GTX 650 ti or AMD 7790

inb4 long and pointless amd vs nvidia argument

If we're comparing models with equal amounts of VRAM (2GB vs 2GB or 1GB vs 1GB) they both have pretty much exactly the same price, so it's really just down to raw stats. And that being the case I'd say the 7790 has a very slight edge in the comparison due to it's slightly higher core & memory clock speeds. But in actual real world application you're not going to notice a significant difference between the two cards because the difference in stats between the two is rather negligible.

Price and performance being equal, nvidia wins due to physX support. Which is a shame, cause otherwise AMD would win due to (IMO) better HW.

they are quite equal in performance - myself i'd choose GFX 650 Ti

I would choose the AMD..

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So I'd say go with the 7790, it's newer and eats up less power.

Both are pretty much equal, but Nvidia card supporting PhysX is nice. Though considering for future, I think AMD card would be better due to the new consoles rocking AMD hardware and thus making more stable ports for AMD. We'll see.

I would choose the AMD..

I'm an 7790 user and the card is quite good, never had problem except in my heavily modded Skyrim, which I have to downclock to exchange for the stability :)

For me, nvidia has better cards. I preffer to take GTX 650ti.

Go for a 7850 1GB, there's one selling for $100 right now. Cheaper than the 7790, lol!

I'd go with Nvidia.

There is a good argument based on your CPU: If you use AMD processors, stick with AMD/ATI GPU. ATI have more raw processing than Nvidia, and Nvidia have more acceleration technologies than ATI (physx is only one of their tricks) but the game must support it to use.

There is a good comparing tool here: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php

It isn't complete, but is good enough to compare raw stats.

Do not listen to "go with nvidia cuz i tell u to". Compare them on hwcompare.com or whatever.
It's obvious that everybody will tell you that nvidia is better. Why? Because "aw pros use it".

Lower than the X60s series of Nvidia graphic cards aren't even designed with gaming in mind, they where meant more for application purposes. Can still run games, but likely lag issues. AMD lower range graphic cards are cheaper and better. Saying that however for a real gamer, you get a real graphics card and therefore go Nvidia high end range FTW!!! No questions asked about that...

In this case, where the cards are almost same i would go for nvidia. The reason is that AMD and their driver support can be sometimes really problematic compared to nvidia. Both nvidia and AMD have problems here and there, but I noticed much more problems with ATI drivers than with nvidia ones.

if you pick the 650 ti make sure you get the 650 ti Boost edition

The 7790 is very powerful. Ive got the XFX mdoel, and it plays games such as Tomb Raider and Far cry 3 at 1920 x 1280 with everything at ultra and I still get 45-55 fps usually.

I compared the two of these cards (GTX 650 ti BOOST of course) a few months ago, and ended up going with the 7790 and am so glad that I did. When I picked it up on newwegg, not only was it on sale, it had a $25 rebate on it and came with Tomb Raider, Bioshock: Infinite, and BloodDragon. I had planned on getting the first two games, and those right there with the rebate essentially made the card free. It also helped my choice that I mine bitcoins, and Nvidia cards are garbage in that depertment. Since getting the card, mining when I'm not gaming, and often while gaming, I've managed to make back another $40. Sadly, mining with GPUs is nearly impossible to profit from these days, unless like me you have free electricity.

7770 great card, 7790 even better!

Add $50 ang get something decent

I would prefer the 7790 in this case because is better, the 650 ti BOOST is better than 7790 or a competitor, but I like more the 650 ti BOOST, not this one without BOOST. BOOOOOOOOOST, and be sure to get the 2Gb version, because 1Gb is not enough for all things nowadays.

My friend has the 7790 OC 2Gb edition from Sapphire, and he can play practically all games on ULTRA, exceptions are Far Cry 3, Crysis 3 for example, but these games can be played on HIGH, with low FXAA, medium antialising, no Vsync.

How about the 7850 instead? Its only $100 at the moment on newegg after promo code AFFW85VGA and $30 rebate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131482
Killer deal

7790.

I have an AMD Radeon HD7780. Its pretty close to the 7790 :D lol
I have absolutely no complaints about that. Of course, I don't know about the NVidia, but I would recommend the AMD.

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