Hello all,
I'm working on a new build, and I am trying to navigate the mess that is now AMD's video card numbering system.
I think I have it narrowed down to these two cards.
I saw the Anandtech benchmark comparing them, and it looks like the 6950 was winning by a slim to moderate margin depending on the test.
He is comparing a 6870 (900MHz) vs a 6950 (800MHz). Stock levels, and presumably also stock effective memory clock (1050MHz and 1250MHz respectively).
I am looking at these two overclocked cards: this HIS 6870 and this HIS 6950.
The 6870 is overclocked to 975MHz (and 1150MHz) , and the 6950 is overclocked to 840MHz (and 1280MHz).
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The 6870 gains a net of 35MHz core, and 90MHz effective memory against the 6950. I know that the gains there are not especially large: about 5% and 8% respectively... but since the 6870 wasn't lagging behind too badly in a lot of tests, that boost in the score would make it that much more competitive (and $50 or 20% cheaper).
However, there is definitely still a part of me that wonders if the 6950 for an additional $50 would be more be worth it due to the slight gross advantage over the 6870, and the extra 1GB of DDR5 vram?
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TL;DR -- Higher core clock, or slightly higher effective clock, and 2x as much ram?
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Thanks all for taking the time to help!
I'm working on a new build, and I am trying to navigate the mess that is now AMD's video card numbering system.
I think I have it narrowed down to these two cards.
I saw the Anandtech benchmark comparing them, and it looks like the 6950 was winning by a slim to moderate margin depending on the test.
He is comparing a 6870 (900MHz) vs a 6950 (800MHz). Stock levels, and presumably also stock effective memory clock (1050MHz and 1250MHz respectively).
I am looking at these two overclocked cards: this HIS 6870 and this HIS 6950.
The 6870 is overclocked to 975MHz (and 1150MHz) , and the 6950 is overclocked to 840MHz (and 1280MHz).
===
The 6870 gains a net of 35MHz core, and 90MHz effective memory against the 6950. I know that the gains there are not especially large: about 5% and 8% respectively... but since the 6870 wasn't lagging behind too badly in a lot of tests, that boost in the score would make it that much more competitive (and $50 or 20% cheaper).
However, there is definitely still a part of me that wonders if the 6950 for an additional $50 would be more be worth it due to the slight gross advantage over the 6870, and the extra 1GB of DDR5 vram?
===
TL;DR -- Higher core clock, or slightly higher effective clock, and 2x as much ram?
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Thanks all for taking the time to help!