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    EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 680 2GB
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    SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
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post #181 of 356
9/14/12 at 11:00am
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AMD - no competition.
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9/14/12 at 11:09am
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AMD - no competition.

That is clearly not true, and seems to be a very biased opinion. If you really believe that please provide something to back up your beliefs. I really would prefer to keep fanboy-ism out of this topic and stay on the facts.

I will say that i am currently leaning towards the 7970 purely because of the vram/bus size.
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9/14/12 at 12:14pm
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680 and 7970 are dead even and certainly great competition with each other....
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post #184 of 356
9/14/12 at 12:43pm
In terms of your thinking of resell value for them it's very hard to tell. It all depends on when the new cards come out, specs, and price. Personally I wouldn't bother trying to make that a factor since you may not even find a buyer when said time comes.
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post #185 of 356
9/14/12 at 12:43pm
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And vapor X takes the lead!

I'm not sure why the lightning is so far behind the vapor X. Is the vapor X a newer card ? i remember a little over a month ago the lightning was what everyone was talking about.
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The 7970 Lightning has a much worse video connector layout with single link dvi and a bunch of mini dp...
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9/14/12 at 1:40pm
Are you going to OC? If not then Nvidia is the clear winner
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9/14/12 at 1:45pm
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AMD - no competition.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

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9/14/12 at 2:16pm
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Are you going to OC? If not then Nvidia is the clear winner

I will be OCing but just a minor OC. I want the most out of the card while not pushing it to much and waring out the card faster then normal.
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I will be OCing but just a minor OC. I want the most out of the card while not pushing it to much and waring out the card faster then normal.
9898899898

From what I have read the 7970 has some massive headroom for OC'ing which seems to be the way to put it ahead of nvidia. Even the 670 gives the 7970 a run for its money. The SC version of the 680 comes with a decent factory OC on it. IMO if you aren't going to OC very far than the 7970 just isn't worth it
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