ATi VS Nvidia - Who is on top?

[refbois]

Hey guys,

It's been a year since I have really looked into my computer and I need to upgrade my Video card! When I last was looking at video cards, nvidia was on top. I am not sure how the game has changed...


Currently I have an i7, msi5850 OC, 6gb Ram, 850 antec truepower supply.

I am looking to run 3 monitors, and maybe play some BF3 here and there! I do some editing in the Adobe suite.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=nividia%20680&bop=And&CompareItemList=-1|14-500-238^14-500-238-TS%2C14-130-768^14-130-768-TS%2C14-127-671^14-127-671-TS%2C14-133-469^14-133-469-TS

This is the compare list (everything looks exactly the same to me), budget is $500!

Thanks in advance!

 

[refbois]

Price wasn't really an issue. Just a guideline! I am going multiple screens so this 4GB vram will be great. I will probably SLI, another reason why I got this card is I hate ATI/AMD drivers... Also, I wanted something COOL this is only 1 of two VC that has duual fans! Looks beastly and quiet! Will update once its installed!

 

[Mousemonkey]

Price wasn't really an issue. Just a guideline! I am going multiple screens so this 4GB vram will be great. I will probably SLI, another reason why I got this card is I hate ATI/AMD drivers... Also, I wanted something COOL this is only 1 of two VC that has duual fans! Looks beastly and quiet! Will update once its installed!

I'm with you on that one, they are just the worst aren't they?

 

[djangoringo]

The galaxy 4GB 680 gtx was also a good choice, it has a higher oc from factory, i think it's cheaper(480$ after mir on amazon) with dual fan system.
Either way you got a good card.

 

[munjoo238]

Nvidia for CUDA cores
AMD for Game performance

 

[Tom Burnqest]

I'm with you on that one, they are just the worst aren't they?

Mouse I get the feeling that at best you have limited experience with modern AMD Radeon HD cards ?

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

I've got to agree with tom on this one. At munjoo, you basically broke it down perfectly.
I have never understood what is wrong with amd drivers though. They work fine for me, and I like CCC more than nvidia control panel

 

[Tom Burnqest]

Way more than a pair of cards on a 192-bit bus is worth!

:lol:

GTX 660 192bit = 144Gb/s memory Bandwidth
GTX 560 256bit = 124Gb/s memory Bandwidth

I fail to subscribe to the fallacious propaganda being spewed by many ignorant people that have not done the research about GDDR memory bandwidth.

 

[stantheman123]

Ive had more problems with nvidia then amd haha. If anything ive had a better experience with amd drivers. I love amd drivers there great. nvidia drivers.. not so much. But thats just me

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

^+1

 

[stantheman123]

I fail to subscribe to the nonsensical posts of a troll, so I suppose we're even.

In case you hadn't noticed, the 660ti is a lot more than 16% faster than the 560 (meaning that the memory bandwidth is still an issue)... and putting a pair of 660ti cards in SLI is a gamble on a weak memory subsystem that I personally wouldn't recommend to anyone.

This^ 660ti 192bit... lol.. im pretty sure the gtx 580 is 384bit isnt it? i think the 570 is too im not sure

 

[djangoringo]

I don't think so, the 660ti sli is underrated :


http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1351497484yqTVfz4gOn_3_3.gif
http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1351497484yqTVfz4gOn_4_3.gif
http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1351497484yqTVfz4gOn_6_3.gif
http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1351497484yqTVfz4gOn_7_3.gif

"As it is, two GALAXY GTX 660 Ti's together will cost $640 and that buys you a gameplay experience way superior to a highly clocked GTX 680, and competes neck-to-neck with Radeon HD 7950 CrossFireX in framerate and surpasses it in overall gameplay smoothness."

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/10/31/galaxy_geforce_gtx_660_ti_gc_3gb_sli_review/11

I rather take two 660 ti over two 7950...

 

[stantheman123]

If you've got $600+ to drop on an Nvidia GPU setup, there is absolutely no good reason not to step up to 670 SLI and get rid of the memory bandwidth risk altogether. Also, lol [H]ardOCP :lol:

(sorry, the opinions on their site just makes me laugh sometimes)

haha 192bit on a $300+ card just makes me laugh

 

[djangoringo]

Two cards doesn't reach now 600$, it stays under it.
Two of these : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127697

For 560$, after mir, 540$.
Is it a bad option ? i don't think so, those two cards will beat any single card(single gpu) available at whatever the resolution.
It's a good option for triple monitor for under 600$.

 

[djangoringo]

The extra GB won't make a difference, the same for the 670 4GB.
But the op already decided on what card, a 680 gtx for sli, just pointing out two 660 ti sli is a good option, it's not as bad as people make it seem to be, even for triple monitor setups.

 

[stantheman123]

yea at that price point you can get 7950 crossfire which for triple mointors i would take it over the 660ti in a heart beat. the 660ti is not bad just overpriced imo.

bigmack wanna give me your 7970s? ill give you $40 for both good deal? 😛 haha

 

[stantheman123]

OK can we do that deal in 2020? 😉

Sounds great!@!@!

 

[timil]

Nvidia voltage lock all their cards from now on.

/thread

 

[Jackel1337]

well, best vs. best... the 7990 has a 384-bit x2 memory interface, while the GTX 690 has 256-bit x2, and the 7990 has 4096 (2048 x2) cores, while the GTX 690 has 3072 (1536 x2) cores... and to top this off, ati has released new drivers, and from what i've heard, they are pretty good. But in the end its your decision.

- Jackel1337

 

[RobCrezz]

Has no one else noticed that for the price 650 ti boosts in SLI seem to perform very well!