How much faster is this compared to a Radeon 6950 from about 2 years ago? My 6950 croaked and I need a card that's a little faster than it was. Thanks
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I never owned a 6950, but my go-to place to compare graphics cards is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html Tom's Hardware separates cards into comparable tiers. So if you look at the chart, the R9 270 is two tiers above the 6950. This card won't yield a substantial performance gain, but it will run a little faster.
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Yes this card is much faster than your card, its pci 3.0, memory is 5800mhz, has 1280 stream processors. its just faster
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It should boost around 20-30%Here is a comparison of overall view.....http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-270-vs-Radeon-HD-6950
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Luis is right. Highly recommend this card, best bang for your buck. I use it with an fx 6300 nd can play bf4 on ultra at around 60 fps.
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Personally. I would say stay with you EVGA gf GTX660 s2 than upgrading to the 760. However, Overall yes its better but the bump you get from it is like going from a 3ghz processor to a 3.5ghz processor. On paper ya its faster. Its better. But will you notice it right now in games. Probably not. I would wait for the next generation cards. IE the Geforce 860(dunno if thats gonna be the name but you follow what im saying) or even the 960. I went from the EVGA GTX 460 to this. So, dunno if this helps but thats my 2 cents worth.
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I have this card and it's great. It's a little loud, but it can play all games at max settings with a good frame rate. The nvidia 680 is a bit more powerful, but may not be supported by an apple display. Also it is more expensive.
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It is luck of the draw. I bought 2 cards, one had elpida and the other had samsung. The samsung one overclocked better and was a much better performer.
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Well, if you ran the two in Crossfire mode, you could theoretically run them at twice the speed of just using one. I'm not sure that you will get twice the speed in the real world but you certainly will see a big boost, at least from the applications that can take advantage of two Radeons in Crossfire.
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AMD 8150Asus Direct CU ii radeon HD 6970 (soon X2)And planning on 360mm, 280mm, and 140mm radeators so I need big pumps and tunz of fanz..... Also my logic..... Buy the biggest so you have huge room for expansion
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I actually have a GTX 770 sitting right here.... I haven't installed it because my Radeon HD8760 has been rock solid. Honestly dont' think i will install the GTX unless something goes horribly wrong with the Radeon.
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Crossfiring two of these cards will equal a 7970 and the new Catalyst drivers have gotten rid of the microstutter. With the current prices of 7950s 7970s, and 280X units I think I would sell this card and replace it with a newer version unless you can get another one at a great price.P.S. This card will still keep up with all current games without dragging if you have a good rig to support it. Another poster says CF is a good deal if under $250.00. I don't agre, under $130.00 is about right. AMD cards are getting less expensive fast with the mining craze dying out.
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Sorry I don't know. I get a score of 7.9 on the Windows Experience index. Thats as high as you can get. I don't known how the 6950 would score.
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I have 3D and fast frame refresh and everything works great.I do not regret this card..Love it
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This card has a slightly higher clock speed (base/boost:1072/1137 versus base/boost:1046/1111) and better cooling. Everything else is the same performance and feature-wise.
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I assume this is a question about mining litecoin. For the Radeon 7950, it seems to vary from ~530 - 730 KH/s. I would expect to achieve the midpoint without hardware errors. Here is a webpage with specs from all cards: https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison
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thanks. i download pretty frequently so 2GB is probably fine. i'm a bit of a novice, what is the fastest card? or how do i determine a "fast card"?
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I suppose it depends on what you're planning to do. I bought the Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X HD 7770 GHZ OC because I do a lot of gaming. The problem is it takes up two slots, one for the card and one for the vent, so I'm down one PCI slot. I run in mid-to-high quality on FPS games and total HQ for my simulators with the Vapor X.
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No it is not worth it, I have a 7950 OC, and I will wait for 2 more generations to come out before even considering it...only difference is the Memory speeds...nothing more...the core GPU is bit faster...not worth the money.
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the Ti is about 15% better on some games, however it is nearly unrecognizable to the human eye. I had the same concerns when I bought my card, however I like the higher vram count aswell as the much lower pricepoint. It will allow me to raid the cards much sooner than I would have normally.
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Dont buy this card mate. i removed it out of my pc the day i bought it, rather get something better