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  • 7990

    Votes: 20 58.8%
  • GTX 690

    Votes: 14 41.2%

Upgrading Video cards to single card.

1K views 42 replies 14 participants last post by  Rucka315 
#1 ·
I could not choose one of these video cards i like them both so much. Please help make my decision and i will pick which ever one has the most votes
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Originally Posted by Rucka315 View Post

No its not going to be nearly as fast i want a single card with dual gpus for max fps.
hd 7990 will make more heat than a hd 7970cfx since they are in same pcb and have the same heatsink for 2 gpus. And atbthis point for power efficiency is 290x or for performance/temperature\price an hd 7970/280x cfx
 
#10 ·
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Originally Posted by PontiacGTX View Post

hd 7990 will make more heat than a hd 7970cfx since they are in same pcb and have the same heatsink for 2 gpus. And atbthis point for power efficiency is 290x or for performance/temperature\price an hd 7970/280x cfx
That is not how physics work. Two cards sharing the same heatsink does not make them create any more or less heat. The power pumped through the card gets turned into waste heat, and the same amount is made regardless of the cooling solution.
 
#11 ·
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Originally Posted by Crazy9000 View Post

That is not how physics work. Two cards sharing the same heatsink does not make them create any more or less heat. The power pumped through the card gets turned into waste heat, and the same amount is made regardless of the cooling solution.
theory doest apply to the real world. Ex 295 gtx,hd 5970,etc
 
#15 ·
7990
Is a smidge faster
Has more vRAM
Is quite a bit cheaper generally
Crappy looking/cheap looking cooler compared to a 690
The free games!
Runs hotter
uses more power
cooler blows hot air into the case

690
Less vRAM,
Costs more,
Looks a lot nicer,
Runs cooler
Uses less power
cooler blows hot air out the back of the case

Honestly it's more over which brand you prefer but for the money the 7990 makes more sense especially if you have a card like this I'd expect you to be using more then 2GB, even if you don't now you will eventually. The downside is more power and the cooler blowing hot air into the case, but you can replace the cooler and probably watercool the card for the same price as a single 690 would be. Plus you get the free games. Going with the 7990 is a win-win situation to me, but the 690 looks so nice and generally (but not always) nVidia drivers tend to be a bit better and earlier releases and less power + less heat in that case which can be an issue with Dual-GPU cards.
 
#16 ·
buying a GTX 690 now for USD 1000 is not a good idea. you might want to wait and see how the R9 290X performs. a voltage overclocked R9 290X will get quite close to a single GTX 690 or HD 7990. but the R9 290X will also provide the consistency and smoothness of a single GPU which no multi GPU solution can match.
 
#19 ·
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Originally Posted by Rucka315 View Post

I'm not paying 1000$ for the GTX 690 only 600$.
$600 for a 2GB card? $200 tops.ok, $300.
 
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