Gigabyte GTX 680 SOC, Asus HD 7970 or Gigabyte GTX 770?

SamGriffiths · Jun 24, 2013

Hey, I'm looking for some benchmarks to see what's a faster card, I can get both the Asus HD 7970 DCII, the Gigabyte Super Overclocked GTX 680 and the Gigabyte GTX 770 Windforce x3 for the same price, which is faster?

ksham · Jun 24, 2013

If you were to overclock the HD 7970, it is a very good card. Bundled with the AMD Never Settle Bundle, it is also a very good buy for the price. That said, at stock, the GTX 770 is faster and would be my recommendation.

dudewitbow · Jun 24, 2013

Best Stock Performance: 770 no questions
Best Max OC performance: 7970

i emphasize max OC, the 7970 shines because it has a large leeaway in clocking potential.

SamGriffiths · Jun 24, 2013

Hmm, I'm not a big overclocker, I will do it a bit but not to the extreme, however the GTX cards have 2 GB of VRAM but the 7970 has 3 GB, would that ever be a problem? My monitor is only 1600x900 and I'm not planning on upgrading any time soon.

I'm thinking the Windforce X3 GTX 770 is the best way to go...

ihog · Jun 24, 2013

No, 2 GB of VRAM will be enough for you, unless you decide to use a ton of graphical mods with Skyrim or something. Get the GTX 770.

SamGriffiths · Jun 24, 2013

ihog :

Found some benchmarks that have change my mind I think, the 770 and the 7970 are about equal, however you get free games with the 7970.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=24502002

ksham · Jun 24, 2013

Depends on your overclock. As mentioned several times, a HD 7970 is better if you run it at high overclock. Otherwise at stock, GTX 770 wins hands down.

SamGriffiths · Jun 24, 2013

ksham :

Maybe you're looking at different benchmarks to me, from what I can see there's 1-3 FPS in it either way.

ksham · Jun 24, 2013

If you mean the benchmarks in the first post in the thread that you linked to, then please know that the HD 7970 is not the same as the HD 7970 GHz. The HD 7970 GHz is slightly better than HD 7970. So the benchmarks that you are reading is not consistent with the cards that you are comparing in this thread.

According to techpowerup @ Battlefield 3:

SamGriffiths · Jun 24, 2013

ksham :

It's a widely known fact that battlefield 3 favours nVidia a lot. If I'm not wrong isn't the GHz ed. just a stock OC 7970?

ksham · Jun 24, 2013

The first post in the thread that you linked to is using the HD 7970 GHz. Please re-read it carefully.

Here's an average score:

SamGriffiths · Jun 24, 2013

ksham :

I'm not totally sure that's correct, the 7990 isn't above a Titan...

ihog · Jun 24, 2013

In general, yes, it is.

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