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Originally Posted by Malo

Guys, I am torn..... its my Bday soon and I'm getting alot of gift cards for tigerdirect... so the 6870's are going to be replaced... both cards have their advantages over eachother....
NVIDIA
- Physx
- higher stock clocks
- better drivers
- better benches in alot of games
AMD
- more vram
- overclocks higher
- less power consumption
- less heat
they are pretty much the same price I think nvidia is 50$ more but thats really not an issue.... I going to semm my current cards for 200 so should be an easy sell so money isnt an issue.... please people sell me on one or the other
thnx, malo

This is completely false. The HD 7970 uses more power compared to the gtx 680.

 

oh!, ok thnx I had heard the opposite... and suggestions?

 

the 7970 is a better buy at the current price, unless you desperately want physX or plan to extensively use 3d vision, get the 7970

 

Id grab a 7970 and overclock it. If there is no budget then grab a gtx 680. At 1080p it really doesnt matter.

 

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Originally Posted by y2kcamaross

the 7970 is a better buy at the current price, unless you desperately want physX or plan to extensively use 3d vision, get the 7970

I'm not too sure if physx does that much?... does it make a big diffrence? what does it do?... I've only had 1 nvidia card really... GTX470 it was good but someone offered me a retarted amount of money for it so I sold it, plus it ran very hot

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malo

I'm not too sure if physx does that much?... does it make a big diffrence? what does it do?... I've only had 1 nvidia card really... GTX470 it was good but someone offered me a retarted amount of money for it so I sold it, plus it ran very hot

Physx is only in games that support it, and there are very few of them.

 

Whichever you can get cheaper.

 

7970 currently can be had for a lower/much lower price , when both are Overclocked 7970 equal or exceed 680 on most games at 1080p 4XAA, and pulls ahead in 8XAA or 1440p or any multimonitor high AA setups with its superior 384bit Bus & 3GB Vram. So Price/Performance/Longevity wise 7970 right now looks like a better buy.

If you really need PhysX or 3D Vision 2 then get 680(or 670 which is $100 cheaper and only 5% behind in performance), otherwise get 7970(or 7950 for the best price/performance high end card).

 

I'd go for the 7970; it's more future-proof.

 

I'd go with 7970.

 

For this generation; I've had the privilege of owning the 7850, 7950, 7970, and the 680. Between the 680 and 7970. I feel that the 7970 is the better buy only because it is the cheaper of the two. At reference clocks, the 680 is faster on any given single monitor resolution however once overclocked, the 7970 is generally faster considering it is voltage unlocked and can be pushed quite far from its standard clocks thus vastly improving performance exceeding that of even an overclocked 680. Keep in mind that the 680 is voltage locked therefore it is limited in how far you can overclock it. The one exception to this is the 680 Lightning from MSI. It is the only Kepler card with true voltage control and depending on sample can potentially beat a good clocking 7970.

In the review below, they pit the 680 Lightning @ 1311MHz/1747MHz against the 7970 @ 1250MHz/1670MHz.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/msi-n680gtx-lightning_7.html#sect1
In the majority of the tests, the overclocked 680 Lightning is edged out by the overclocked 7970. I should also mention that the Nvidia driver used in the review is an older version but nonetheless at those clocks, the 7970 is faster

Keep in mind that only the Lightning 680 is capable of these clocks with the exception of maybe a few other golden samples running on stock voltage.

 

+1 for the HD7970!

 

7950 no doubt. i'd say get a Vapor-X\Gigabyte Windforce 7950, overclock it and you could pass the 7970 and the 680.

 

another vote for the 7970

 

7950 or 7970.

 

Get the HD 7950 and overclock it to 1.15 Ghz. will be faster than your HD 6870 CF. more consistent performance without any multi GPU isssues like micro stuttering .

Sapphire HD 7950 Boost for 280 after mail in rebate. comes with sleeping dogs game.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006

 

I bought my EVGA gtx 670 4 gb when it first came out. Going by the prices for these cards now. I wish I would of got a 7950 or 7970. Mainly because of the overclocking. I literally can't overclock my card at all. So I have this Antec Mod on my 670 with great temps without the ability to overclock. Angers me a bit.

 

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Originally Posted by bvsbutthd101

I bought my EVGA gtx 670 4 gb when it first came out. Going by the prices for these cards now. I wish I would of got a 7950 or 7970. Mainly because of the overclocking. I literally can't overclock my card at all. So I have this Antec Mod on my 670 with great temps without the ability to overclock. Angers me a bit.

Is there no modded bios for the 4gb card? Cross your fingers though, because iirc NiBiTor for 6xx is close to release.

 

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Originally Posted by tsm106

Is there no modded bios for the 4gb card? Cross your fingers though, because iirc NiBiTor for 6xx is close to release.

Well there is a modded bios for it but some people are reporting throttling issues with it. So I'm gonna hold out until the iirc NiBiTor is released. I have so much headroom when it comes to temps I know I can overclock this card to no end.

 

are there any 7970s with 2x dual link dvi?

 

Hi,

I just sold my Palit JetStream GTX 670, because it did have poor overclocking capacity and i didn't like those drops under 45fps when playing bf3 or borderlands2.
Now I'm wondering should i get HD 7970 1Ghz version (that's the enhanced version, right?) or should i get GTX680.

i could get this card

SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 7970 Vapor-X GHz Edition
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd7970_vaporx_ghz/2.htm

418 euros + shipping

and the cheapest GTX 680 reference would be around 480 euros + shipping.

Is that also true that with new ati drivers this 7970 runs games like a hurricane. The improvement was so huge with the new drivers?
Is this Sapphire Vapor-X Ghz good card if we compare it to other 7970 cards?

Should i change the "family" and go back to the Ati cards? I know that i loose physix, but that doesn't matter.

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malo

Guys, I am torn..... its my Bday soon and I'm getting alot of gift cards for tigerdirect... so the 6870's are going to be replaced... both cards have their advantages over eachother....
NVIDIA
- Physx
- higher stock clocks
- better drivers
- better benches in alot of games
- less power consumption
AMD
- more vram
- overclocks higher
- less heat
they are pretty much the same price I think nvidia is 50$ more but thats really not an issue.... I going to sell my current cards for 200 so should be an easy sell so money isnt an issue.... please people sell me on one or the other
*edit*
I play alot of BF3, borderlands, and skyrim
thnx, malo

I think with Borderlands 2 its a no brainer.

 

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Originally Posted by Paztak

Hi,

I just sold my Palit JetStream GTX 670, because it did have poor overclocking capacity and i didn't like those drops under 45fps when playing bf3 or borderlands2.
Now I'm wondering should i get HD 7970 1Ghz version (that's the enhanced version, right?) or should i get GTX680.

i could get this card

SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 7970 Vapor-X GHz Edition
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd7970_vaporx_ghz/2.htm

418 euros + shipping

and the cheapest GTX 680 reference would be around 480 euros + shipping.

Is that also true that with new ati drivers this 7970 runs games like a hurricane. The improvement was so huge with the new drivers?
Is this Sapphire Vapor-X Ghz good card if we compare it to other 7970 cards?

Should i change the "family" and go back to the Ati cards? I know that i loose physix, but that doesn't matter.

Wouldn't the 680 be more of the same but for a lot more money? I have a 680, but I haven't played BL2 on it, yet.

 

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Originally Posted by Paztak

Hi,
I just sold my Palit JetStream GTX 670, because it did have poor overclocking capacity and i didn't like those drops under 45fps when playing bf3 or borderlands2.
Now I'm wondering should i get HD 7970 1Ghz version (that's the enhanced version, right?) or should i get GTX680.
i could get this card
SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 7970 Vapor-X GHz Edition
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd7970_vaporx_ghz/2.htm
418 euros + shipping
and the cheapest GTX 680 reference would be around 480 euros + shipping.
Is that also true that with new ati drivers this 7970 runs games like a hurricane. The improvement was so huge with the new drivers?
Is this Sapphire Vapor-X Ghz good card if we compare it to other 7970 cards?
Should i change the "family" and go back to the Ati cards? I know that i loose physix, but that doesn't matter.

Yeah the drivers really picked AMD off the floor and over top in the higher resolutions and beyond.

If you weren't happy with one 670 I'm not sure you'll be that happy with either the 680 or 7970, that said with you resolution only being 1080p I would say the 680 would give you better performance in comparison 7970 as in less spikes in games as in more consistent fps and you wouldn't lose anything as far as physx.

If you moved to higher res where the 7970's pull away and then maybe the 7970 since they really walk all over 680s if you get a nice 1300/1700+ OC on one.

I will still say if you weren't happy with a 670 either go dual card, which the best performing value are SLI 670s and kinda sucks yo sold your old one, or CF 7950 for the best actual value but I dislike CF and prefer SLI as the superior technology.

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malo

I'm not too sure if physx does that much?... does it make a big diffrence? what does it do?... I've only had 1 nvidia card really... GTX470 it was good but someone offered me a retarted amount of money for it so I sold it, plus it ran very hot

PhysX is a big difference check this:

If you want the best performance/price then the 7970 is probably better

If you decide you really like PhysX and want the best card (but not best performance/price) then get the 680