GTX 560Ti Or ATI 6950

[humpty]

Which one?

[humpty]

Just had to make two posts so i can put links and images up.

Ok i was wondering if it was worth the extra $50's or so?

I am building a Gaming PC for X-mas

This is what i have ATM in my cart.

	LG CH12LS28 12X BD-R Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive	In stock	$69.00				$69.00
	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM	In stock	$95.00				$95.00
	Gigabyte GM-M6580 USB Laser Mouse	In stock	$15.00				$15.00
	Intel Core i7 2600K	In stock	$335.00				$335.00
	BenQ G2420HD 24 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor	In stock	$159.00				$159.00
	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II OC 1GB Or the 6950 for $70 more.	In stock	$259.00				$259.00
	Antec KUHLER H2O 620 CPU Cooler	In stock	$85.00				$85.00
	CoolerMaster 120mm SickleFlow Fan 2000rpm Blue LED	In stock	$15.00				$45.00
	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3R-B3 Motherboard	In stock	$185.00				$185.00
	CoolerMaster Elite 430 Black with window	In stock	$57.00				$57.00
	Arctic Cooling 80mm F8 PWM Fan	In stock	$9.00				$9.00
	G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-10666CL7D-8GBXH (2x4GB) DDR3	In stock	$65.00				$65.00
	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX	In stock	$89.00				$89.00

Sub-Total: $1467.00

Ok that was my cart just need to work out about the graphics card.
I will be using this PC for Games (battlefield 3 ect)
And light video editing with adobe after effects.

Thank you in advanced.

[GT7R]

Is the 6950 would cost you 70$ more, than no, keep the 560Ti.

[Apathetik]

Originally Posted by GT7R

Is the 6950 would cost you 70$ more, than no, keep the 560Ti.

No doubt.

[Galcobar]

I find myself wondering where you're planning on putting the 80mm fan (as a case fan, smaller is noisier) and 200mm fan (no place to mount it in an Elite 430

[Flintblade]

Where are you buying your hardware that would charge $330 for a 6950? You can get a 6970 for that price. 6950 1gbs sell for around $220 and you can get a 2gb off ncix for $244 making it cheaper and better than the gtx 560 ti.

[dandelioneater]

Check this out. It's an open box 2GB 6950 for $221 from NCIX. It might even be able to be unlocked to a 6970 (don't quote me on this).

If you are buying at NCIX don't forget to pricematch for the other stuff.

[keto]

If you're going to be overclocking, switch to an ASUS motherboard. Better voltage options and regulation. For some reason, Gigabyte doesn't fully implement offset + LLC on the 1155 chipset. A Pro - level board will run you an extra $25-30 but is well worth it. If you're going to run stock clocks, you can go well down the Giga line and spend $130-140 and still get full features.

[humpty]

Those 200mm and the 80mm fan is not for me.

The problem is i live in Australia and all the prices are more $$$

[humpty]

Gigabyte Radeon HD6950 1GB Overclocked

$279.00

Gigabyte seem to be the cheapest on that website but for memory i thought gigabyte wasn't a very good graphics card brand.


ASUS Radeon HD6950 DirectCU II 1GB $290
ASUS Radeon HD6950 DirectCU II 2GB $330