HD 7970 vs GTX 770 for BF4?

[PcGamer956]

So I'm building my first gaming PC and I plan to get it built by the summer holidays. Because of my restricted budget, I am stuck between 2 GPU's. One is the Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Dual-X and the other is the MSI GTX 770 Gaming. They're both literally the same price (the GTX 770 being only £2 more expensive). The main game I will be playing is BF4 when it releases but of course a few other games too. I was thinking, for my build would it be best to go with the 7970 or the 770 because apparently, BF4 will be more optimized for AMD cards and other console ported games may be too as both the PS4 and XBOX One will use AMD hardware. However, the GTX 770 is a bit faster than the 7970 (according to the research I've done). So would the better optimizations be better or the improved performance or are there other factors that are involved too?
All help is greatly appreciated
Thanks!

 

[mauller07]

the 7970 is a more powerful card overall.

i would go with the 7970 if they are the same price and the 7970 comes with a non reference cooler, reference coolers are evil things.

 

[Sakkura]

7970 if you want to overclock it, 770 if you don't. The 7970 has a lot more overclocking headroom.

Oh, and the 770 if you might buy a second card later on for SLI/Crossfire. SLI works a lot better than Crossfire.

 

[slomo4sho]

Too soon to tell!

 

[Sakkura]

the 7970 is a more powerful card overall.

Not really. It's slower at stock, but catches up when you overclock.

 

[ksham]

The HD 7970 has higher overclocking potential. It also has a better cooler as compared to MSI's. But the GTX 770 is still a solid card even under a MSI branding, so I would pick it.

But BF4 is not out yet so there is no statistical comparison. Therefore, the only comparison available is the potential of the two cards in question.

Who is @meowmix44? Why did meowmix44 select a BA?

 

[T-Frost]

7970 ..BF4 is going to be AMD optimized..So if thats the game your playing go AMD..

“DICE has a partnership with AMD specifically for Battlefield 4 on PC to showcase and optimize the game for AMD hardware," an EA spokesperson said."

The best bet would be wait for the release and see which performs better..But if you can't wait, go 7970..

 

[sam_p_lay]

This may be helpful:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_760/27.html

 

[bowzef]

"AMD Optimized" has yet to actually mean "performs better on AMD". Don't listen to the marketing lines.

Anyways, nobody knows how BF4 will perform. If BF4 is your concern, you should not be upgrading/buying a PC right now. Wait until after the game is out.

hmm in crysis 3 in CPU's the 8 core FX was out performing sandy bridge , due to fact game was developed on AMD hardware, what im saying is that they made crysis 3 run on more cores, one could say intel is stagnating core count?

 

[Gam3r01]

7970 ..BF4 is going to be AMD optimized..So if thats the game your playing go AMD..

“DICE has a partnership with AMD specifically for Battlefield 4 on PC to showcase and optimize the game for AMD hardware," an EA spokesperson said."

The best bet would be wait for the release and see which performs better..But if you can't wait, go 7970..

By optimized the most likely meant it will run on the 9000 series gpus. Thats probably all it meant because both are launching same month.

 

[Will Dano]

The HD 7970 and GTX 770 are very similar in performance, so if you want to play BF4 with them in the future, you're either gonna get %2 difference in performance or none at all.

Here's a performance comparison: http://www.hwcompare.com/14643/geforce-gtx-770-vs-radeon-hd-7970/

 

[sam_p_lay]

HWCompare is a load of crap and they even admit it themselves on every one of those pages:

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

If all you want is specs, you have manufacturer sites and Wikipedia. If you want benchmarks to actually compare performance, you have TPU etc:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_760/27.html

So 13%.

 

[tushardehra]

got asus gtx770 oc working like a charm

 

[Crarazy]

Battlefield 4 is supposed to be optimized for AMD, so if there's already little difference between the 2 cards, I would say that's a selling point. And I'm pretty sure its going to be more than just a minimal optimization for the AMD card. Plus it's cheaper, and like people are saying, overclocking headroom.

 

[meowmix44]

I am MEOWMIX!!!!!! And I'd go for the MSI Lightning 770 if you want to fight the 7970 in a OC competition. If not OCing, then go with reference of the MSI Gaming Edition series.

 

[meowmix44]

Come on guys... stop making/encouraging purchasing decisions for games not out yet. WAIT. It's just over 2 months. Surely waiting isn't that hard?

🙁 No mix for me tonight I srry

 

[tushardehra]

in bf3 my asus gtx770 dips to 25 during heavy explosion so bf4 will surely hang the pc lol

 

[Djentleman]

"AMD Optimized" has yet to actually mean "performs better on AMD". Don't listen to the marketing lines.

Anyways, nobody knows how BF4 will perform. If BF4 is your concern, you should not be upgrading/buying a PC right now. Wait until after the game is out.

hmm in crysis 3 in CPU's the 8 core FX was out performing sandy bridge , due to fact game was developed on AMD hardware, what im saying is that they made crysis 3 run on more cores, one could say intel is stagnating core count?

It was minimal in comparison to cpu's such as the 3570k. And in the end the 3770k defeated it.
So your point is invalid.

"Amd optimized" or nvidia's "way it was meant to be played", turn out to be nothing but marketing.
At the end of the day, if it is a major title, you can expect both companies want their hardware to run well with the games.

 

[Djentleman]

in bf3 my asus gtx770 dips to 25 during heavy explosion so bf4 will surely hang the pc lol

Never had that happen to my 770 in bf3.

 

[tushardehra]

[thn whats ur cpu and speed and other system specs?

 

[Djentleman]

I generally have supported Intel all the way but results say that Crysis 3 performed a little better on AMD FX 8530 rather than it performed on i7 3770k.

You're speaking from something you saw.
May i see it too?

 

[gridironcj]

I wouldn't worry about it. These cards are very similar in terms of performance and you'd really just be betting against a few FPS at best. If you're only concerned about Battlefield 4, why not just wait until the game comes out? The new AMD series might be out around that time too and you'll have even more options.

 

[Sakkura]

I generally have supported Intel all the way but results say that Crysis 3 performed a little better on AMD FX 8530 rather than it performed on i7 3770k.

Actually, even the Core i5-3550 performs better than the FX-8350:

 

[Djentleman]

I generally have supported Intel all the way but results say that Crysis 3 performed a little better on AMD FX 8530 rather than it performed on i7 3770k.

Actually, even the Core i5-3550 performs better than the FX-8350:

Intel has always had better minimums.
I wonder if it has to do with their IPC?

 

[Djentleman]

Check the "stock clocked with no Xfire settings"

https://teksyndicate.com/videos/crysis-3-benchmarks-amd-fx-8350-vs-intel-i7-3770k-both-overclocked

I see a lot of benchmarks that contradict their benchmarks.
I watched their 3570k vs 8350, and it seemed that the 8350 destroyed the 3570k in almost every benchmark. But linustechtip did the same benchmark and it was the opposite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICVeN6WEGgg