[citation][nom]frozonic[/nom]i really dont care what AMD does, i just want it to be competiive againg in both GPU and CPU, their GPUs havent done well since the gtx 4XX series were introduced, at least in the high end market....[/citation]
Then why are you reading this? Head straight to Anandtech's bench utility and be done with it.
[citation][nom]sayantan[/nom]I don't think so..Their 7900 series is three times faster than 680 in certain GPGPU computation. In gaming they are not far behind too..they just need to drop the prices..[/citation]
Peak freq. - 7970 and 680 trade blows in gaming, 7970 better than 680 (and 580) in compute.
Size - 680 smaller than 79xx and larger than 78xx
arrival - 7970 paper launched in december, launched in january. 680 MIA.
The way I see it, despite the "gtx680 was supposed to be 660ti" rumors, AMD and Nvidia keep leap-frogging each other since the hd4xxx series.