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Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum vs GTX 680

The Asus 7970 top is 2x8 pin, so the Matrix Platinum should be too.

The 7970 trades blows with the 770 depending on the game, but overall is a bit faster, and of course has 3GB VRAM.
 
teppic said:
The Asus 7970 top is 2x8 pin, so the Matrix Platinum should be too.

The 7970 trades blows with the 770 depending on the game, but overall is a bit faster, and of course has 3GB VRAM.
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Not forgetting the superior games package. :p

What? :o Someone had to say it. :o :D
 
This is quite a good chart, based on recent drivers averaged across many recent games at max settings and at reference clocks:

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(The numbers are index points, not FPS)

This also shows why a 670 over a 7970 at current prices is plain stupid (especially as the 7970 is low clocked at 1GHz)
 
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This is at 1080p, but the 1440p is relevant to anyone else seeing it who might be looking at resolutions over 1080p (since the 2gb/256bit cards fall off quickly).

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You'd better ask OCUK to update their product page then ;).

Fag paper between the cards at 1080p then - I'd still recommend a 7970 over a 770 every day of the week but there's no clear winner for your average user.
 
Rusty0611 said:
You'd better ask OCUK to update their product page then ;).

Fag paper between the cards at 1080p then - I'd still recommend a 7970 over a 770 every day of the week but there's no clear winner for your average user.
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I think you mean 'Sorry for saying you were wrong without checking' :p

Not much between them, but of course that's only if you never go above 1080p, and you ignore the 1GB extra memory and overclock headroom of the 7970. Since the 7970 is much cheaper currently it's a nobrainer.
 
teppic said:
I think you mean 'Sorry for saying you were wrong without checking' :p

Not much between them, but of course that's only if you never go above 1080p, and you ignore the 1GB extra memory and overclock headroom of the 7970. Since the 7970 is much cheaper currently it's a nobrainer.
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Well you are wrong compared to OcUKs product listing. The picture could be anything: A matrix plat, an old revision of TOP... anything :). From memory I read somewhere that the 8+8 7970s actually functioned fine with a 6 to 8 converter anyway. I certainly wouldn't bother replacing an otherwise decent PSU for it when standard 7970s function fine with 6+8.

I re-read my original comment regarding 'all 7970s are 6+8' and what I was actually getting at but worded badly was that all 7970s are at least 6+8.

770 has considerable OC headroom as well.

Memory is unlilkely to make any difference unless the current curve of the relationship between GPU grunt and memory usage rises steeply before this generation of cards become completely redundant. The bus width though will and does make a minor difference at 1080p. The exception is multi-GPU users where two 770s at 1920x1080/2560x1440 are likely to have enough muscle to push acceptable frame rates at the higher level of settings which may cause 2GB to be exceeded.

I accept your point that the 7970 is the superior card and I completely agree and considering it's cheaper as well it makes perfect sense. There's just no need to overcook the differences between the cards (which I'm not saying you did). Some people prefer nVidia, some want PhysX, some want 3D vision... there are other factors so price/performance while being probably the most important, isn't the only consideration.

As I said, I didn't read anywhere that the OP was going above 1080p and in the spirit of keeping the thread on topic... :)
 
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Just got the matrix platinum and it is defiantly a 8+8. However, my psu is only 8+6 and you get a converter in the packaging. Works fine with that.
 
Kaapstad said:
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The matrix platinums are very fast and overclock well and will beat a GTX 680 in most things.
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Dude, please dont recommend a Matrix card. I had one, i ended up snapping it in half (Literally).

@OP. You just asked people to choose between crap and poop. Matrix cards are filled with problems, just believe me on this. If you want me to elaborate ask me to and i will. 680 are just slower in general, slower IPC, slower RAM bandwidth AND less RAM. Almost all optimizations will be made for AMD because they have both console contracts.

I suggest you find a reference 7970. They overclock just as well as a Matrix, dont buy the "More phases" BS.
 
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