which gfx card to buy among these?

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hi everyone, i have shortlisted 3 cards - hd 6870, gtx 560 ti and hd 6950. I am totally confused regarding which one to buy. can anyone suggest (mentioning the exact brand, model and approx price in kol would be very very helpful). my pc config is as follows -
c2d e8400
4GB dual channel ddr2 ram (800Mhz)
xfx 680i lt sli mobo
cm silent pro M700 PSU
corsair 400R cabby

hoping to buy asap, maybe even tomorrow, if i can decide.

7850!

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6950 or 560TI, however 7850 is good too.

6950 I would suggest.. Follow our suggestion and go for 7850..

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koolent said:
6950 I would suggest.. Follow our suggestion and go for 7850..

any idea about the price of 7850? and which brand?

Is 7850 out !!!
I need it too and is the price in the range of 10k to 16k or more???

Here it is- MSI R7870 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC

Priced at 22.1k , performs nearly to 7950. Wait for the price drop though.

7850 would be some where 3-4k less I suppose.

So should I too wait after release to get a OC version

go for hd 6950.It's ranked @13
gtx 560 ti @14
and hd 6870 @18

Note-Ranks are Collected from PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

and if you are lucky you may unlock 6950 to 6970...

pramudit said:
and if you are lucky you may unlock 6950 to 6970...

Friend ,
Do u mean Overclocking???

dashing.sujay said:
Here it is- MSI R7870 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC

Priced at 22.1k , performs nearly to 7950. Wait for the price drop though.

7850 would be some where 3-4k less I suppose.

it's Rs. 17,450 ( dfcols71 found this )

Sapphire HD 7850 2GB - Hardwire.in

pratyush997 said:
Friend ,
Do u mean Overclocking???

No, its unlocking, anyways it won't happen now.

topgear said:
it's Rs. 17,450 ( dfcols71 found this )

Sapphire HD 7850 2GB - Hardwire.in

Thanks for the link TG, I read somewhere that its retailing for 18k but couldn't find it.

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my extended budget was 15k. seems like 7850 is out of range.

you can wait for sometime to extend your budget and get 7850.. else buy 6950..

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At your budget the best option would be to wait for the release of the remaining nvidia kepler cards so that the price of the 7850 will fall.

But that could mean a long time since they are going to be released in the upcoming months and they will be only available in India after there is sufficent supply and stock of these cards.

So at present I feel the 6950 2gb will be the best option for you(if you cannot wait and if you cannot extend your budget to get the 7850). It can run almost all games at 1080p at highest settings. :wink:

sam1 said:
my extended budget was 15k. seems like 7850 is out of range.

Wait for a few days. But if u can't go for 6950. BTW at which res do u game ?

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dibya_kol said:
Wait for a few days. But if u can't go for 6950. BTW at which res do u game ?

my monitor res is 1360 x 768. i think the 6870 will see me thru comfortably in most games.

At 1360x768, HD 6850 is also enough.

ico said:
At 1360x768, HD 6850 is also enough.

At those res 6850 is more than enough. Why not buy a 1080p monitor first.

if someone has the budget it's better to opt for the best gfx card he/she can afford regardless of monitor resolution IMO.

@ OP - try to get HD 6950 1GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC @ ~15k or Sapphire HD6950 1GB @ ~14k.

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topgear said:
@ OP - try to get HD 6950 1GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC @ ~15k or Sapphire HD6950 1GB @ ~14k.

i want to, but the ~200W power consumption is a big drawback. compared to that, 7850 is much better @ 130W. saw the benchmarks at anandtech - impressive, i'd say.

AnandTech - Bench - GPU12

so, i think i'll get a 6870 for now.

acc to the link above HD6950 consumes only 41W more than HD7850 which is not a big deal considering the PSU you have but if you want to go with a HD6870 then consider getting R6870 Twin Frozr II ;-)

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topgear said:
acc to the link above HD6950 consumes only 41W more than HD7850 which is not a big deal considering the PSU you have but if you want to go with a HD6870 then consider getting R6870 Twin Frozr II

oh, gr8! didn't know 6870 was available in Twin Frozr II version.

if i were having sb cpu with pcie-3 mb or plan to upgrade to those i will wait for a month and go with 7850 but since you are havin older core 2cpu and mb go for 2 or 3 choice