GTX 680 SLI (DC2) > 7970 Matrix XFIRE

[littlepuppy]

Hi guys...

Dilemma time...

Such a good offer today... Here is the dilemma, although I dont consider myself green or red, i probably do favour Red as I have only ever had one realy issue with drivers and it was AMD not Nvidia......

However, the matrix looks like a superb card, I can Xfire them like I have currently and give them space to breathe and im sooo tempted...

Reason being, 3GB vram and probably an overall slightly faster solution and future mantle support (something I had not really considered till now)

totally happy with current GPU's nice and quiet and no issues...

Im also a bit of a noise freak, are these noiser than 680 OC with DC2? some people seem to say they can be noisy.. I would not be OCing them at all, so they would be running at their stock settings..

Financially im thinking I could shift my cards for circa 180 - 200 with postage and after selling the games with the new ones, changing would not really cost me anything..

So is it worth doing?!

Thanks in advance!

LP

 

[Stas823]

Nah wait for 290 or better still 20nm gpus

 

[littlepuppy]

Any more comment chaps, particularly interested in the noise generated by the matrix, how loud is it at "stock"?

 

[arc@css]

Any more comment chaps, particularly interested in the noise generated by the matrix, how loud is it at "stock"?

I am also interested to find out how loud it is.

 

[littlepuppy]

Ive read some reviews that say, its pretty much silent, others say it gets noisy, if it gets noisy running furmark im not bothered but if it gets noisy in game, then that would be an issue... Im also not sure sometimes on these reviews if they have the card under additional overclock when they say its getting noisy...

 

[whyscotty]

Any more comment chaps, particularly interested in the noise generated by the matrix, how loud is it at "stock"?

I am also interested to find out how loud it is.

When I had mine I found it very quiet, even with the fans at 100%.

hope this helps

 

[LtMatt]

Sounds like a solid card to me. It a shame its a three slotter as it sounds like an ideal crossfire card in terms of performance, heat and sound. Assuming you have a good side exhaust fan setup.

 

[almighty15]

Personally I would move to the 7970's....

 

[arc@css]

When I had mine I found it very quiet, even with the fans at 100%.

hope this helps

Thanks.

 

[littlepuppy]

Personally I would move to the 7970's....

Seriously tempted, im aware its in a lot of ways a "sidegrade" move but I also cant help thinking that in 12 months time the matrix will still be rocking and there may well be no vram issues with 2gb, but with 7970, i just wont care either way... hmmmm

 

[littlepuppy]

Cheers for the posts guys, took the plunge and ordered 2!

 

[nicnik]

I really would at least wait for pricing of r290.... (not x).