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    Question Worth the upgrade from AMD HIS 6950 to a Nvidia GTX 660???

    I currently have a HIS 6950 and have had it a few years and seems to be running games fine on my 24" monitor
    but my mate is now upgrading his rig and is selling his Nvidia GTX 660 for mates rates of £130.

    Wondering if its worth the upgrade...? Will i see much benefit?

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    Re: Worth the upgrade from AMD HIS 6950 to a Nvidia GTX 660???

    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/201...0-2gb-review/1

    bit-techs review of the GTX 660 has a 6950 in the benchmarks

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    Re: Worth the upgrade from AMD HIS 6950 to a Nvidia GTX 660???

    Alternatively there's BoFox's VoodooPower Rating thing (used to be on ABT, but I think he's now moved to AT's forum: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2300495). HD 6950 is rated at 138VP
    GTX 660 is rated at 161VP (i.e. about 17% faster).

    Techpowerup with the GTX 660 at 100%, the HD 6950 is 77% (@ 1200P)
    http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/M...0_HAWK/28.html

    While computerbase only has the HD 6970 but they're within 1% of each other:

    http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/g...rce-gtx-660/4/

    So as usual even for average performance figures, the selection of games and settings makes a big difference.

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    Re: Worth the upgrade from AMD HIS 6950 to a Nvidia GTX 660???

    7870 LE version? £180 on ebuyer

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    Re: Worth the upgrade from AMD HIS 6950 to a Nvidia GTX 660???

    Quote Originally Posted by HalloweenJack View Post
    7870 LE version? £180 on ebuyer
    This.

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