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post #21 of 239
7/5/12 at 8:08am
As Arrhenius said 1080p and below Nvidia is better, higher than that or multimonitor and you want AMD.
If you're going to need compute though get the 7970 without a doubt.

Edit: Keep in mind that the 7970 Ghz edition is only available on stock coolers for the time being, once they are available on custom coolers they'll probably pull slightly ahead of 680s IMHO.

Don't forget that Nvidia's drivers are better though.
Edited by Shimme - 7/5/12 at 8:14am
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7/5/12 at 8:08am
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That's not why I was thrown off by your comment....BOTH of these cards regardless of overclocks absolutely kill all games currently on the market. tongue.gif
I wanted to have a card that can outperform its competitor now, the next year or two. I haven't seen gtx 670/680 outperformed 7970 testings. Although, it was all a close call on most of the testing but it doesn't change the fact that since it beats(on most testings) the gtx 680 by a small percentage then it goes with the gtx 670 as well.
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post #23 of 239
7/5/12 at 8:15am
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you are right. HD 7970 fights with GTX 680. anybody who tells you otherwise is in denial.

So does a GTX 670 and im not in denial about it either. The charts I posted above show this to be true with the GTX 670 even beating out the HD 7970 in certain games.
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7/5/12 at 8:18am
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I haven't seen gtx 670/680 outperformed 7970 testings.

Then your either not looking hard enough or your completely blind to the charts that I posted on page 2 of this thread which shows even a 670 sometimes surpassing a 7970 depending on the title.
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670/680/7970 are ALL pretty close in terms of performance. The 7970 pulls ahead of the 670/680 sometimes, and vice versa. IMHO, Id go for a 670 and OC it some, if you want to. Best price/performance, as how I see it.
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7/5/12 at 8:23am
As an owner of plenty 7970's they are beast. This generation both cards are equal. Also the gtx670 is way better deal than gtx680. For like 2-4% more performance you need to give 100$ more. For the op. You want a plug and play gpu without the need of tweaks? Then you buy gtx670. If you play 1400p or in eyefinity then just go 7970. They have more bandwidth and more raw power than nvidia's offer so 7970 is better for higher resolution.


As i read you play at 1080p. My feeling is that you dont need a high-end gpu for 1080p(except 120hz). The high-end gpu is for higher resolution setups like 1400p or 3x1 eyefinity/surround. My mate wanted to buy a gtx670 with monitor@1080p. He finally bought a 7850 with a lot less money and overclock this beast and he cap 60 fps in all games (in some with drop some settings but nothing so low). My suggestion for 1080p is ati:7850/7870 nvidia:w8 for gtx660
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7/5/12 at 8:25am
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670/680/7970 are ALL pretty close in terms of performance. The 7970 pulls ahead of the 670/680 sometimes, and vice versa. IMHO, Id go for a 670 and OC it some, if you want to. Best price/performance, as how I see it.

^ This.
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There's like a 5-10% difference in performance.. but it seem 7970 can play more games if overclocked a little bit more. UGH![/quote]

Play more games?? What are you talking about?? The 670 not only trounces any competition when it comes to heat and power consumption but it also boost clocks to overclocked 7970 levels at stock voltage whilst maxing 99% of games... Oh and costs less.

Id rather have a silent 670 running 60+fps in games than a 7970 that does 70fps and sounds like a jet taking off and costing me a fortune in electricity
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7/5/12 at 9:54am
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Play more games?? What are you talking about?? The 670 not only trounces any competition when it comes to heat and power consumption but it also boost clocks to overclocked 7970 levels at stock voltage whilst maxing 99% of games... Oh and costs less.
Id rather have a silent 670 running 60+fps in games than a 7970 that does 70fps and sounds like a jet taking off and costing me a fortune in electricity

I agree with everything you said except for the part about it costing a fortune in electricity. Truth be told at the end of the day your electric bill isnt going to be noticeably higher with a HD 7970 vs a GTX 670. The whole power consumption debate can be a bit rediculous at times. biggrin.gif
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