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7970 vs 680 thread.

ALXAndy

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O.K. So it's handbags time.

Please note. This thread was not posted for people to argue in. Scores are what are wanted, put your benchmarks where your mouth is !

Davebeast. Please post your results here again. That way other threads can stay clean :)
 
my 680 will be here tomoz so im gunna run some games today with my 7970 then tomoz put the 680 in and see what difference there is with fraps ect
 
ALXAndy said:
O.K. So it's handbags time.

Please note. This thread was not posted for people to argue in. Scores are what are wanted, put your benchmarks where your mouth is !

Davebeast. Please post your results here again. That way other threads can stay clean :)
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Maybe use Heaven as the benchmark and choose the parameters (res, AA etc). That way, the benchmarks will be against the same settings.
 
Since the 680 seems to be using some kind of speedboost as default I only think it is fair to have both cards running max overclocks for a fair comparison. I've read a few of the reviews that have gone up and they seem to forget that the 7970 overclocks very well and the 680 is already overclocking.
 
Can we not use Heaven as the test. I can't speak for most people but I don't spend much time playing that particular title.

Say 1920*1080 as that will be the most common resolution available to people, high levels of AA/AF and then let people bench real games, as surely that is what we are really interested in, as to be honest I don't even bother reading the heaven and 3Dmark sections in reviews as the results are meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

So 7870 and 680 owners, max your over clocks and give us e info we really want to see.
 
rob77 said:
Since the 680 seems to be using some kind of speedboost as default I only think it is fair to have both cards running max overclocks for a fair comparison. I've read a few of the reviews that have gone up and they seem to forget that the 7970 overclocks very well and the 680 is already overclocking.
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That was the general idea Rob yes :)

I would, but I have an I7 950 at stock. This is going to need the guys with the heavily overclocked Sandys.

Edit. Layte - the idea is to run everything and then we can put together our own results mate.
 
Jas1222 said:
More I think about it I can also do Metro, SC2, Portal 2, Civilization V. Skryim and Arkham City. Might just stick with BF3 and Crysis though :P
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Portal 2 IMO is irrelevant. It uses a years old engine so doesn't really tax anything on a GPU.

Skyrim is also not the world's most taxing engine, but it will be interesting to see what figures come up :) Especially when we know the clock speeds, so guys please be sure to be running Afterburner and give us the maximum clock speeds from there.
 
ALXAndy said:
Portal 2 IMO is irrelevant. It uses a years old engine so doesn't really tax anything on a GPU.

Skyrim is also not the world's most taxing engine, but it will be interesting to see what figures come up :) Especially when we know the clock speeds, so guys please be sure to be running Afterburner and give us the maximum clock speeds from there.
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Skyrim would be interesting if people started to use some of the more VRAM intensive mods.

kd
 
Interesting, in Surround tests the 2GB limit doesn't seem to be hurting the 680, even in games with high-res texture packs:










 
jonathanmyers said:
I have a 7970 and was thinking of changing to a 680 . Are they much faster and why is the 680 only 2gb . Do you think its worth changing .
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Mate hold onto your 7970. You have already spent big amount on the card. There is a thread 7970 vs 680 where ocuk users will be posting their results. I am sure overall there won't be big difference between the two cards.

Edit: Lol this is the 7970 vs 680 thread :p
 
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