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My understanding of the review:
Sorry AMD, but you have to do alot better to win the hearts of the GPU world.
Just my 2cents, un biased and just straight out.

All this is completely negated by the fact that AMD launched first. If AMD had sat around on their ass for another 3 months and launched at the exact same time as Nvidia did, they would have reaped the same benefits of a more mature process.

By your logic, Intel was "not doing what they were supposed to" whenever they've released new steppings. AMD obviously "wasn't doing what they were supposed to" when they continually released higher clock speed versions of their Phenom II. Nvidia obviously "wasn't doing what they were supposed to" when they released the GTX 285.

According to your rules, it's not okay to make minor adjustments in between generations.

Also, AMD's fan curve is more aggressive. As a result, their chips run cooler at load. However, you don't know this or are afraid to admit it -- confirmation bias has a clear grip on you.

If you were unbiased, you'd be able to see the other side of things. You also wouldn't have made the asinine implication that AMD cards require liquid cooling to be bearable. It's pretty damn clear what side you're on.
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Snippity.

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post #13 of 137
Both are absolutely fantastic cards.

The only logical conclusion here is that there is no clear winner. Both cards are very good. thumb.gif



And please don't gripe about the 7970 Ghz edition coming out soon. That card is 6 months newer than the original 7970's. Call it a mid-cycle refresh, and be happy that AMD isn't throwing in the towel this generation. It helps drive the market forward. wink.gif
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The only logical conclusion here is that there is no clear winner. Both cards are very good. thumb.gif

I think they're both crap until the pricing drops. Hopefully the GHz edition drops in at the same price or lower...
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I think they're both crap until the pricing drops. Hopefully the GHz edition drops in at the same price or lower...

Compared to the previous generation, both cards are way ahead in terms of technology and power consumption compared to the GTX 580.

The price sucks, but the cards themselves are still very good.
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Compared to the previous generation, both cards are way ahead in terms of technology and power consumption compared to the GTX 580.
The price sucks, but the cards themselves are still very good.

“There's no such thing as a bad card, only bad prices.”
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Homeles, I think the Ghzedition will simply replace the current 7970 at the same price.
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Since the release of the 7970, I have been back and forth so much between nVidia's and AMD's offerings, I still cant catch my balance. Almost 6 months later I'm finally ready to pull the trigger and BAM! Here ya go folks: New and improved Tahiti! Just wait a couple more weeks...

Pfft, Just pulled the trigger on the lightning, and is enroute from amazon.

Selling point was the higher memory bandwidth vs. gtx 6xx for higher resolutions down the road. I play heavily modded games when I can, And I can use the extra memory. I really don't think the 4gb GTXs will bode well with that bandwidth. EVGAs cards were too sexy for my case though lol! Plus the lightning is dual slot (when you remove the reactor cap), (mostly) black w/ backplate. And my case is built to handle cards that pump air inside so x-fire down the road is a go.

I'm sure I'll be kicking my own a$$ when XT2 drops, but If I keep waiting for the next big thing, I'll never have anything lol!
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Homeles, I think the Ghzedition will simply replace the current 7970 at the same price.

If it's anywhere under 500 it will be okay given normal high end market prices.
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