SINGLE GTX 580 3GB VS SINGLE 7970 3GB REVIEW BY OcUK

Locky · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:44

buchtis said:
I'll try and put this politely.

The 7XXX series cards are currently pooping all over NVidias best cards. FPS could improve with future driver releases.

Shock as current gen is faster than old gen, this card should not be competing with the 5series nvidia cards unless ATI have something installed for Nvidia next gen.

it's faster in benchmarks, not so much in games - that people play, see for yourself.

before anyone calls it I'm not a fanboi I would buy three of these cards if they was cheaper.

jonnylaris · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:44

Yes buchtis you are right.

The 7970's which are brand NEW, is "pooping" over a card that is over a year old.

Broken Hope · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:46

Dread to think how much it will cost, but a 1335MHz factory overclocked card should fly.

flopper · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:49

jonnylaris said:
Yes buchtis you are right.

The 7970's which are brand NEW, is "pooping" over a card that is over a year old.

The increase with gcn should improve with better drivers even though I dont expect much.

However, 1300mhz OC watercooled, we are talking serious fun

Threepwood · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:50

Also we fail to see one thing, we sell both cards, have both cards in stock, we also want you to be buying 580 GB's as well.

Will we see a price drop on the 580's if they are both the same price but the AMD card prooves to be the better card?

Gibbo · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:55

shadesofgrey said:
Will we see a price drop on the 580's if they are both the same price but the AMD card prooves to be the better card?

Upto NVIDIA.

Were selling plenty of 580's, sold 21 units today, which is pretty good as its a Friday and most people are drunk in pubs I suspect.

The 580 still flies of the shelf, if everyone else has similar sales and they remain un-changed when 7970 is out NVIDIA probably won't touch price and will milk the last of the 580's until Keplar comes along.

dwskillz · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:55

Might be a slight drop but not much

buchtis · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:57

Locky said:
before anyone calls it I'm not a fanboi I would buy three of these cards if they was cheaper.

FANBOI.

Threepwood · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:07

Gibbo said:
Upto NVIDIA.

Thanks

So it's a game of wait and see then.

I shudder to think how much money you guys turn over, succsessful buisness model or what!

I'm guessing you're the type of buisness who haven't been touched that badly by the recession etc? My mums Tea rooms has also remained untouched, in fact buisness has gone through the roof... I'm thinking people can't afford to drive as far as they used to and are now utilising local buisnesses more. Maybe the same with you? Why go out to the shops when you can stay in, save money and order online!

Cleeecooo · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:19

it would be interesting to see how they perform watercooled ...

Gibbo · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:20

Cleeecooo said:
it would be interesting to see how they perform watercooled ...

No different, I need the new AMD GPU Clock tool before we go there, which I can't find.

regulator86 · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:32

I think OcUk could use ever cpu/memory/chipset configuration in the world to test these two gpu's and people on here would still moan.

Locky · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:35

buchtis said:
FANBOI.

Idiot

TROLL. :rolleyes:

Belper Derbyshire interesting.

Shayper · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:40

Gibbo you could buy my 580 off of me to test, I can get 1ghz on the core

buchtis · 30 Dec 2011 at 18:16

Locky said:
Idiot

TROLL.

Belper Derbyshire interesting.

Haha calm down, I was only joking.

Threepwood · 30 Dec 2011 at 18:48

^^ It's only a commercial dear

Yamahahahahaha · 30 Dec 2011 at 18:51

Broken Hope said:
BIG PICTURE

Do I spy a 2304 shader card...?

Perhaps it's a typo. Yes, it's definitely a typo...

That's TOTALLY not the sort of thing you would hold in reserve for Kepler's arrival...

Shayper · 30 Dec 2011 at 19:01

Yamahahahahaha said:
Do I spy a 2304 shader card...?

Perhaps it's a typo. Yes, it's definitely a typo...

That's TOTALLY not the sort of thing you would hold in reserve for Kepler's arrival...

Good spot

Hmm, that thing overclocked could tank. Hard

topdog555 · 30 Dec 2011 at 19:56

Gibbo said:
No different, I need the new AMD GPU Clock tool before we go there, which I can't find.

You need Afterburner 1.6.0.beta 6 it's the only Afterburner that has higher limits than CCC

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Afterburner-1.6.0-Beta-6-download-2559.html

Thanks for running these benchmarks, it's one amazing card
I will be getting one of these as I sold my GTX580 Lightning before Christmas

Broken Hope · 30 Dec 2011 at 20:06

Since OcUK hasn't posted any pictures, I'm guessing the 7950 isn't going to make Jan 9th?

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