lt_dan_zsu :
GOM3RPLY3R :
lt_dan_zsu :
The 7970ghz is stronger than the 680 by a small margin. 670's in sli would kill a single 7970ghz. That would be about the power of a 690. The titan may be the only card out there that will be able to max out bf4 at 60 fps.
A little bit false there if I may add. A single GTX 670 if overclocked can run BF3 on absolute max settings on one screen in 1080p at 60 Frames. One 680 can get up to 80, and the titan can do about 90-100. If you run Two GTX 680 4GB GC editions stock in SLI, they hit 120 steadily on one screen, and if overclocked, it can achieve anywhere from 160-180 frames. ^_^ The 7970 isn't as good with BF3 as the GTXs but can go head to head and probably beat the 670, but wont be better than two 660 ti's in the least.
I was talking about bf4, not bf3. I can max it out easily at 60+fps online with my 7950. Also, your info is outdated, look at any new benchmark, like the titan review, and you will see the 7970 ahead of the 680.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-performance-review,3442-3.html
It's not a big margin by any means, but it is still cheaper and costs less.
Yeah, there's not a big margin, keep that in mind while I tell you this.
I'm really only going to accept that benchmark if you can show me what the specs of the PC or board they used are, but for now, I'll use it as reference.
On average, the 7970 beat the REFERENCE GTX 680 by about 2%-3%. That is very small. Also keep in mind, AMD GPUs mostly only work better with AMD and Nvidia does the same with Intel. Furthermore, you also have to keep in mind that it was a GTX 680 REFERENCE Card, and a Ghz Edition 7970. The reference 680 is the lowest it gets, and you can go one step lower with the 7970. There are better GTX 680s out there. Find me one where the 7970 beats the GTX 680 GC edition, then I'll think about it. And still, the 680 and higher ups are much better. In the case of the bench you just showed me, I would go with a 690 and for what it just did on BF3. Also, I am getting a GTX 680 4GB GC edition with dual 100mm fans from Galaxy, for $510 each, which matched with the average 7970, is only about $50 more.
By the way, BF4 didn't come out yet, and there aren't any benches also, so how can you indefinitely at this point in time prove that the 7970 is better with BF4?