7970 GHz 3GB vs GTX 670 4GB help me choose please !

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Whatever you do, don't treat it like a basketball game and assume that a few FPS points determines the winner. These cards are pretty close in performance, so look at other things like noise levels, build quality, unique technologies (PhysX anyone?), cost, etc. Look up some reviews.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/bioshock_infinite_graphics_performance_review_benchmark,6.html
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/03/20/tomb_raider_video_card_performance_iq_review/9#.UVdZoBPn-Uk
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/23.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/9.html


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/27.html...
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7970 Ghz Ed is something like 15% faster on average, and they are pretty close in price. Just make sure you don't buy a voltage locked, less overclocking potential, the Gigabyte one you are looking at is locked. If for whatever reason you decide to go with a 670 then make it the Asus one, its leaps and bounds quieter than anything else.

Also forget the 4GB 670, its far too much considering its speed. If a game is demanding 4GB then theres not a chance in hell a 670 will run it at a decent framerate. The 2GB model is fine.
 
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If a game is demanding 4GB then theres not a chance in hell a 670 will run it at a decent framerate. The 2GB model is fine.
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Skyrim favors Nvidia cards significantly. You also get to enable Ambient Occlusion, Transparency Supersampling, and Adaptive VSync with Nvidia drivers, which you can't on the 7970. There will be a 4GB GTX 680 coming out very soon. A review is posted below. The other possibility is a 4GB GTX 670, which will still be faster than a 7970 in Skyrim, but still within your budget range.
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Hi! Like others have suggested, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 card has better performance than the NVIDIA GTX 670, and is much cheaper too. With regards to the amount of video RAM, unless you are hooking up multi-monitors (and even then), the 1GB difference between the two will generally make VERY little difference.

Cheers!
 
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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa...

I'm running a OC'd 2GB 670 for Skyrim with near enough 50 mods. FPS is absolutely deadlocked at 60, you can't make it go below that unless you were to console command 500 NPC's or something like that. I run the game in 3D (which halves framerate) at a pretty solid 60FPS, funnily enough a 2 year old game isn't so hard to run anymore.

-There are mods on the Nexus that allow AO for AMD
-Adaptive Vsync is crap, and in this case doesn't even work since Skyrim needs Vsync on at all times or its physics engine messes up
-The information you are reading is clearly a year old, since they are talking about a 4GB 680 hitting soon. The 7970 as of late is alot faster
 
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Thanks cockybiscuit , I am close to going for Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card, Il just add that I will be running on a single 20"-24" 1080p monitor (not decided on one yet). Will give this thread a bit more time just in case.
 
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Gosh they perform so close to each other, I guess it comes down to if you prefer better OC or less power consumption & noise?
 
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This is a little known and visibly apparent difference between these two cards when playing Skyrim in particular. Nvidia allows you to force Ambient Occlusion through the Nvidia Control Panel. In the graphic below, Skyrim on an AMD card looks like the "AO: Off" screen.
http://www.geforce.com/optimize/guides/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide#19
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Maybe I should not be so fussy just downgrade to gtx 670 2gb save close to £100 for next generation upgrade. If not then the ATI card. Incredible how many times I have changed my mind today, I am very susceptible to being swayed =)
 
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Whatever you do, don't treat it like a basketball game and assume that a few FPS points determines the winner. These cards are pretty close in performance, so look at other things like noise levels, build quality, unique technologies (PhysX anyone?), cost, etc. Look up some reviews.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/bioshock_infinite_graphics_performance_review_benchmark,6.html
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/03/20/tomb_raider_video_card_performance_iq_review/9#.UVdZoBPn-Uk
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/23.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/9.html


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/27.html
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http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan/29.html
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whats the mod called
I have a 7970ghz, and I would love to have AO
 
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The 670 FTW hands down kills the 7970 on every level, in every game. If you want to win at 3dmark Firestrike then get 7970, but that is the only situation where the 7970 is still a winner.
 
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