Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
I know this for a fact. It's a little iffy as to what manufacturers are doing what (I think both Sony and Microsoft have gone for AMD Processors, strangely) but not sure about the GPU. I just know that at LEAST Durango is going to have 2GB vRAM. I do believe Durango is going into production stages around now.
).It is confirmed (via inside sources) that the new consoles are going to have 2GB vRAM
)Both consoles are AMD GPU's, meaning basically every console port for the next 5 years is going to be pre-AMD architecture optimised(though years from now AMD may move on from GCN architecture to something different, I would still expect the tie in to mean all games are quite pro AMD).
Every device out there gets bad drivers, thats life, the biggest reason people have issues with AMD drivers is the second a new one is available they jump to it, if thats 49 beta's in between official drivers, some here install almost all of them. Stick to working drivers and update for anything big, and you'll usually have few issue, Nvidia have their bad drivers without question, drivers that stopped fans working killing cards is an Nvidia exclusive, and they've had one of the worst and longest running bugs (which I honestly don't know but assume has finally been fixed).
From both cards most driver has stopped responding/blue screen crashes blaming gpu drivers for AMD/Nvidia are just unstable systems people don't realise are unstable... this frequently happens when people go from an older card to a newer card, that draws higher power(normally, not always) but people run the overclock that was stable on the previous system, and blame the card for constant crashing when simple with a different power draw, a settings for a stable overclock have changed.
Personally with 7970 vs 680gtx pricing, its a no contest, I think with the latest 7970 vs 7950 prices, I'd go with the 70 because the "higher" card despite not being an awful lot faster is often wanted more second hand and holds value better so ends up costing the same after both are sold.
The 670gtx is closer on price but further on performance, making it really not worth it either right now, but then the cheapest 7970's are likely overclocking limited as several are voltage locked now.
This is really why buying when new gen comes out is the best value, most generations you get a high quality AMD made pcb, voltage control, good overclocking and you get to use it the longest before the next gen comes out, you basically get the most value buying around a month after launch when you spot a great deal somewhere as some place usually screws up pricing(a non specialist store that finally starts stocking them is ideal
Today, I'd be waiting for the next gen cards, for either a good deal on next gen, or sale price on the current gen.
A couple months before the next gen launches is really the worst time to buy.
Care to share or explain how you know it as fact considering you don't know what Cpu there using?
There using the AMD 6 core processor.
Not saying your talking out of your hoop but "inside source" is widley used over the inter net.
BTW go the 7950/7970 the extra money saved could always go towards xfire when needed.
Now ATI are releasing good drivers ( at last) theres no reason to spend over the odds on team green.(no fan boi here either used to be a Nvidia user
Yes, but it's been quicker than the 680 for about 8 months now, since June, when the 12.7beta drivers appeared.
