Why is it GTX680 can outperform GTX770?

[casshyr]

See the comparison done in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQAbBU43mpo

I don't get it - isn't 770 newer than 680? So isn't the general rule of thumb with graphics card is that the newer the better?

(sorry for the noob question, trying to learn...)

 

[bmanv13]

Maybe it overclocks better? I havn't seen the video but I read the description and it said that all he graphics cards were overclocked.

 

[maxiim]

Linus always OCs his cards as much as he can before doing any benchmarks with them so the 770 he got did not overclock as well as the 680 he has thats all. If you look at the review here on toms where the cards go stock to stock, you will see the 770 is ahead of the 680.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-770-gk104-review,3519.html

 

[babachicken]

well, in the same way the new radeon r7 260x is less powerful than say a older 7850.

companies make higher and lower end cards

 

[babachicken]

the 770 is also cheaper than a 680.

 

[maxiim]

well, in the same way the new radeon r7 260x is less powerful than say a older 7850.

companies make higher and lower end cards

What you should have used in comparison is the 280x and the 7970. LinusTechTips results were hindered by the silicon lottery to where they had a really good overclocker in the 680 and a decent one at best with the 770 making the 680 perform better.

 

[rgd1101]

That why I hated when people said, I saw it on youtube, and most of the time they don't give you all the spec.

 

[lmaonade200]

the GTX 770 is basically the same chip as the GTX 680 but clocked differently, any differences are caused by externalities

 

[whitecat]

GTX 770 is 3% faster than GTX 680 but is cheaper . i d get MSI 770 Twin Frozr for $330

 

[aevm]

Well the R9 270x is 4 years newer than the HD 5970, and the HD 5970 beats it anyway (it's close to the R9 280x). Or, if you prefer an nVidia example, the old GTX 690 still beats anything made by nVidia, even the GTX 780 Ti.

The idea is to avoid comparing apples with oranges. Today's high-end card will beat last year's high-end card, but today's mainstream card may not be able to beat last year's high-end card. The HD 5970 and GTX 690 in particular are monster cards, double GPUs, and they were #1 when they were released.

Between GTX 680 and GTX 770 - it doesn't really matter which one is newer. These two are practically the same card. The one running at higher clocks will win.