7970 vs 680 thread.

[TheRealDeal]

I cant be bothered to go look at some reviews but most reviews use 4xaa and i have noticed that the gtx680 seems to suffer more when aa is used comparing to the 7970. I would need to look more into it but from the few reviews i looked at the gtx680 definately took a bigger hit going from no aa to 4xaa. Maybe 8xaa takes an even bigger hit when comparing to the 7970. It needs more looking into and i am not saying this is fact.

 

[ALXAndy]

Doubt either 680 or 7970 owners are disappointed with their purchase apart from maybe high costs.

The way the 680 is overclocked seems a bit awkward though or have I read it incorrectly?
I have a 7950 which is just easy to OC so that's what I'm comparing to (the OC method I mean).

If I had to choose between the two atm the cost would perhaps swing the decision in the favour of green, but I still like how easy it is to OC the current AMD cards though

It is awkward IMO yes. However, I'm sure with a bit of tinkering it will be just as easy as anything before

Took me quite a while to get my head around overclocking a I7 950 when I came from a 940 BE. That thing was simple. Up the volts, up the clocks. Not quite as clear cut on 1366. Ram speed and all sorts of other things come into the equation.

 

[ALXAndy]

I cant be bothered to go look at some reviews but most reviews use 4xaa and i have noticed that the gtx680 seems to suffer more when aa is used comparing to the 7970. I would need to look more into it but from the few reviews i looked at the gtx680 definately took a bigger hit going from no aa to 4xaa. Maybe 8xaa takes an even bigger hit when comparing to the 7970. It needs more looking into and i am not saying this is fact.

But it was OK when the GTX 480 took a clear lead over the 5870 when AA was applied?

TBH mate that was the only thing the 480 was better at. Lots of AA.

So if it was important then it's important now.

The GTX 680 is a fantastic card. IMO (leaving price aside) what they have done with a mid ranged part is nothing short of phenomenal. It really is quite amazing. However, cracks are going to appear in time. It is, at the end of the day, a cheaper card to make than the 7970. This was pointed out in a review and it does make sense. The 7970 uses heftier power delivery and components and higher quality ones as it does need them.

I did say it before, but I read a very interesting article about how Southern Islands was, to all intent and purpose, Fermi. It gets too hot and the clocks should be able to go much higher given that it is a high end attempt. AMD are struggling with it in the same way Nvidia struggled with Fermi. No doubt they will revise it though.

 

[RavenXXX2]

A more detailed and comprehensive review. 8XAA performance looks fine beating out the 7970 in the majority of games even when both are clocked, not by much but still a win is a win.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680_14.html#sect0

 

[Boomstick777]

Is there a clear winner?

We're pretty sure that most (sanctioned) reviews that you'll read on the Internet today will unashamely proclaim that the GTX 680 is the best single card around, but the truth is most users who buy these cards are going to overclock their cards to the limit and then both Nvidia and AMD flagships are going to trade wins at the top. The lackluster compute performance and inferior memory bandwidth will hurt the GTX 680 in multi-screen, maxed out image quality, high end gaming.

Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/asus-gt...w-win-some-lose-some/15322.html#ixzz1pzMYu3AS

 

[Redemption80]

2009 called, it would like it's games back

 

[Boomstick777]

Is there a clear winner?

 

[jeff6475]

looks like its a 7970 the clear winner blowing the 680 out the water,ill order 2 and go CF thanks for that boomstick

 

[Boomstick777]

Order whichever brand you prefer mate, the cards perform virtually the same

There is no clear winner lol.

 

[Redemption80]

Depends how much you play BF3, i didn't like the SP, and i find MP boring, but i know people upgraded from a 580 to a 7970 to play it, so it wouldn't surprise me if someone was crazy enough to change to a GTX680 based on that believing that he would get an extra 15fps in BF3.

52-67fps is pretty noticeable though, though they need to get a new SLI profile as that is god awful scaling.

 

[jeff6475]

but almost 20 fps in AvP and over 20 fps in left4dead (Overclocked) the 7970 kicks ass

 

[Redemption80]

If all you play is AVP and Left4Dead2 then go for it.

 

[Woden]

Is there a clear winner?

Did you just edit your post to remove the graph that show single 680 beating single 7970?

 

[bhavv]

In many other games the GTX680 will have the lead.

Purposely cherry picking graphs which favor AMD is rather misleading.

 

[BobbyUK]

Are non reference cards better?

 

[jeff6475]

i only play pac-man and sometime space invaders,but i like too keep up and have the best around just incase i need it

 

[bhavv]

Are non reference cards better?

They almost always are, but there aren't any yet.

 

[Woden]

i only play pac-man and sometime space invaders,but i like too keep up and have the best around just incase i need it

Then you need at least 4 7970s tbh, overclocked by over 9000! Ghz

 

[Redemption80]

Did you just edit your post to remove the graph that show single 680 beating single 7970?

lol i was thinking that too.

Looks like he eyeballed and thought that is a good one due to the broken SLI scaling and missed the fact the 680 was 15fps (30%) faster than a 7970 with a single card at 1080p.

 

[jeff6475]

Then you need at least 4 7970s tbh, overclocked by over 9000! Ghz

will that then be as good as a 680 ?