GPU Value Comparisons

Ono'rach said:
I'm assuming that the averages are taken from the same game/games
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The GTX 560 Ti and the Radeon HD 6950 1GB trade blows, with one of them being either as fast, a tad slower or a tad faster than the other depending on the game. Overall, the Radeon HD 6950 1GB has a very slight advantage performance wise, only “a couple of frames per second here and there.” according to Guru3D.com.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/18

You buy a gpu to power your monitor.
The most important factor is your native resolution because thats where you are going to waste your money or not. Remember we are in the age of the LCD. So running a expensive gpu with vsync enabled limiting it to just under 60fps because it needs to run in sync with your lcd to avoid ghosting etc is a waste of money when the gpu are made to cut through frames at 120fps.
 
shovenose said:
The GTX 560 Ti and the Radeon HD 6950 1GB trade blows, with one of them being either as fast, a tad slower or a tad faster than the other depending on the game. Overall, the Radeon HD 6950 1GB has a very slight advantage performance wise, only “a couple of frames per second here and there.” according to Guru3D.com.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6950-1gb-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/18

You buy a gpu to power your monitor.
The most important factor is your native resolution because thats where you are going to waste your money or not. Remember we are in the age of the LCD. So running a expensive gpu with vsync enabled limiting it to just under 60fps because it needs to run in sync with your lcd to avoid ghosting etc is a waste of money when the gpu are made to cut through frames at 120fps.
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All averages are taken at a res of 1080/1200 according to the OP.

I get what you are saying, but if you buy a card that can just do 60fps now, then in two years it will be not be getting near that as games improve. Whereas a card doing 120fps now will still be more than adequate in two years time. So we are also seeing the benefit of how future proof a card is as well as how much value/fps it is.
 
Ono'rach said:
All averages are taken at a res of 1080/1200 according to the OP.

I get what you are saying, but if you buy a card that can just do 60fps now, then in two years it will be not be getting near that as games improve. Whereas a card doing 120fps now will still be more than adequate in two years time. So we are also seeing the benefit of how future proof a card is as well as how much value/fps it is.
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No im saying choose a card according to your native. Otherwise get a 120hz monitor. LCD needs to emulate a crt windows to be compatible with the hardware. Truth of the matter is a LCD dont have a refresh rate its not a crt but its needs to emulate one thats why we see 60 or 120hz in windows. If a LCD can have a response rate of 8ms it can actually do 250hz but we only see 60 in windows. Its because they have to work receiving images from the frame buffer of the card like the crt did. So look at your monitor then get a card than can power it. Ive seen guys asking why my fps runs below in a 580 same as a 5770! Because you card is way to fast for your 60hz lcd you will be seeing ghosting and tearing like hell with vsync off
 
GTX570 or 6970?
Both similar prices with the GTX being R100 cheaper.

EDIT: Or 6950 and flash to a 6970 (slight chance of being left with just a normal 6950 though)
 
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The 6970 generally wins against the 570 on newer titles from what I've seen. There isn't a MASSIVE amount between them but I think 6970 edges it.
 
cerebus said:
The 6970 generally wins against the 570 on newer titles from what I've seen. There isn't a MASSIVE amount between them but I think 6970 edges it.
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My only gripe with ATI at the moment is they always have crappy support of newer titles for the first week or so. Only once they get a hotfix out of the gate do the games actually become playable.

Also is it worth getting a new card now (considering i can only play games currently in windowed mode otherwise my PC freezes) or should i was for the Rand to strengthen a little?
 
The_Unnamed said:
My only gripe with ATI at the moment is they always have crappy support of newer titles for the first week or so. Only once they get a hotfix out of the gate do the games actually become playable.
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Then....get Nvidia. /shrug

Also is it worth getting a new card now (considering i can only play games currently in windowed mode otherwise my PC freezes) or should i was for the Rand to strengthen a little?
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:confused: yuwhut??
 
2 things wrong in that chart. The 560ti sli and the 6870Cfx is a big fail
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Without much jitter in the picture, our 99th-percentile rankings track pretty closely with the FPS averages for Bulletstorm. The big loser here is the Radeon HD 6870 CrossFireX rig, whose 55 FPS average is a mirage; its latency picture is no better than a single 6970's. I'd say the 99th-percentile result for the GTX 560 Ti SLI better captures how much of a basket case that config is, too.
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Read the full story here
http://techreport.com/articles.x/21516

Its a very good article
 
@shovenose - what do my charts show? FPS... so the charts are 100% correct. Reading is good for you.

Finally, my charts are the average of 3 sites results to help eliminate bias. So find another two sites who bench the way you propose, and I'll look into it. Personally, when FPS is above 30 for RTS, and above 60 for FPS, even one dropped frame would not bother me, it would still look smooth. I'd hazard this applies to 90% of people. Same way that only some people can see the flicker of flourescent bulbs, I think only some people can see a single dropped frame. Take micro stutter for instance, I personally know nobody who can see it, yet clearly there are people who can.
 
I see the 448 core GTX560Ti has been launched, and performs roughly the same as a GTX570, but at a slightly higher price if MSRP is to be believed. Anyway, will work at getting that into the charts in the next week or so.
 
Oh woops, never did get that new card into the charts :p
And the HD6930 wont be going in either :p

Why? Because HD7xxx reviews will be out on 22 December! Availability expected 9 January :D
 
Oh look, I finally stopped being lazy and updated the charts :D

Changelog:
Removed GTX400 and HD5000 series cards
Added HD7970
Switched to google docs for image host. This means you will get realtime updates as I update the data

Possible future changes
Add in interactive charts (lets you hover over each bar and get exact values)
Combine all charts (FPS, price, value) into one by normalising the data. Could get tricky and difficult to understand though :p

Let me know if there are any errors or other changes you would like to see
 
I'm blown away by the value of CF 6850 and 6870 there. How would CF'ing my 5850 fit in there? Somewhere between the two or below a 6850 CF?
 
I would suppose that the GTX460 SLI would also give you very good value for money, which is why I went for 2x GTX460, instead of 1x GTX480.
 
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