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July 6, 2013 11:23:54 AM

What do you think is the best $330 dollars or less GPU for 2013? I already looked at the hierarchy and stuff, but with the new cards like the 760 out recently it's nice to have the opinion of others.

So, for all round performance in gaming and general computing tasks, what do you think is the best GPU or SLI combo of GPUs under $330?

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July 6, 2013 11:26:18 AM

I would say a Sapphire 7950 or 7970 for amd, and a 760 for Nvidia.
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July 6, 2013 11:30:00 AM

Gam3r01 said:
I would say a Sapphire 7950 or 7970 for amd, and a 760 for Nvidia.


I have a 7970 myself and it performs very well. I was thinking of upgrading to the 7970 Ghz 6GB edition, I think 6GB is overkill but whatever aha.
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July 6, 2013 11:32:01 AM

Its overkill at the moment, but you wont have to upgrade later so its fairly good. If you have one 7970 why no crossfire with a second one?
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July 6, 2013 11:35:54 AM

Gam3r01 said:
Its overkill at the moment, but you wont have to upgrade later so its fairly good. If you have one 7970 why no crossfire with a second one?


I only ever made a multi GPU build for my dad, dual GTX 550s. So I am not very knowledgable with multi-GPU/SLI/Xfire setups, though I've heard of problems such as microstutter. Would there be any clear advantage of dual 7970s over the single Ghz? I mean, of course I'd probably get more fps in some games but is it really a worthwhile choice?
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July 6, 2013 11:41:15 AM

It would be cheaper to get the dual gpus, but overall if you want long term go for the GHz. They would perform about the same regardless
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July 6, 2013 12:05:56 PM

17seconds said:
You should be able to get a GTX 670 for that amount. A great choice if you plan to go for SLI. Where do you do your shopping?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidi...



670 is overpriced ATM. Its 42% more expensive then a 760 for 10% better performance. Not even close to being worth it
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July 6, 2013 12:28:57 PM

Intel God said:
17seconds said:
You should be able to get a GTX 670 for that amount. A great choice if you plan to go for SLI. Where do you do your shopping?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidi...



670 is overpriced ATM. Its 42% more expensive then a 760 for 10% better performance. Not even close to being worth it

Very true, the GTX 760 is a great value. But, the GTX 670 is still the best deal over $300 right now. You can get a GTX 670 for $335, with only 7950's available at that price point.

Problem with the x% performance for x% price evaluation is that, if we all followed that metric, we'd all be running GTX 660's. You have to pay more for more performance, even though that does mean diminishing returns. The best strategy is to decide on your budget, and then get the most card you can afford in your price range. This will help to avoid a situation in the future where you wished you had gone for more performance, or PhysX, or whatever.

By the way, all the threads of guys trying to setup hybrid PhysX are getting tiring. If you have any thought whatsoever that you just might want to play a PhysX game in the future, get an Nvidia card and save yourself the headache.
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July 7, 2013 11:19:59 AM

^ Very well put.
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July 7, 2013 11:34:53 AM

17seconds said:
Intel God said:
17seconds said:
You should be able to get a GTX 670 for that amount. A great choice if you plan to go for SLI. Where do you do your shopping?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/nvidi...



670 is overpriced ATM. Its 42% more expensive then a 760 for 10% better performance. Not even close to being worth it

Very true, the GTX 760 is a great value. But, the GTX 670 is still the best deal over $300 right now. You can get a GTX 670 for $335, with only 7950's available at that price point.

Problem with the x% performance for x% price evaluation is that, if we all followed that metric, we'd all be running GTX 660's. You have to pay more for more performance, even though that does mean diminishing returns. The best strategy is to decide on your budget, and then get the most card you can afford in your price range. This will help to avoid a situation in the future where you wished you had gone for more performance, or PhysX, or whatever.

By the way, all the threads of guys trying to setup hybrid PhysX are getting tiring. If you have any thought whatsoever that you just might want to play a PhysX game in the future, get an Nvidia card and save yourself the headache.


Yes but the 670 isn't better over the 760 by enough to effect the quality of gameplay. It's usually like 1-3 fps difference at the same setting according to most reviews sites. Some like Toms have it further behind. But sitll, what is that going to do?

Look at this, the 760 is usually within 1-3 fps, many times closer to 1fps with only 2 exceptions.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/830?vs=854

As far as the 670 being "only 10% better than 760" ... I actually thought it was less than that ... more like 5-8% usually.
Either way, it's different than the example with the 660.

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