AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Review: Give Me Back That Crown!

[stant1rm]

I don't tihnk that I'd say that it's worth the price premium, but it might at least be more worth the premium than the GTX 680 is over the GTX 670.

I feel bad for people who went out and bought the GTX 680 because they thought it was worth the premium only to see the GTX 670 perform as well or better with a little overclocking.

 

[TheBigTroll]

then the 660ti comes out and is super close to the 670....

 

[stant1rm]

then the 660ti comes out and is super close to the 670....

^ and that's why I'm just waiting this round out. My 6970 is still a monster, and I'm grabbing a second one dirt cheap. Maybe Radeon HD 8xxx or GeForce GTX 7xx will actually make it worth buying a top of the line card.

 

[TheBigTroll]

i need a system now so ill be buying

 

[blazorthon]

then the 660ti comes out and is super close to the 670....

^ and that's why I'm just waiting this round out. My 6970 is still a monster, and I'm grabbing a second one dirt cheap. Maybe Radeon HD 8xxx or GeForce GTX 7xx will actually make it worth buying a top of the line card.

Actually, the 660 TI is probably much farther from the 670 than the 670 is from the 680. They actually took down the memory bandwidth with it, so the performance could be decreased by as much as 25-40% from the 670.

 

[TheBigTroll]

yeah i know. im pretty sure they reduced the bus to like a 192bit bus. they also said to reduce the clockspeed as well. but then they say that it will outperform or perform the same as a 580 or something like that

 

[jerm1027]

Actually, the 660 TI is probably much farther from the 670 than the 670 is from the 680. They actually took down the memory bandwidth with it, so the performance could be decreased by as much as 25-40% from the 670.

yeah i know. im pretty sure they reduced the bus to like a 192bit bus. they also said to reduce the clockspeed as well. but then they say that it will outperform or perform the same as a 580 or something like that

Actually according to Maximum PC, the 660-Ti is the same as 670, but with a narrower memory bandwidth, which has been knocked by 25% (144.19 vs 192.2GB/s). Same clocks, same core count, same chip (GK104).
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/nvidia_gtx_660_ti_detailed_launch_date_leaked_web

 

[TheBigTroll]

nah. clockspeed should be lower so that it can use only one 6 pin power plug

 

[blazorthon]

Actually according to Maximum PC, the 660-Ti is the same as 670, but with a narrower memory bandwidth, which has been knocked by 25% (144.19 vs 192.2GB/s). Same clocks, same core count, same chip (GK104).
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/nvidia_gtx_660_ti_detailed_launch_date_leaked_web

Knocking the memory bandwidth down that much will hurt performance substantially. If it is in the same tier as the 670, then they are either guessing, using info from incorrect resources, just plain wrong, or they have tiers that vary quite widely between the top and bottom of each tier.

 

[silverblue]

Reminds me of the 460, to be fair.