Radeon HD 7970 or GTX 680?

[bigcyco1]

@vrumor honestly these kind of threads will never stop sad but true there are many reasons why but one of the biggest one is to many with big ego who think very highly of their self and their knowledge

 

[vrumor]

I just sit back and chuckle. People are so blind as to a brand, honestly ive been an AMD guy for a long time, and ATI. However right now I would go with 2 670s if I hadnt already purchased the 7970s due to power, and performance and biggest of all, price. And my next build will be Intel. Just hate that people give bad info based on their prejudice. It is true the new 600 series outperforms the 7000s, however its made out to be this huge advantage, and it isnt. At least present it correctly and not go off the deep end, that isnt too much to ask, or is it?

 

[17seconds]

Where is Matto?

Thanks for the invite. I was hoping to sit this worthless discussion out.

As usual, you guys are quibbling over a few FPS one way or the other. That is a worthless debate. Different cards are favored by different games. Step outside the FPS/performance discussion and what do you see?

1. Graphics quality options
2. Drivers
3. Unique technologies
4. Power/performance
5. Price/performance
6. Noise
7. Performance match with the games that one actually intends to play (BF3? Skyrim? Max Payne 3? Aliens vs. Predator? Metro 2033? Etc.)

I'll let you guys figure out which card is better.

 

[bigcyco1]

You guys think this is bad you should see what happens when a GTX480 get's mentioned all hell breaks lose ahahahahaa talk about pathetic.... i never seen grown men bicker worse those kinds of topics even start up conversations on ways to save money on electric bill by picking a different GPU it get's so petty you can't help but pop some popcorn and sit back and watch the show :lol:

 

[Pinhedd]

You guys think this is bad you should see what happens when a GTX480 get's mentioned all hell breaks lose ahahahahaa talk about pathetic.... i never seen grown men bicker worse those kinds of topics even start ways to save money on electric bill by picking a different GPU it get's so petty you can't help but pop some popcorn and sit back and watch the show :lol:

Dude the GTX 480 is the best!

If you say otherwise you'll get accused of trolling

It can do everything from cooking eggs to heating up an orphanage in the middle of Winter in Russia. I wish it could play games though

 

[bigcyco1]

Dude the GTX 480 is the best!

If you say otherwise you'll get accused of trolling

In case you have not noticed i have been in those stupid petty disputes sticking up for the gtx480 as that my sons gaming card and it's a beast but you need to change the cooler imo 😉

 

[Pinhedd]

In case you have not noticed i have been in those stupid petty disputes sticking up for the gtx480 as that my sons gaming card and it's a beast imo 😉

The last NVidia cards I owned were two watercooled GTX 280s. The amount of copper required to cool those things actually warped the motherboard. After several RMAs and crappy NVidia chipsets I went with a P45 motherboard and a HD 4890. The 280s were pretty good otherwise though

 

[bigcyco1]

Yeah i am not saying the 480 is the best choice but if you replace the cooler like i did for my son seems to keep him happy and i have played a few games with him like BF3 on very high settings i was pretty impressed smokes one of my 560TI for sure which cost me around the same price lol

 

[xtreme5]

matto, don't you think at this level 680 outperforms the HD 7970 every bench says it clearly.

 

[bigcyco1]

Guys honestly who cares there both beast GPU why does one half to be better than the other why can't it just be if your happy with it that's all that matters

 

[redeemer]

Thanks for the invite. I was hoping to sit this worthless discussion out.

As usual, you guys are quibbling over a few FPS one way or the other. That is a worthless debate. Different cards are favored by different games. Step outside the FPS/performance discussion and what do you see?

1. Graphics quality options
2. Drivers
3. Unique technologies
4. Power/performance
5. Price/performance
6. Noise
7. Performance match with the games that one actually intends to play (BF3? Skyrim? Max Payne 3? Aliens vs. Predator? Metro 2033? Etc.)

I'll let you guys figure out which card is better.

Ah the good old Nvidia ad/marketing, Matto we miss you!

 

[redeemer]

matto, don't you think at this level 680 outperforms the HD 7970 every bench says it clearly.

It all depends on the situation, like I have already stated the 7970 xfire have less performance dips. Both 680 and 7970 oc very well. I have both setups and both are great, with the 7970's use more power. Matto was created a list of pros for Nvidia

1. Graphic quality options! come one Matto you are reaching there!
2. Drivers! well the 600 series had terrible driver worst the the 7970 when it came out, smoothing out now however.
3. Unique tech!, boost clock, adaptive vsync are garbage for enthusiast.
4 I agree
5. Gk104 core priced @ high end bracket= ripoff
6. Reference gtx680 is quite noisy
7. Depends

 

[bigcyco1]

Anybody know if the 7850 can be overclocked to GTX580 level? I am having a hard time believing that but if it's true i might buy a MSI or Asus 7850 since i broke one of the blades on one of my 560TI this morning

 

[Guest]

For now BEST WAY IS TO GET 7970 and OC it or 7970ghz, you ll get higher fps in games than 680 with latest drivers and its cheaper.
With good OC and drivers you get about 20-30 fps higher than 680.

 

[masterman467]

Factory OC'd 670 will do just fine. Cheaper then the 7970 and you will see very few differences in FPS