Worth upgrading from (used) 7970 to (used) 680?

yannis76 · 1 Jun 2013 at 13:55

Hi,

Now that the market is flooded with used 680 at around 300-350€, Ι am tempted to try the green camp for a while...I currently have a 7970 DC2 TOP and playing at 1080p. To be honest all games play fine, just wanted to see the green side and the physx effects.

pgi947 · 1 Jun 2013 at 14:02

I'd do some research into what games you play actually use physx and if its something you'd enjoy seeing before selling up and moving over.

yannis76 · 1 Jun 2013 at 14:07

I played Mafia2 and really liked them, but that was the only one...
I find Borderlands2 quite boring

IvanDobskey · 1 Jun 2013 at 14:55

Not worth the money and effort really as they are similarly performing cards. Stick with what you have.

Jono8 · 1 Jun 2013 at 15:04

Don't see much point as they are similar performing cards.

Gregster · 1 Jun 2013 at 15:21

That would be a silly swap. PhysX effects look great in some PhysX titles but they are so few and far between, it wouldn't warrant the hassle.

MaximusV · 1 Jun 2013 at 15:34

Backwards.

Drangueos · 1 Jun 2013 at 15:44

It is not an upgrade, it is a side grade.
You get physx but you lose 1gb of ram.

tribz · 1 Jun 2013 at 16:22

I've had both and I dont think you'll see any difference, I'd stick with what you've got.

ArchAndroid · 1 Jun 2013 at 16:36

Only if you are going to be making a lot of use of PhsyX/CUDA games and applications. 7970 is fundamentally a stronger card, it just took AMD a few months to harness the additional power that had been dormant in the 7970.

se_vietboi · 1 Jun 2013 at 16:51

Don't do it OP.

Kaapstad · 1 Jun 2013 at 16:56

Stick with the HD 7970

Even if you switched you would probably want two cards (one dedicated to physics).

fishingcat · 1 Jun 2013 at 16:56

That's not an upgrade OP, it's a downgrade. Stick with your HD 7970.

yannis76 · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:50

tribz said:
I've had both and I dont think you'll see any difference, I'd stick with what you've got.

I am really interested in your experiences from both. Are the drivers that much better in the green camp? Is the gameplay smoother?

Right now I am playing a bit of Metro LL and at 1080p full detail (no physx) game is smooth but not perfect. Also Fifa13 while it used to play great at 1080p full, now the new drivers are so-so.

yannis76 · 2 Jun 2013 at 14:01

Guys,

the card I am talking about is the ASUS GTX680 DirectCU II TOP Edition 1201MHz...

Jay85 · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:28

You can overclock your 7970 to similar speeds and still get the same performance. Stick with what you have and wait for the release of the 8000 series cards. Hopefully will be cheaper than the nvidia cards on release.

WeedRamen · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:37

I seem to recall a video where the guy stated you can run Physx on the cpu even if you have an amd card?

apologies if I'm wrong.

yannis76 · 2 Jun 2013 at 16:51

WeedRamen said:
I seem to recall a video where the guy stated you can run Physx on the cpu even if you have an amd card?

apologies if I'm wrong.

Of course you still can run them on the CPU, but they are quite slow.

humbug · 2 Jun 2013 at 17:06

yannis76 said:
Of course you still can run them on the CPU, but they are quite slow.

Right, Nvidia PhysX games have PhysX even if your not running an Nvidia GPU, but its cut down PhysX and slow on the CPU.

If you really want full PhysX then go for it, if its not that important to you then stick with what you have, 7970 to GTX 680 is not an upgrade, at best its a side grade.

AMD's new GPU's are also not a million miles away.

Cool Breeze · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:30

If you want physx, just keep the 7970 and buy a GT 630/640 and run hybrid physx

Google hybridz will work on the titles you mentioned no issue. Only brand new games it doesn't work yet.