6870 vs 6950

neon123

Need some advice.Buying a computer for gaming,i have decided on two GPU choices,either the XFX ATI 6870(1GB) or the 6950(2GB).The difference between the two is 25EURO,not a huge amount i know,but is the 6950 a better card overall than the 6870?,and is it worth it?Also i was wondering if the AMD Phenom quad core 955,3.2GHz is a good cpu,or will it bottleneck the GPU?,if it does is there a better one in the same price range?. Thank you.

game4it70

This may help you decide,
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/290?vs=293

I would go with the 6950 myself as you also may be able to unlock the shaders on it to 6970 speeds.Only some of the 6950's can be unlocked.

marco_polo

A 955 certainly won't bottleneck a single 6950, now two is a whole other story . Considering that in its price range at around the 100 euro mark it is up against dual core i3s, it is 100% the CPU of choice on that kind of budget.

jme2010

game4it70 wrote: »

I would go with the 6950 myself as you also may be able to unlock the shaders on it to 6970 speeds.Only some of the 6950's can be unlocked.

This.

The extra GB of vram is woth the extra €25 alone. Nevermind the higher clocks/shadders and possiblity of flashing the bios to a 6970.

Get the 6950.....quick.

Spunge

EDIT: Looking at the wrong card, derp