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GTX580 -> HD7970 worthwhile?
- Thread starter bfar
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How's about for the upcoming games,bioshock infinity/grid 2/crysis 3 .I to have a gtx580 and want these to run at 60fps i know we dont know yet but if it takes the 7970 then i'll try to sell the gtx for £200 hopefully and £100 odd extra doesn't seem to bad a deal
Maybe Bioshock if it's any use, but I'd never put full price down on the other two.
Interesting comments, might have to wait till Q4 for something worthwhile.
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People are considering moving to titan at £800+ from a 7970/gtx680 for maybe a smaller boost so in this day and age i would say its worth it.
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Crysis-3-PC-235317/Tests/Crysis-3-Benchmark-Test-Grafikkarten-1056218/
In general expect a minimum 25% performance increase and even higher in many cases. New games such as Crysis 3 are ~30%+ faster on a 7970GE and since ALL HD 7970 will clock to GE speeds I would say it would be worth it for the newer games. The overclocking headroom on a HD 7970 is higher than a GTX 580 so the delta only widens with overclocking.
GTX 680 was claimed to be 30% faster than GTX 580 and HD 7970 GE is 10% faster than GTX 680, you do the maths
Of course it's never that simple but in general it should be a noticeable increase.
In general expect a minimum 25% performance increase and even higher in many cases. New games such as Crysis 3 are ~30%+ faster on a 7970GE and since ALL HD 7970 will clock to GE speeds I would say it would be worth it for the newer games. The overclocking headroom on a HD 7970 is higher than a GTX 580 so the delta only widens with overclocking.
GTX 680 was claimed to be 30% faster than GTX 580 and HD 7970 GE is 10% faster than GTX 680, you do the maths
Of course it's never that simple but in general it should be a noticeable increase.