go for purchasing an SSD and a HD6970.

 

[DKRON]

well originally i was going to buy 2 Asus dirrectCU 6970's from pccasegear for $379ea but they have disappeared and the same cards are $420 on amazon which is stupid difference in price, i can get the 6950 versions for $320 but in crossfire the 6970 scale better


Also if u look at my specs i already have a SSD running OS

 

[Leeky]

So you do. Sorry, I didn't think to look. :haha:

How is the HD7970 priced in your region?

 

[DKRON]

haha oh its exspensive lol, $700-760 and the 7950 is $600

 

[Darth Shiv]

You could get some good or OC ed 6950's (they usually come with better cooling) and flash them to 6970's and save some cash?

 

[DKRON]

how do you flash 6950's to turn into 6970's? never heard of it before, would be perfect because i'd just get 2 6950 directCU card and save $100

 

[Darth Shiv]

A few sites have links. Basically a HD6950 is just a HD6970 that is firmware locked to not use everything.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/upgrade-your-radeon-hd-6950-to-an-hd-6970/10761

 

[DKRON]

omg im really starting to get pissed off at pccasegear, they returned the 6970 for $399ea and got rid of the 6950 one