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7970 or GTX 680

tommybhoy said:
It went clean over your head that I game@1080p!
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No, I just ignored you because the OP said "I want to run 3x BenQ XL2420T" which is nothing even slightly related to your gaming performance at 1080.

Enjoy your cards, i'm made up for you, but you're just 1 of a few un-informed posters on this thread that have deviated from the OP's question.

To answer the OP again - 1 x 7970 if they're happy at 30fps or so, or 2 x 7970's if they want smooth gameplay at their chosen resolution.
 
dave_beast said:
In CFX they wouldn't be as good on multiple displays like a pair of 680's or 7970's, heck, even a single 680 or 7970 would be better than a pair of 6950's on multiple displays.
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Pair of 2GB 6950s unlocked to 6970 and overclocked would probably be in their element on multiple displays tbh should mostly easily beat those 2 cards.
 
I run at 5760x1200 with 2x 7970's, I will be getting 2x gtx 680's tomo in the post for my brother but i'm going to install them on my system with a fresh OS to see what they can do over my AMD cards..
 
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tommybhoy said:
Don't need too Dave, posts like yours in here are pure drivel.
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Yeah, but it wasn't. Across 3 monitors 680 and 7970 are pretty much the same thing, but you've more chance of running out of vram on the 680, and if you overclock then the 7970 can begin to look pretty good in certain popular titles such as BF3.

Sorry, I know its not what you'd like to hear against the precious, but thats how it is.

Rusty0611 said:
You carry on with that purchase justification Dave beast.
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And you aren't?
 
Both the green and red team folk need to stop crying, buy the best card for you at the right price.
 
dave_beast said:
Anyone who suggests the OP gets a 680 is a blinkered fanboii of the highest order, you can say what you want but the 7970 is the better choice.
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No, it is not. I have a 7950 myself, think it's a wonderful card and prefer AMD generally over Nvidia cards but will always buy and suggest the best over any sort of brand preference, in this case the 680 is the better card.

You're the blinkered "fanboii" in this instance. You can never base opinion or suggestion of a graphics card on one game even if the end user is specifically focused towards that game, that game won't last forever so it's always best to suggest the card that performs better overall across a wide variety of game engines, whilst completely avoiding benchmarks as they're nothing but a fake result with no real bearing on a cards ability.
 
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mrbios said:
No, it is not. I have a 7950 myself, think it's a wonderful card and prefer AMD generally over Nvidia cards but will always buy and suggest the best over any sort of brand preference, in this case the 680 is the better card.

You're the blinkered "fanboii" in this instance.
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Across 3 screens it isn't though... There's a guy over at Hardforum who bought 2x680's to replace his 2x7970's and ended up getting rid of the 680's as they were slower in more games than they were faster.
 
kitch9 said:
Across 3 screens it isn't though... There's a guy over at Hardforum who bought 2x680's to replace his 2x7970's and ended up getting rid of the 680's as they were slower in more games than they were faster.
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But in that instance you're comparing SLI with crossfire, whereas this thread is related to single card vs single card and I've yet to see anyone being disapointed in 680s performance, both user and official reviews seem to show it in a good light, generally beating a 79xx with relative ease in single card solutions across multiple games....admitedly i pay no attention to SLI or crossfire performance though as i have no interest in those technologies.

I don't exactly trust reviews completely but as per the review stulid pointed out here: http://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-C...ics-Card-Review-Kepler-Motion/Battlefield-3-0 it seems to cope perfectly fine at 5760x1080 on ultra which is a multi screen resolution. Not to mention the further points stulid made about the card being cooler, quieter and using less power.

Overall being a 7950 owner i'd prefer to own it's equiliant in the nvidia 600 range, and again i do generally prefer AMD (hell i switched from a 580 to this 7950 just so i could be on an AMD card again lol) but my bias is always towards the card that i believe to be the one that gets you the most for your money.
 
kitch9 said:
And you aren't?
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I haven't posted anything in this thread until then so, no, I'm not.

Dave beast just posts pro AMD - as someone else posted - drivel in all threads of this nature. My best advice OP would be to weigh up the balance of opinions that you receive while ignoring rhetoric from the likes of Dave.

I'm completely uninterested in the green vs red forums battle. I had a nVidia 6800 and 8800 as well as an ATI/AMD 9800XT, HD 4850 in crossfire and HD 6870 before now.

OP - I don't know how compatible the AMD cards are with the BenQ screens for 3D gaming (sure someone will confirm) but if you want to try gaming in 3D then the 680's are definitely compatible. This might be a moot point though as AMD cards might be OK with this screen.

As to your original question, the difference between the cards isn't all that much either way really. To me, on the balance of everything I've read, the 680 is stronger than the 7970 out the box. People moan that the 680s boost themselves while completely ignoring the point that a lot of people play with their graphics cards out the box and don't indulge in much GPU overclocking. People also complain that the 680 was allegedly going to be a mid range part.

Depending on the overclocking performance of the particular 7970 you receive you can close the gap on the 680's and ever surpass it (like for like max overclocking comparison) at higher resolutions depending on the game. But you aren't talking lots of extra performance. Also bear in mind that reviewers generally receive golden overclocking card so you may not see the same level of performance.

As Gibbo posted, if you are interested in benchmarking as well as gaming then the 7970 looks to have more power but the 680 is overall better optimised for games and this is with the first driver release as well. Hopefully things will get even better!
 
@OP: I know waiting is tough, but in your position I would hang on until the next driver update from Nvidia. You'll probably see somes quirks ironed out and some peformance gains.

It'll give you a better idea of where the 680 is going before making a decision either way.
 
A thread like this is just asking for trouble. To the OP, buy what ever card you prefer, as there is nothing between them. Even the 7950 at the cheaper price looks like a very wise buy at the resoloution you play.

Why the constant defence Dave Beast? You constantly jump in and state how great heaven is by even repeat posting of your Heaven score (which incidentally I beat) and then stating how great AMD are (Insecure?).

In fairness, AMD have released a good driver and this has given good returns in fps. All you need to remember though is, Nvidia have had the 680 out for 6 days, The card is on it's 1st driver...I will wait for 3 months and then see if Nvidia have anything driver wise also.
 
Because the cards are so similar, I'd be looking purely at price at the moment. Once again, both cards are roughly similar in that respect. However, the 7970 is 400 notes on this week only on OCuk, 30 quid cheaper than the 680. Gets my vote =) Come on bleedin' price war!
 
ToxicTBag said:
+1 hows the new card doing Locky nice purchase :)
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To be fair it's not a patch on ths 480slI oc, but for the price I paid it's nice, one thing I really like is the power usage, 500 Watts less, I will be adding another one today for crossfire water cooled.
 
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