Hey guys,
I am about to buy a new PC and I was wondering if you could help me with my decision.
I cann't make a choice between the 780 or 7970. There is a big money difference 50% more up from the 7970 to the 780. But, it is about 20-25% faster, it has CUDA and PhysX, which I would use for blender and the physX in metro last light looks just fabulous.
Here would be my PC specs.:
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - Intel Z77
Intel Core i7-3770K ( I put this there, just to get the price about right, I would get the new Haswell, 4770k)
GELID Solution Tranquillo - rev. 2
Seasonic M12II-620 620W
CoolerMaster HAF 912 PLUS, black
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600
BenQ GW2750HM
I skipped references as mouse, keyboard...
ASUS HD7970-DC2T-3GD5 or GV-N780D5-3GD-B
The ASUS would be for 347 pounds + 13pounds (the cable DP>HDMI) = 360 pounds for the whole where the gigabyte would be 520 pound (no need of a cable).
So, there is a 160 pounds difference, what would you recommend?
Is it worth it? Have you got any experience with the ASUS, I've read and seen a few videos, where the AMD has some artefacting and also, the ASUS is Voltage locked, so I wouldn't be able to get the max out of it as I can from the 780 which is a good OC.
The Nvidia has just better drivers (not much, but it is nearly flawless), but it is also more expensive than AMD. First I thought that I might get another 780 in 5 years time for an SLI, but I think, that the 780 after 3 years would be old and not selling or selling still for a high price that I won't be able to afford.
Fire away
I am about to buy a new PC and I was wondering if you could help me with my decision.
I cann't make a choice between the 780 or 7970. There is a big money difference 50% more up from the 7970 to the 780. But, it is about 20-25% faster, it has CUDA and PhysX, which I would use for blender and the physX in metro last light looks just fabulous.
Here would be my PC specs.:
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - Intel Z77
Intel Core i7-3770K ( I put this there, just to get the price about right, I would get the new Haswell, 4770k)
GELID Solution Tranquillo - rev. 2
Seasonic M12II-620 620W
CoolerMaster HAF 912 PLUS, black
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600
BenQ GW2750HM
I skipped references as mouse, keyboard...
ASUS HD7970-DC2T-3GD5 or GV-N780D5-3GD-B
The ASUS would be for 347 pounds + 13pounds (the cable DP>HDMI) = 360 pounds for the whole where the gigabyte would be 520 pound (no need of a cable).
So, there is a 160 pounds difference, what would you recommend?
Is it worth it? Have you got any experience with the ASUS, I've read and seen a few videos, where the AMD has some artefacting and also, the ASUS is Voltage locked, so I wouldn't be able to get the max out of it as I can from the 780 which is a good OC.
The Nvidia has just better drivers (not much, but it is nearly flawless), but it is also more expensive than AMD. First I thought that I might get another 780 in 5 years time for an SLI, but I think, that the 780 after 3 years would be old and not selling or selling still for a high price that I won't be able to afford.
Fire away
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