Amd or nvdia help ?!!

[Timothyhii]

Hi. Im building my first gaming rig and i would like to have some help with deciding on the graphic card. I have saved up enough money for the Amd radeon hd 7970 but i heard the nvidia gtx 670 is a great card too. So i was just wondering whether i should get the hd 7970 which i saw on reviews that it is a much powerful care than the gtx 670 or should i get the 670. The games i play are mostly dota 2 , diablo 3 and cod.

Edit: im planning to run dual monitors with full hd can either 1 of these 2 cards support them ? Thanks !! My system is

I5-3570k
ASUS Sabertooth z77
Corsair vengeance ddr3 1600mhz 8gb twins
western digital caviar black 1tb 7200rpm sata3 3.5hdd
intel 520 ssd 120gb
550w PSU

 

[thenay]

The HD 7970 will outperform the 670 is most cases and the 7970 performs better than the 670 if you have more than 1 display due to its 3GB instead of the 670's 2GB

 

[thenay]

And also i recommend you get a different PSU because 550w is cutting it a bit too close

EDIT: Actually it depends which PSU brand you have chosen a Corsair or Seasonic one will be fine

 

[iliani007]

HD 7970 will outperform the GTX 670 ,,,but Nvidia has more stable DRIVERS.
The GTX 670 is capable of 3+1 MONITORS.
HD7970 can handle up to 3 monitors.
I would go with NVIDIA.

 

[iliani007]

And also i recommend you get a different PSU because 550w is cutting it a bit too close

550W are enough to power up a GTX 670 or a HD7970 ,,,
You must have the 12V at 36A

My friend has a GTX 680 running in a 500W PSU 12V --> 36A without problems.

 

[thenay]

550W are enough to power up a GTX 670 or a HD7970 ,,,
You must have the 12V at 36A

My friend has a GTX 680 running in a 500W PSU 12V --> 36A without problems.

Well you tell him to upgrade his PSU because on the NVIDIA website it says MINIMUM 550W so he could be damaging his computer parts

 

[unksol]

Nvidias drivers aren't really any better, and AMD is pushing out a ton of gaming evolved titles while nvidia drivers are behind on them. See tomb raider. The 7970 is faster, has better direct compute, comes with crysis 3 and bioshock infinity free, more memory, more memory bandwidth. Both are probably overkill for your games but the 7970 is the better choice

 

[iliani007]

He has it for about 6 months.
Come on
NVIDIA calculate the power of graphic card + 4HDD ,2 SSD ,120W CPU,70-80W MOBO,

The video card consumes at max about 200W/12=17A
CPU i5-3570k 80W/12=7A
MOBO 80W/12=7A
Other hardwares (HDD ,SSD) use max 10W each ,so 3A +
34A at max 400W

good enough

other hardwares like RAM and Fans and DVD use 3.3 and 5V rail at about 20W

 

[iliani007]

Well you tell him to upgrade his PSU because on the NVIDIA website it says MINIMUM 550W so he could be damaging his computer parts

He has it for about 6 months.
Come on
NVIDIA calculate the power of graphic card + 4HDD ,2 SSD ,120W CPU,70-80W MOBO,

The video card consumes at max about 200W/12=17A
CPU i5-3570k 80W/12=7A
MOBO 80W/12=7A
Other hardwares (HDD ,SSD) use max 10W each ,so 3A +
34A at max 400W

good enough

other hardwares like RAM and Fans and DVD use 3.3 and 5V rail at about 20W

 

[thenay]

Nvidias drivers aren't really any better, and AMD is pushing out a ton of gaming evolved titles while nvidia drivers are behind on them. See tomb raider. The 7970 is faster, has better direct compute, comes with crysis 3 and bioshock infinity free, more memory, more memory bandwidth. Both are probably overkill for your games but the 7970 is the better choice

Yeh thats what i thought the 13.2 beta drivers smashed the 670 drivers in Crysis 3 the 670 performs no better than a 660ti in Crysis 3 heres proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S9qrWh20QU

 

[Timothyhii]

Best answer selected by Timothyhii.

 

[Timothyhii]

Thanks for the quick replies guys ! Anyways ive decided to get the nvidia since both are overkills for my games anyways

 

[redeemer]

HD 7970 will outperform the GTX 670 ,,,but Nvidia has more stable DRIVERS.
The GTX 670 is capable of 3+1 MONITORS.
HD7970 can handle up to 3 monitors.
I would go with NVIDIA.

Nope their drivers are far from stable, Tomb raider crashing, Crysis 3 extreme fps dips, BF3 Crashing again on their WQHL etc. AMD is on top right now with excellent drivers and price/performance products.

 

[DannyGerard]

about drivers nivida wins but the ati drivers are goin good nowdays
price/performance AMD wins