Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II 3072MB or Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB

[roachyuk]

cant make my mind up which to get .....im not gonna be overclocking but want to play on 1920x1200 with smooth game play...either this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-095-GI
or this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-276-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

just need convincing which to buy and it needs to be quiet on idle not to bothered about underload.

 

[Rusty0611]

If you're not going to overclock (why not out of interest?) then the 670 is slightly better out the box. But there's next to nothing in it.

Both can gain noticeable levels of performance increase from very simple overclocking though.

 

[Martini1991]

The GTX670.
7970 DC II is kneecapped OC'ing wise.

 

[roachyuk]

If you're not going to overclock (why not out of interest?) then the 670 is slightly better out the box. But there's next to nothing in it.

Both can gain noticeable levels of performance increase from very simple overclocking though.

to be honest im a little scared lol ive done a little over clocking but always turned it back to stock...i didnt really think you bet much more improvement in games...only really benchmarking.

 

[roachyuk]

oh well think ill take the plunge with the 670 windforce....main reason its smaller that the 7870....at just over 10 inches long....i just hope all the stutter has gone in games with these new drivers released .

 

[roachyuk]

ok another question the 7970 does not have cuda or physics.....but the nvidia does....is this important or does the 7970 have somthing else that works like this?

 

[Rusty0611]

to be honest im a little scared lol ive done a little over clocking but always turned it back to stock...i didnt really think you bet much more improvement in games...only really benchmarking.

I get 8-10 FPS more in BF3 over stock settings with my reference self-overclocked 680. It's the difference between sometimes dropping under 60 to barely ever dropping under 60. And it's easier than overclocking a CPU which itself is simple enough. Don't know why you wouldn't do it.

I game with a 120hz monitor so you can feel an FPS drop under 60 if it's sudden.

 

[chipachap]

to be honest im a little scared lol ive done a little over clocking but always turned it back to stock...i didnt really think you bet much more improvement in games...only really benchmarking.

A gain from an OC will be applied to everything being rendered by the GPU. One of my 7970's goes to 1200/1650 which gives about a 10% increase in BF3, maybe more I'm not sure.