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770 or 7970?

Ripjaw

Ripjaw

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I know this has more than likely been done before and i know there will be bound to be arguements but please keep them to a minimum i cba with fan boys getting emotional. I want answers from people who know there stuff and can get there point across without being argumentative.

I would like to know out of the TWO what is better? Im not interested in the 7950 before anyone mentions that card and with regards the chosen cards there the two i like the look of.

So to bussiness YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 Phantom 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
Total : £752.88 (includes shipping : £10.75).



Im leaning twards the 770 beacuase you always hear the old intel loves nvidia more thing, but tbh i think the 7970 looks beasty as hell! running with an i5 4670k

Thanks muchly
 
I was in a similar predicament but from what I read on here and on various forums, the 7970's the 'overclockers choice'. 770 seems to be better stock and can be overclocked but you can get more from the 7970.
 
thanks for the responces, i did love the idea of the lightening cards untill i read all the bad press and reviews on the amd version, is that sorted now? The cards seems fairly close from what little benchmarks i've seen but in the same respects sometimes one pulls away from the other on certain things, its driving me mad lol. The only thing i can think more of nVidea is for the physx and man do i love it! Not many games use it but it set to max on borderlands 2 looks awsome, i know you can still do it with amd but it puts a fair wack more strain on the cpu that way.
 
spoffle said:
That aside, with all things being equal, it makes no sense to go for a 2GB 256bit bus card over a 3GB 384 bit bus card when GPU performance is similar.
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Without wanting to start the age old row over actuall gb usage from what i understand at 1080p on a single monitor setup i wont actually gain anything from having 3gb no game uses that much........yet
 
Just been looking up on that lightening it seems pretty damn good think i'l get that one. @retro for single monitor gaming do you think i'll ever need to go down the sli route? probs pointless right?
 
Ripjaw said:
Just been looking up on that lightening it seems pretty damn good think i'l get that one. @retro for single monitor gaming do you think i'll ever need to go down the sli route? probs pointless right?
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This card flys in SLI on my monitor. You'll be fine with 1 770, but SLI is silly fast:D
 
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Ripjaw said:
Without wanting to start the age old row over actuall gb usage from what i understand at 1080p on a single monitor setup i wont actually gain anything from having 3gb no game uses that much........yet
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This is correct, no one knows what's around the corner and spoffle's words should be taken on board.

I can't see 2gb being a limiting factor for a while :)

My choice would be 770 Lightning if buying now to use @ 1080,

but I'm bias as I have the Lightning :D
 
whyscotty said:
This is correct, no one knows what's around the corner and spoffle's words should be taken on board.

I can't see 2gb being a limiting factor for a while :)

My choice would be 770 Lightning if buying now to use @ 1080,

but I'm bias as I have the Lightning :D
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The 7970 Lightning was on offer until today - I would have said that. The Matrix is good too.

770 Lightning reviews will put it ahead of a stock 7970. Overclocked they'd perform similarly, but the 7970 has all the free games and the extra memory (which nobody can say for certain won't be a lot more relevant in a year).
 
Ripjaw said:
Without wanting to start the age old row over actuall gb usage from what i understand at 1080p on a single monitor setup i wont actually gain anything from having 3gb no game uses that much........yet
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The bigger issue now is memory bandwidth over VRAM quantity.

However VRAM quantity will become an issue at some point. I really can't get my head around why some one would choose a card with 2GB RAM and a 256bit memory bus over a card with 3GB RAM and a 384bit bus that comes with 8 games and has higher overclocking headroom for similar prices.

The reason memory bandwidth is an issue is because settings like AA make a lot of use of memory bandwidth, so kepler cards have a greater fall off of performance than others.

For example, with newer games coming out, you will have to sacrifice AA more often with a GTX770 than you would with a 7970.
 
whyscotty said:
This is correct, no one knows what's around the corner and spoffle's words should be taken on board.

I can't see 2gb being a limiting factor for a while :)

My choice would be 770 Lightning if buying now to use @ 1080,

but I'm bias as I have the Lightning :D
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It can be a limiting factor if you want to mod the arse off SKYRIM.

:)
 
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