Nvidia comparison 760 vs 680

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

Which one is better is basically the question. Very important, life or death situation.

royalcrown · Feb 21, 2015

Virtual death or real death ?

Hazle · Feb 21, 2015

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1348

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

royalcrown :

Virtual, because I'm sick and tired of integrated graphics

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

Oh and if you could give your advice on whether I should go for the 680 or 760 just tell me

royalcrown · Feb 21, 2015

The 770 is the rough equivalent to the 680. Going by this it looks like 680 wins.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/772?vs=854

Just tell you...get the 680.

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

royalcrown :

I can't seem to find prices on pcpartpicker, the only thing that the 760 has that's better than the 680 is that it is more power efficient, but who really cares about that right?

But is the 680 much more expensive than the 760?

royalcrown · Feb 21, 2015

Yeah, they are stupid expensive for some reason, what about a 290 ?

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

royalcrown :

A 290 is that a joke? I want at least a 760 or higher, I am on a budget by the way, so I can''t go full out titan but I don't want an entry level 290

royalcrown · Feb 21, 2015

The 290s are more expensive, but they also beat the 680 and 760 by a fair amount so I just thought I'd ask.

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

royalcrown :

Can you show me this 290, because I think we're talking about different stuff here

royalcrown · Feb 21, 2015

Sure.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1348?vs=1068

Brad Neil2 :

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

royalcrown :

Ah radeon, I thought that was my mistake, hold on I'll give it a good read over

Update: It doesn't justify $500 especially when nvidia's 760 has a higher clock speed at $300

royalcrown · Feb 21, 2015

I've seen them around 300:

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11227-00-40G/dp/B00HJOXUKC%3FSubscriptionId%3D16330PR1NAHTNCZP5602%26tag%3Dpriwat-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00HJOXUKC

These are supposedly the most awesome 290s

Brad Neil2 :

cst1992 · Feb 21, 2015

Brad Neil2 :

lol

Brad Neil2 · Feb 21, 2015

cst1992 :

Wow I already clarified that it was Radeon I thought he meant a gtx 290 (if they even exist)

Brad Neil2 · Feb 22, 2015

Has everyone gone like, nah this guy doesn't need help.

cst1992 · Feb 22, 2015

We're assuming you've already got your answer, the 680 is faster than the 760. Refer to the chart if you want to see what cards are at what level, and if the difference between your card and the other is not more than 3 tiers, then don't need to upgrade.
Graphics card performance hierarchy chart

E.g. if you have a GTX 550Ti now, then you shouldn't upgrade unless the card is 750Ti or better.
Assuming you have HD4000, you need to look at a GT 730 or better atleast, so a 680 would be a good performance jump.
If you have a good enough power supply, you could go for the r9 290/290x which is a further tier up in performance.

Brad Neil2 · Feb 22, 2015

cst1992 :

I'm going from nothing (integrated graphics) to gtx 760 probably, it's a really cheap option compared to everything else. 680's are also hella expensive, it's better but not that much better than a 760, but a 760 is more power efficient which is important to me. I'm not going radeon, they're unreliable, they die quicker, they're louder and drivers suck compared to nvidias.

cst1992 · Feb 22, 2015

Then go for a 760, it's a good card, and you should notice a lot of difference from your integrated graphics.

royalcrown · Feb 23, 2015

None of the DirectCU II cards by ASUS are very loud, even AMDs, you just gotta ditch the stock cooler. Look on youtube for some noise tests.

Brad Neil2 · Feb 23, 2015

royalcrown :

Are the stock coolers really loud? I'm using intel stock fans how much noise do they make?

royalcrown · Feb 23, 2015

Brad Neil2 :

I was referring to the video cards with the reference coolers, they tend to be louder than the specialty versions of the cards (Asus = DirectCU, Gigabyte is usually Wind Force, Saphire is Tri-x or Toxic usually etc). They use coolers designed to be much quieter than the design supplied by AMD or Nvidia.

AMD and Nvidia send out their boards like this:

Build a functioning video card without a lot of fancy stuff, they make sure it's designed decently and that it works. They don't go nuts making it fancy or that it overclocks by X amount.

They put a cooler on it that does the job, but they really don't care about noise levels, more of the effectivness of the cooler and cost. They make sure it is decent but don't put any effort into making it the best.

This is their "reference" design that they send to their partners. Something that the partners can refer to when they customize and modify it. Those parners usually then put better power delivery systems (for OCing) and better cooling on it (for Ocing). Sometimes these partners will focus on cutting the price and put a cheaper cooler on or redo other things to make a more value oriented card.

Intel also makes sure their coolers are "good enough" as far as function, they don't worry if it's quiet or not.

Yes, the larger 120mm coolers are generally quieter than the stock intel coolers for a variety of reasons. One simple reason is that with a larger fan, it can turn more slowly; this "slowness" lowers the noise, it's also a lower pitched noise. In general the lower pitched noises sound quieter even IF they are the same loudness due to the way human hearing works. We tend to be very focused at hearing pitches in the same range as the human vocal range and less focused above and below that.

Anyways bigger fans on higher end stuff are generally less noticeable for most people. I run the Asus series of DirectCU stuff and don't even notice it at load. I have 140 mm case fans and they make a low sound of just the air moving. Also, my 120mm CPU cooler doesn't make any noise to me at all over the case fans and such. it's right next to me.

It also helps to run a quiet case. I built my computer specifically for quiet because I wanted more power, but loved the silence of my Imac.

jerdle · Feb 23, 2015

Brad Neil2 :

Literally choked on my saliva laughing the moment i read that last sentence. That was even better than the 'no way am i getting that 290 entry level stuff'.

New R9 290X's cost about 30% more than a 760 and absolutely destroy the 760 in performance. The part of the above statement that's true about it is that it will be louder. Because it's a beast.

Oh and Royal: you should do better searches. You can get a 290X for less than the 290 in your link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125499&cm_re=290x-_-14-125-499-_-Product

Brad Neil2 · Feb 24, 2015

royalcrown :

Brad Neil2 :

I was referring to the video cards with the reference coolers, they tend to be louder than the specialty versions of the cards (Asus = DirectCU, Gigabyte is usually Wind Force, Saphire is Tri-x or Toxic usually etc). They use coolers designed to be much quieter than the design supplied by AMD or Nvidia.

AMD and Nvidia send out their boards like this:

Build a functioning video card without a lot of fancy stuff, they make sure it's designed decently and that it works. They don't go nuts making it fancy or that it overclocks by X amount.

They put a cooler on it that does the job, but they really don't care about noise levels, more of the effectivness of the cooler and cost. They make sure it is decent but don't put any effort into making it the best.

This is their "reference" design that they send to their partners. Something that the partners can refer to when they customize and modify it. Those parners usually then put better power delivery systems (for OCing) and better cooling on it (for Ocing). Sometimes these partners will focus on cutting the price and put a cheaper cooler on or redo other things to make a more value oriented card.

Intel also makes sure their coolers are "good enough" as far as function, they don't worry if it's quiet or not.

Yes, the larger 120mm coolers are generally quieter than the stock intel coolers for a variety of reasons. One simple reason is that with a larger fan, it can turn more slowly; this "slowness" lowers the noise, it's also a lower pitched noise. In general the lower pitched noises sound quieter even IF they are the same loudness due to the way human hearing works. We tend to be very focused at hearing pitches in the same range as the human vocal range and less focused above and below that.

Anyways bigger fans on higher end stuff are generally less noticeable for most people. I run the Asus series of DirectCU stuff and don't even notice it at load. I have 140 mm case fans and they make a low sound of just the air moving. Also, my 120mm CPU cooler doesn't make any noise to me at all over the case fans and such. it's right next to me.

It also helps to run a quiet case. I built my computer specifically for quiet because I wanted more power, but loved the silence of my Imac.

I'm actually getting the windforce version of the 760, and speaking of cases I'm getting the NZXT Phantom, how quiet are they?

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