7970 or 670?

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Hey Guys,

These are the two cards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121638
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560

I wont spend anymore atm because im australian and alot higher in australia.

I will eventually be going with sli or crossfire depending on what card i end up getting.

I would be overclocking the card and i will be playing MW3 and battlefield 3 and Minecraft.

Which should I go with for better performance gaming and rendering videos?
 
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I see everyone going with the GTX 670 while he clearly said he will be rendering videos on it, where 7950 have the upper hand (by a long shot).

nVidia really screwed up the compute power of the kepler cards since its only GK104 (not the GK110 everyone was waiting for)

I might recommend a GTX 580 for nVidia compute power, but u'll be sacrificing 3 displays on one card, VRAM, a bit of GPU power for games and alot more power (much higher TDP), and ofcourse its less future proof, therefore finding another one down the road to SLI might be a bit harder, but if the price is right, might be worth it.

guess it depends on ur priorities and market prices, just thought i should shed some light on the computing aspect of the cards

---UPDATE---

it seems I owe you guys an apology,

I'm a huge after effects user and the second I saw the word "rendering", I just couldn't think of anything else (where the GPGPU would actually make a difference), my bad guys

Other than that, I'm always on the green team (since the 5xxx series cards 😀)
 
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If you really need to save the some money go for the HD 7950.While it is slower than the GTX 670 they can both max out any game out there so there is really no difference right now 😀.The HD 7950 when overclocked is as fast as GTX 670 when overclocked but does consume quite a bit more power.
 
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Since when rendering is computing :pt1cable: Please don't spread misinformation. Rendering is done by the CPU.
 
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This Tom's article is the most accurate and current representation of how the top two cards from AMD and NVIDIA perform. It's worth taking a look at: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-benchmark,3232.html

TL;DR: The 670 is better but an overclocked 7970 is equal in overall performance to a 680, even though they are seriously different cards.
 
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Not always. If you're using GPGPU then the rendering would be done by the GPU in which case any nvidia 6 series card is going to be at a disadvantage to its AMD equivalent.
 
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Dude, GPGPU isn't used for rendering. Get your facts straight.
 
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Get the 670. It will give the performance of an overclocked 7950. You can get the 670 on Amazon for a good price. The 7950 is O.K. if you are on a budget, but the 670 will give you much better performance for a little higher price.
 
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Has anyone factored in the price here? It seems like the 7950 is $350 post-rebate and the 670 is $430. So the question is not whether the 670 is better, but whether it's $80 better--or put another way, whether it's 25% better. I'd think that if you're willing to OC the 7950, the answer to that question is no. It depends a bit on games you want to play, of course; BF3 is always a better title for nvidia. But compare the overall performance here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=598 The 7950 even at stock clocks edges the 670 in a number of titles, especially at higher resolutions (3GB of RAM). With OC (and GCN is good at overclocking), you'll make up more of the gap. This doesn't mean the 7950 is better--the 670 is. But I don't know if you want to pay that much for it. I think either one would be a reasonable choice.
 
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I personally just bought an MSI 7950 because it was 300$, and I know that overclocking it will result in trading blows with an OC'ed 670.

Cheapest 670 is 430$ (Canada).

For 130$ difference? 7950 > 670.

For 50$ difference I might of went 670, but 130$ was nothing to scoff at.
 
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I already shut that argument down... 😛
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Um... you said something that made no sense.

"drivers as well as pricing change like the wind direction, you really have no point.
and factor in geographical location + resources (ability to acquire hardware) and pricing is really a non-factor.
:/"

I don't see how thats "shuting down" a completely valid argument. Pricing is ALWAYS a factor. He said he wanted to do rendering, and some programs do support use of GPGPU. He also wanted to do overclocking. So if an overclocked 7950 matches a 670, with more memory, and better GPGPU compute performance, and is cheaper...

But if you're smoking that nvidia grass instead of looking at reality i guess it makes sense.
 
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I always get a kick out of how quickly people discount or ignore the value of PhysX, Adaptive VSync, FXAA, TXAA, forced Ambient Occlusion, Transparency Supersampling, noise levels, and overall game compatibility. Quibbling over a few FPS realy doesn't make any sense when the GTX 670 holds a lot more additional value to go along with its performance advantage.
 
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:sarcastic: You can't be serious lol.... if you are i guess just shows your noob.
 
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:heink: :??:
max out settings with the extra VRAM, I can see that.

but that first comment, huh.?
4GB 'faster', explain that to me please.

(going to get popcorn...)
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@urban legend, what do you think of yourself han, listen if someone is wrong ask them why, if they can't answer your question teach them honestly.
 
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