GTX560 Ti 1GB (asus) or HD 7850 2GB (sapphire)

yuri221 · Apr 18, 2012, 08:46 PM

So yeah, I wanna upgrade my GPU and I have no idea whats the best card to go with.
Stopped following tech for a while now, I'll be using the card for gaming purposes and plan to setup dual monitors.
So my questions are, Which card is better? Will dual monitor setup drasticly affect my performance? Are any of these cards capble of dual monitoring?
Also I own a Corsair XH620 wat modular power supply will it have trouble running either of the cards (At the moment im using I7 2.67 GHZ, Radeon sapphire 4890)?
Sorry for the dumb questions and please answer

Tyvm!

RevengE · Apr 18, 2012, 09:13 PM

I am running a EVGA GTX 480 on dual monitors for gaming. It takes everything I throw at it. Runs hot though. My case keeps it really cool, If you don't have a high airflow case it will get hot in there. I would go with a GTX 570 at least for gaming. GTX 480 is also still a good bang for the buck gaming card.

yuri221 · Apr 18, 2012, 09:17 PM

I'm using the thermaltake overseer and I can't afford the 570 thats why I asked about those two specific cards...

RevengE · Apr 18, 2012, 09:21 PM

7850 draws less power, they are pretty close performance wise.

white phantom · Apr 18, 2012, 09:56 PM

personally got the 560ti asus TOP edition 1gb ram (stock 900mhz), runs battlefield three on ultra (minus msaa or msdaa whatever its called) at a steady 50+ frames per second will drop a bit to forty in places, this is @full 1080p on 24" monitor, great card and im using a tx650 watt psu from corsair runs fine power draw wise

, wouldnt say it will do dual monitor gaming in bf3 or that very well, single defos and normal desktop multi-screen tasking no bother. hope this helps a bit any more question just ask and i shall try to help if i can

oh and it never goes above 65*c in my case when on long games of battlefield, hardly broke a sweat on dead island at 45*c, very very good cooling for stock

Crap Daddy · Apr 18, 2012, 10:02 PM

The 7850 needs only one six pin connector, it uses something like 95W at load, is about 8% faster at stock than a GTX560 Ti. If it's only a choice between these two cards and the price is close then I'd recommend the 7850.

crazyeyesreaper · Apr 18, 2012, 10:04 PM

7850 is faster then the 560 Ti, run cooler uses less power fully overclocked it looks to push GTX 580 / 7950 performance

zargana · Apr 18, 2012, 11:06 PM

If your budget can go little more higher i would suggest sapphire 7870.
Uses the exact same cooler on 79** series, its 1ghz by default and has the best cooler solution comparing to the other brands: is silent and its effective.

I am using sapphires 7950.

eidairaman1 · Apr 18, 2012, 11:38 PM

7870

lyndonguitar · Apr 19, 2012, 04:05 PM

get the 7870

MQ1hunter · Apr 19, 2012, 11:33 PM

Agreed 7870...

DisplayandReplay · Apr 20, 2012, 08:19 AM

7870 without a doubt

thunderising · Apr 20, 2012, 08:25 AM

HD7870, or the HD7950(price dropped, free games)

Relinquish · Apr 22, 2012, 07:54 PM

So what about if we throw the GTX 560TI 448 Core into the mix and exclude the 7870? What then say ye? (Looking to use a 550W PSU).

eidairaman1 · Apr 22, 2012, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relinquish

So what about if we throw the GTX 560TI 448 Core into the mix and exclude the 7870? What then say ye? (Looking to use a 550W PSU).

nay

DarkOCean · Apr 22, 2012, 11:30 PM

between the two 7850 no doubt about it since it does everything better.

Aquinus · Apr 22, 2012, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relinquish

So what about if we throw the GTX 560TI 448 Core into the mix and exclude the 7870? What then say ye? (Looking to use a 550W PSU).

Get a bigger PSU? A Phenom II 940 + 6870 didn't want to boot with a 550-watt when I tried.

xenocide · Apr 22, 2012, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquinus

Get a bigger PSU? A Phenom II 940 + 6870 didn't want to boot with a 550-watt when I tried.

What kind of PSU? It should have handled it fine assuming it wasn't a lower end non-80Plus PSU. As for the reccomendation, I reccomend either an HD7850 or if possible an HD7870, since both are higher performing than the 560Ti and draw less power while running cooler.

eidairaman1 · Apr 23, 2012, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquinus

Get a bigger PSU? A Phenom II 940 + 6870 didn't want to boot with a 550-watt when I tried.

did you try to clear the CMOS first?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenocide

What kind of PSU? It should have handled it fine assuming it wasn't a lower end non-80Plus PSU. As for the reccomendation, I reccomend either an HD7850 or if possible an HD7870, since both are higher performing than the 560Ti and draw less power while running cooler.

The PSU may have some aging or is a dud unit if from a reputable company or is overrated by a non reputable company.

Ive had PSUs from existing machines just die after trying to power a newer machine, it doesnt bother me much as I just go and get a new one

Doing a Config on the outervision power supply calculator with this spec
1 Physical CPU
High End Desktop Motherboard
AMD PHII X4 940 BE
CPU Utilization TDP at 90%
2 Sticks DDR 3
Radeon 7870
1 7200 RPM HD
1 FLASH SSD
2x DVD RW Drives
4x USB Devices
2x 120mm Fans
1x 250mm Fan
System Load at 90%
Capacitor Aging at 30%

I get a Result of 490 Watts Minimum

Recommended is 540 Watts

to me that PSU maybe just old or overrated

Aquinus · Apr 23, 2012, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

did you try to clear the CMOS first?

Yeah, when I say wouldn't boot I mean no power at all, no power up at all. Sometimes it would but it would crash in the middle of loading Windows. It was a BFG power supply, but that is in my friend's computer now with a Core 2 Duo and a radeon 4850 and it works fine for him. I bought a Corsair GS800 and powered up and booted off the bat the first time.

eidairaman1 · Apr 23, 2012, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquinus

Yeah, when I say wouldn't boot I mean no power at all, no power up at all. Sometimes it would but it would crash in the middle of loading Windows. It was a BFG power supply, but that is in my friend's computer now with a Core 2 Duo and a radeon 4850 and it works fine for him. I bought a Corsair GS800 and powered up and booted off the bat the first time.

N Now you know why BFG no longer exists...

And Plus capacitor aging might of come into play.

I wonder if my Antec Neo HE 500 will work on such a machine... Considering I havent had the machine powered up since 2010

babash*t · Apr 23, 2012, 05:44 AM

Of the two, I'd always recommend the newer hardware. And as someone already mentioned, if you can add a few extra bucks gets the 7870

timma · Apr 23, 2012, 08:30 AM

buy 7850 OC+1 likes gigabyte dual 10cm fans.

Relinquish · Apr 23, 2012, 09:29 AM

Is the Asus 7850 the only one with voltage control?

I'm so torn between the 7850 and the 560Ti which is ~$55 less than the 7850 and the 448 edition is ~$15 less as well. I'm still trying to weigh up whether physx is worth it for the extra power consumption.

SonDa5 · Apr 24, 2012, 08:34 AM

GTX560ti448 for under $240 is a great card for the money.

HD7850 for $250ish is a good card for the money as well.

The new MSI Power Edition HD7850 looks very promising. Not sure when it will come out.

http://event.msi.com/vga/power_editi...er-Edition.htm

Able to provide HD7850 gpu with 33% more current than reference HD7850 and still uses the same single 6 pin power connection.

Apr 18, 2012, 08:46 PM	#1
yuri221 Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 58 (0.14/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	GTX560 Ti 1GB (asus) or HD 7850 2GB (sapphire) So yeah, I wanna upgrade my GPU and I have no idea whats the best card to go with. Stopped following tech for a while now, I'll be using the card for gaming purposes and plan to setup dual monitors. So my questions are, Which card is better? Will dual monitor setup drasticly affect my performance? Are any of these cards capble of dual monitoring? Also I own a Corsair XH620 wat modular power supply will it have trouble running either of the cards (At the moment im using I7 2.67 GHZ, Radeon sapphire 4890)? Sorry for the dumb questions and please answer Tyvm!

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Apr 18, 2012, 09:13 PM	#2
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Apr 18, 2012, 09:17 PM	#3
yuri221 Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 58 (0.14/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I'm using the thermaltake overseer and I can't afford the 570 thats why I asked about those two specific cards...

Apr 18, 2012, 09:21 PM	#4
RevengE Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,027 (1.26/day) Thanks: 210 Thanked 210 Times in 192 Posts System Specs	7850 draws less power, they are pretty close performance wise. __________________

Apr 18, 2012, 09:56 PM	#5
white phantom Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kilmarnock Scotland Posts: 197 (0.33/day) Thanks: 52 Thanked 35 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	personally got the 560ti asus TOP edition 1gb ram (stock 900mhz), runs battlefield three on ultra (minus msaa or msdaa whatever its called) at a steady 50+ frames per second will drop a bit to forty in places, this is @full 1080p on 24" monitor, great card and im using a tx650 watt psu from corsair runs fine power draw wise , wouldnt say it will do dual monitor gaming in bf3 or that very well, single defos and normal desktop multi-screen tasking no bother. hope this helps a bit any more question just ask and i shall try to help if i can oh and it never goes above 65c in my case when on long games of battlefield, hardly broke a sweat on dead island at 45c, very very good cooling for stock

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Apr 18, 2012, 10:02 PM	#6
Crap Daddy Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,293 (2.44/day) Thanks: 951 Thanked 964 Times in 672 Posts System Specs	The 7850 needs only one six pin connector, it uses something like 95W at load, is about 8% faster at stock than a GTX560 Ti. If it's only a choice between these two cards and the price is close then I'd recommend the 7850.

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Apr 18, 2012, 10:04 PM	#7
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Apr 18, 2012, 11:06 PM	#8
zargana Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 41 (0.09/day) Thanks: 6 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	If your budget can go little more higher i would suggest sapphire 7870. Uses the exact same cooler on 79** series, its 1ghz by default and has the best cooler solution comparing to the other brands: is silent and its effective. I am using sapphires 7950.

Apr 18, 2012, 11:38 PM	#9
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Apr 19, 2012, 04:05 PM	#10
lyndonguitar I play games Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Philippines Posts: 1,254 (1.09/day) Thanks: 264 Thanked 262 Times in 182 Posts System Specs	get the 7870 __________________ Steam - lyndonguitar Origin - lyndonguitar Battlefield 3 Profile Battle.net - lyndonguitar#1663 Diablo III Profile Guild Wars 2 - lyndonguitar.6947

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Apr 19, 2012, 11:33 PM	#11
MQ1hunter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7 (0.02/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Agreed 7870...

Apr 20, 2012, 08:19 AM	#12
DisplayandReplay Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	7870 without a doubt

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Apr 22, 2012, 07:54 PM	#14
Relinquish Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 126 (0.15/day) Thanks: 33 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	So what about if we throw the GTX 560TI 448 Core into the mix and exclude the 7870? What then say ye? (Looking to use a 550W PSU).

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Apr 23, 2012, 08:30 AM	#23
timma Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 85 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	buy 7850 OC+1 likes gigabyte dual 10cm fans.

Apr 23, 2012, 09:29 AM	#24
Relinquish Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 126 (0.15/day) Thanks: 33 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Is the Asus 7850 the only one with voltage control? I'm so torn between the 7850 and the 560Ti which is ~$55 less than the 7850 and the 448 edition is ~$15 less as well. I'm still trying to weigh up whether physx is worth it for the extra power consumption. Last edited by Relinquish; Apr 24, 2012 at 07:14 AM.

Apr 24, 2012, 08:34 AM	#25
SonDa5 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,405 (0.80/day) Thanks: 209 Thanked 282 Times in 182 Posts System Specs	GTX560ti448 for under $240 is a great card for the money. HD7850 for $250ish is a good card for the money as well. The new MSI Power Edition HD7850 looks very promising. Not sure when it will come out. http://event.msi.com/vga/power_editi...er-Edition.htm Able to provide HD7850 gpu with 33% more current than reference HD7850 and still uses the same single 6 pin power connection.

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