Radeon 7970 vs gtx 680 ! Read before vote !

[darksalvatore]

yeah baby

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-DisplayPort-Graphics-02G-P4-2680-KR/dp/B007KC1R3A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335447733&sr=8-1

and

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11197-01-40G/dp/B007JGARVU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1335447720&sr=8-5


nvidia is crazy serious ... i never have seen such big difference )

 

[darksalvatore]

hm .... seems like 7970 cf beats 680 sli in minimum fps but lost with avg

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gtx680_quad_sli_vs_hd7970_quad_crossfirex,11.html


minimum is more important imho

 

[mouse24]

Yeah, i don't have SLi atm
My bro needs a gpu..

SLi'ing 480s that seems dangerous, could start up a sauna business though.

Haha but no seriously what are your temps now?

Edit: I personally would grab a 7970 since its 100 bucks cheaper for maybe 5-10% less performance.

 

[davemaster84]

GTX 680 all the way. Please take into account that the gtx 680 OC is just a very few bucks more expensive than the normal 680, also remember that the drivers for the 680 are just too new so it's real capability wont be shown until 6 months from now (even the last drivers for the 400 - 500 series kept showing performance improvement after 1 year until it's very end).

 

[hellfire24]

@recon,that crz guy was horrible!!!!!!
god some one closed tha thread.

 

[hellfire24]

i am sure he was trolling bu when he saw that everybody is opposing him then he started showing his foolishness.
i hope not to see such people on toms.

 

[hellfire24]

okay,let's stop talking about such idiots and do some thing better!

 

[davemaster84]

Well I'm not saying the card is at 50% of it's real capability or anything, I'm just saying the drivers matter a lot, and the 680's are just too new, specially in SLI. I had 2 gtx 460's in sli and trust me , the performance difference between the 270's drivers and 290's was huge. The 7970 is an awesome card, the lightning version from MSI is a beauty, but it's just not better than the 680. Sorry

 

[davemaster84]

Huh who's looking for a fight? I mention the lightning verions 'cause is one of the OC 7970's around . I understand your bang for the buck 'cause is the same I do with AMD processors, but I just know intel is the best. Anyway I'm done here, gotta go to work. Peace

 

[mouse24]

64c in BF3 after 3 hours gaming solid.

In SLi they hit around 75-80 maximum.

Jeez, thats amazing... even my twin frozr 2 6870 doesn't get below 70-75c

 

[mouse24]

http://i45.tinypic.com/25psi6c.jpg

Hmm, interesting layout. Is that a H100? I can't seem to find your exhaust fans

I'm still using the stock fans in my Haf912 + an additional 30cfm green led fan

 

[darksalvatore]

BigMack70

why am i nobrainer if i just want to be 100% safe with my card and don't overlock it ))i know how to do it )) i have a brain trust me )))

recon-uk

amazing pc

Davemaster84

intel is not the best ... amd makes processors to u know buldozer is not that bad at all with performance/price i think

 

[darksalvatore]

heh ... sad that i don't have mobo for sli and power supply for 2 480 i agree 2 gtx for 400$ is better performance then 680 and 7970 to ^^

 

[darksalvatore]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_480_SLI/26.html

625 max power usage + i have i7 950 witch needs like 250 power on max load your i5 2500 needs like 120 less power then mine

 

[esrever]

why would you think of buying a 480 when you can buy a 7870?

 

[esrever]

they seem to have cut prices a lot. interesting.

 

[hellfire24]

but i won't suggest buying gtx 480 instead of 7870 unless you give me a strong reason.

 

[darksalvatore]

what do you think about this reviews ?

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1443/pg5/sapphire-hd-7970-overclock-edition-dual-x-graphics-card-review-battlefield-3.html

and

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1461/pg6/palit-geforce-gtx-680-jetstream-edition-graphics-card-review-battlefield-3.html


is there really only 1 fps difference on minimum framerates ? ) 7970 saphire oc edition has 46 min fps ... stock 680 has 47 ) or that reviews can't be trusted >?

 

[darksalvatore]

yeah ... Interesting find... i think it's close to your benchmark to ....

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-gtx-680-review-benchmark,review-32404-8.html

sad that this site has only avg fps on benchmarks

 

[ubercake]

680s do better beyond the 2650x1600 res as well...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-sli-overclock-surround,3162-5.html

 

[darksalvatore]

on 2500x1600 is like 5% diference .... and dude its average fps .... they have about same minimum fps if trust that reviews

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1461/pg6/palit-geforce-gtx-680-jetstream-edition-graphics-card-review-battlefield-3.html


and here


http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1443/pg5/sapphire-hd-7970-overclock-edition-dual-x-graphics-card-review-battlefield-3.html

 

[darksalvatore]

no more votes ? ))

 

[Sunius]

GTX 680. It's faster and better. And if you're spending $500 on a graphics card, you shouldn't be looking at performance/price ratio. Performance is all that matters at that prices, and that's what GTX 680 wins at. Also, not like it's terrible bang for the buck either, only 2% difference.

 

[alrobichaud]

680 wins at low res and stock frequencies. 7970 is better at high res and overclocking. IMO any comment that heavily favours one side or the other is strictly fan boy. They are both great cards.

 

[darksalvatore]

what about CF and SLI ? or on 1920x1080 680 will be anyway better ? idk will be vram problem or not ... is better sli with 680 with 2 gb vram better then 7970 Cf with 3 vram ???