Geforce GTX 760 1080P Performance Review (LinusTechTips)

Boomstick777 · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:40

Minstadave · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:42

Very variable reviews around when you compare the 760 and the 7950.

The 7950 crushes it in the slides above, however other reviews show it the other way round.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7103/nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-review/18

LtMatt · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:48

Minstadave said:
Very variable reviews around when you compare the 760 and the 7950.

The 7950 crushes it in the slides above, however other reviews show it the other way round.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7103/nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-review/18

Linus overclock the gpu's using light overclocks. Paid review sites run their 7950's at 880/1250. Once you clock the 7950 its a match for the 770, never mind a 760.

Another thing you will often notice with review sites is disabling settings or graphical options in game to make performance look better on the product being reviewed. The good thing with Linus is he doesn't appear to be biased to either side in anyway.

Boomstick777 · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:59

LtMatt said:
The good thing with Linus is he doesn't appear to be biased to either side in anyway.

Agreed, hard to find an unbiased review these days. A lot of the big review sites getting a kickback in some form or other, Linus is decent, as is that guy that likes the heavy metal music lol.

Just from the spec you can see the 7950 is going to beat the 760, I'm actually surprised the 760 beats the 660ti considering how fewer cuda cores. the extra rop's and memory bus / overclock seem to make up the difference. The HD 7950 def remains the bang for buck card to get. Wish AMD would release some competition for the 780 and Titan though.. Time for some new cards / competition..

layte · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:11

Any reason this warrants it's own thread seeing as a 760 benchmark thread already exists.

I mean beyond the fact it goes against the general grain of existing reviews and therefore makes one set of tedious fanboys happy.

Boomstick777 · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:16

layte said:
Any reason this warrants it's own thread seeing as a 760 benchmark thread already exists.

I mean beyond the fact it goes against the general grain of existing reviews and therefore makes one set of tedious fanboys happy.

I'm not sure their is anyone here at OCUK that would consider themselves a fanboy of midrange cards? So your implication is a bit odd..

Surely it's beneficial to have a whole view of a cards performance. Are you saying that Linus's reviews don't count?

I don't have bias either way, but base my purchases on value, thought the thread would benefit those who are thinking of buying one of these..

layte · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:24

Boomstick777 said:
I'm not sure their is anyone here at OCUK that would consider themselves a fanboy of midrange cards? So your implication is a bit odd..

Oh come on now.. you know as well as I do that there are a core bunch of dullards here who will argue red vs. green no matter what.

Boomstick777 said:
Surely it's beneficial to have a whole view of a cards performance. Are you saying that Linus's reviews don't count?

Not at all, I just wonder why a review that seems to go against the grain warrants it own thread? Surely it would be better in the main review thread, where it can be better compared with other reviews and reviewer methodology.

Boomstick777 said:
I don't have bias either way, but base my purchases on value, thought the thread would benefit those who are thinking of buying one of these..

Fair enough. I'm just sick and tired with a core group of clowns (not you) who have pretty much ruined this forum with their constant bickering, in EVERY SINGLE GOD DAMN THREAD. Every time, the same, over and over again.

.. and breathe

bru · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:34

So if I'm reading the overclock table correctly (which I'm probably not

) they have clocked the 7950 core by 200mhz and the memory by 225mhz, and the 760 core by 100mhz and the memory by 100mhz.
It helps to explain why these results are vastly different to all of the other reviews I have read.

Minstadave · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:37

bru said:
So if I'm reading the overclock table correctly (which I'm probably not) they have clocked the 7950 core by 200mhz and the memory by 225mhz, and the 760 core by 100mhz and the memory by 100mhz.
It helps to explain why these results are vastly different to all of the other reviews I have read.

This makes the review pretty pointless.

LtMatt · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:47

layte said:
I mean beyond the fact it goes against the general grain of existing reviews and therefore makes one set of tedious fanboys happy.

layte said:
Oh come on now.. you know as well as I do that there are a core bunch of dullards here

layte said:
Fair enough. I'm just sick and tired with a core group of clowns (not you) who have pretty much ruined this forum with their constant bickering, in EVERY SINGLE GOD DAMN THREAD. Every time, the same, over and over again.

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bru said:
So if I'm reading the overclock table correctly (which I'm probably not) they have clocked the 7950 core by 200mhz and the memory by 225mhz, and the 760 core by 100mhz and the memory by 100mhz.
It helps to explain why these results are vastly different to all of the other reviews I have read.

I think you might find 760 a bit overclock limited due to lack of voltage control and the fact its not using the new 1750 mhz memory IC modules as seen on the 770. Not to mention the fact its a 670 but with a core clock increase so unless its hard a large voltage bump i can't see the overclock limits increasing much.

Minstadave said:
This makes the review pretty pointless.

Linus does a typically average overclock only on the cards so its something every user can obtain relatively easily. For example his 7970 is only at 1100/1575 which is nothing at all.

Minstadave · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:50

If you want to compare cards, compare them at stock and max overclock.

Picking a random overclock, mild or not, introduces too much bias. The OC on the 7950 is twice that of the 760.

banjoted · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:53

Boomstick777 said:
Agreed, hard to find an unbiased review these days. A lot of the big review sites getting a kickback in some form or other, Linus is decent, as is that guy that likes the heavy metal music lol.

Just from the spec you can see the 7950 is going to beat the 760, I'm actually surprised the 760 beats the 660ti considering how fewer cuda cores. the extra rop's and memory bus / overclock seem to make up the difference. The HD 7950 def remains the bang for buck card to get. Wish AMD would release some competition for the 780 and Titan though.. Time for some new cards / competition..

I work in publishing and, although I don't work specifically in the PC tech sector, I'd be astonished if it's true. In video games (that's my area) the common belief is that this sort of thing happens all the time and the reality is that's just not true.

Deceptor · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:54

Minstadave said:
If you want to compare cards, compare them at stock and max overclock.

Picking a random overclock, mild or not, introduces too much bias. The OC on the 7950 is twice that of the 760.

Problem with "max" is it can go either way depending on the card you've got, not saying mild is a better alternative but it's more of a real-world result.

Comparing at stock is important though because no OC is guaranteed

oweneades · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:54

Minstadave said:
If you want to compare cards, compare them at stock and max overclock.

Picking a random overclock, mild or not, introduces too much bias. The OC on the 7950 is twice that of the 760.

Especially when the graphs don't actually state the cards are overclocked.

LtMatt · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:54

Minstadave said:
If you want to compare cards, compare them at stock and max overclock.

Picking a random overclock, mild or not, introduces too much bias. The OC on the 7950 is twice that of the 760.

Good luck finding a 760 that will overclock anywhere near the level a Tahiti card will with full voltage control on the core and the memory. You've got two chances. Fat chance and no chance.

layte · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:59

LtMatt said:
http://i.imgur.com/FIeIpeA.jpg

What are you saying here? You're gay? I'm gay? Gay is in some way an insult?

Actually, is this a come on? Something from the private collection perhaps. A bit of internet argy bargy is your thing? Well I'll say I'm flattered, but at least cough up for dinner first chap.

LtMatt · 26 Jun 2013 at 22:04

layte said:
What are you saying here? You're gay? I'm gay? Gay is in some way an insult?

Actually, is this a come on? Something from the private collection perhaps. A bit of internet argy bargy is your thing? Well I'll say I'm flattered, but at least cough up for dinner first chap.

Sorry the image just cracked me up and seeing your pot kettle black rant it seemed approapriate. Just joking of course.

RavenXXX2 · 26 Jun 2013 at 22:04

EVGA at techpowerup kicking the 7970Ghz to the kerb. :eek:

bru · 26 Jun 2013 at 22:06

LtMatt said:
I think you might find 760 a bit overclock limited due to lack of voltage control and the fact its not using the new 1750 mhz memory IC modules as seen on the 770. Not to mention the fact its a 670 but with a core clock increase so unless its hard a large voltage bump i can't see the overclock limits increasing much.

I understand what your saying, but I cannot help but notice that linus is using an extra 20% power on the 7950 but only 6% extra on the 760 when the 760 can allow up to 15% extra power.

LtMatt · 26 Jun 2013 at 22:12

bru said:
I understand what your saying, but I cannot help but notice that linus is using an extra 20% power on the 7950 but only 6% extra on the 760 when the 760 can allow up to 15% extra power.

Hover over and click the 760 core overclock box/graph and it says "110 worked but power limit tweaked on and off". So i guess there was either a driver issue or the card wouldn't overclock further maybe. :confused: