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after amd reduced the prices for the radeon 7000 series i think that the 7970 has become the best performance per dollar card and beats the gtx 670 by a large margin. heres a link to a 7970 on newegg for $399 after rebates! biggrin.gif
link: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161399

Amazon has a HIS 7950 for 300 bucks. It rather blows them all away now for frames per dollar at 7.3.
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The GTX's overclock better

Maybe in Outworld, but everywhere else they don't. The 7970 will reap a higher percentage performance boost from overclocking than a 670.
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