[H]Fall 2012 GPU and Driver Comparison Roundup

Final8y · 12 Nov 2012 at 18:54

With the recent release of new beta drivers from both AMD and NVIDIA, and the upping of clocks by AMD, significant performance gains have been claimed by both parties for current generation video cards. We will investigate with a 6-way roundup comparison to see if we can crown a champion.

http://hardocp.com/article/2012/11/12/fall_2012_gpu_driver_comparison_roundup/1

Gregster · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:05

Final8y said:
http://hardocp.com/article/2012/11/12/fall_2012_gpu_driver_comparison_roundup/1

lool, No matter what they crown as champion, it will be ripped apart by the losers. Buy one of each and be a complete winner I say

Rusty0611 · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:05

Poor review IMO. No overclock and there's inconsistency between the margins at 2560*1600 and 1080. I think it's in the ball park though.

Rroff · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:18

Very very subjective results with a lot of inconsistancy and not telling us anything we didn't already know - suprise suprise AMD have better value for money hardware out if all that concerns you is price/performance.

tommybhoy · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:58

In regards to BF3:

'On the top end, the HD 7970 outperformed the GTX 680 by a 16.9% margin', can't believe [H] printed that...

...oh wait a minute...

'even though there was no noticeable difference in game play performance'

You couldn't make it up [H]!

Considering the 680 used to be 16% faster back in March. :eek:

'The GeForce GTX 680 is almost 16% faster than the Radeon HD 7970'

Rroff said:
suprise suprise AMD have better value for money hardware out if all that concerns you is price/performance.

It's not just value for money though is it?

The 7970 nails the 680, besides, when has the top end market ever been about price/performance to those that want the fastest...

...it's just a massive bonus now!

I couldn't give a **** if the performance only arrived in August with the 12.8 betas, it was always there or there abouts in the first place, when you sat an overclocked 7970 next to an overclocked 680.

flopper · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:08

tommybhoy said:
In regards to BF3:

'On the top end, the HD 7970 outperformed the GTX 680 by a 16.9% margin', can't believe [H] printed that...

...oh wait a minute...

'even though there was no noticeable difference in game play performance'

You couldn't make it up [H]!

Considering the 680 used to be 16% faster back in March.

'The GeForce GTX 680 is almost 16% faster than the Radeon HD 7970'

It's not just value for money though is it?

The 7970 nails the 680, besides, when has the top end market ever been about price/performance to those that want the fastest...

...it's just a massive bonus now!

I couldn't give a **** if the performance only arrived in August with the 12.8 betas, it was always there or there abouts in the first place, when you sat an overclocked 7970 next to an overclocked 680.

it means a 7970 is now 60% faster than it was in the early test.
Pretty much a new card due to drivers.

Yea I took notice of that statement, hardocp I guess had a hard time with amd and they tend to not forget fast.
For me you could also say, the 7970 crushes the 680 today.

RetrogamerX · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:13

flopper said:
it means a 7970 is now 60% faster than it was in the early test.
Pretty much a new card due to drivers.

Yea I took notice of that statement, hardocp I guess had a hard time with amd and they tend to not forget fast.
For me you could also say, the 7970 crushes the 680 today.

Not for long though

tommybhoy · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:17

There's still nothing in it when you are playing a game, even though I left that bit in about the performance swing, it's just about bragging rights tbph.

Isn't it greg?

pgi947 · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:19

Shocker, another bench review fails to state the true boost clock of a 600 series card, I absolutely refuse to believe they used a 680 with an overall core clock of 1006mhz and a 670 core clock of 915mhz, poor show.

If they are going to do these tests in the vien of crowning a 'champion' (really?) then they need to do it clock vs clock, not "this card says xxxxmhz on the box so thats what we'll put down cos' we're far too lazy to check boost clocks with GPUZ"

Gregster · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:19

tommybhoy said:
There's still nothing in it when you are playing a game, even though I left that bit in about the performance swing, it's just about bragging rights tbph.

Isn't it greg?

Always. If I am 0.0000001fps faster, I have the best card

tommybhoy · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:22

lol, has the new driver squeezed anything more out?

Gregster · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:25

tommybhoy said:
lol, has the new driver squeezed anything more out?

On a quick test, no but maybe with several tests it has. I seriously hate BF3 now and can't stomach playing theat Operation Swordbreaker one more time.

PGI hits on a point which is laughable and I missed it. The GTX 680 with a clock of 1006mhz being used is a complete load of dung. Show me a 680 that can only boosts this high please someone....

RetrogamerX · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:30

gregster said:
On a quick test, no but maybe with several tests it has. I seriously hate BF3 now and can't stomach playing theat Operation Swordbreaker one more time.

PGI hits on a point which is laughable and I missed it. The GTX 680 with a clock of 1006mhz being used is a complete load of dung. Show me a 680 that can only boosts this high please someone....

That 680 must suck with that speed. Mine can go much faster

pgi947 · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:32

gregster said:
On a quick test, no but maybe with several tests it has. I seriously love BF3 now and can't stop playing theat Operation Swordbreaker one more time.

FTFY*

PGI hits on a point which is laughable and I missed it. The GTX 680 with a clock of 1006mhz being used is a complete load of dung. Show me a 680 that can only boosts this high please someone....

They may exist, but to get a 680 that boosts only to 1006 and a 670 that only boosts to 915 the odds are firmly stacked.

*Gregster loves Operation Swordbreaker more then life its self!

TheRealDeal · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:33

That's not the boost clock its the stock gpu frequency. There is no way to tell what the gtx680 is boosting to as the review does not list it. It could be a really good stock gtx680/670/660 for all we know.

spoffle · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:34

TheRealDeal said:
That's not the boost clock its the stock gpu frequency. There is no way to tell what the gtx680 is boosting to as the review does not list it. It could be a really good stock gtx680 for all we know.

With regards to that, is there any point in listing the boost speed? It's not something that's consistent across different cards is it?

TheRealDeal · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:35

spoffle said:
With regards to that, is there any point in listing the boost speed? It's not something that's consistent across different cards is it?

It could let you know if it's a poor card or good card but you are right its a lottery. Would just be nice to know is all.

Nvidia could give out high boosting cards to reviewers and this could make results more positive for them.

pgi947 · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:36

spoffle said:
With regards to that, is there any point in listing the boost speed? It's not something that's consistent across different cards is it?

Its not 'that' consistent, but lets face it, it wouldn't hurt to fire up GPUZ for 10 seconds to find out what its boosting to.

It makes it pointless when for example comparing a 7970 we know the speed of is for example 925mhz (stock ref) against a 680 claiming its '1006mhz', when for all we know it could be 1250mhz, making it quite daft comparing the two.

Gregster · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:41

TheRealDeal said:
That's not the boost clock its the stock gpu frequency. There is no way to tell what the gtx680 is boosting to as the review does not list it. It could be a really good stock gtx680/670/660 for all we know.

Well like your good self, I would like to know and I question those charts. No way is the gap that big.

Edit:

They are using AMDs top card against Nvidias worst card.... Kiss ass much H?

TheRealDeal · 12 Nov 2012 at 20:44

gregster said:
Well like your good self, I would like to know and I question those charts. No way is the gap that big.

Edit:

They are using AMDs top card against Nvidias worst card.... Kiss ass much H?

No the ghz edition is amd's top stock card. As the gtx680 is nvidia's top stock card.