Should I use a gtx 760 4gb or gtx 680 4gb? I run 3 identical monitors at 1080p resolutions and I don't really play a lot of games but when I do, it's usually Batman Arkham City or Origins. I also play Ultra Street Fighter 4, and Injustice. Will probably start playing Mortal Kombat X and Batman Arkham Knight as well. But that's pretty much all I play and I only play a few hours every weekend. I also do a lot of multitasking, streaming videos, photoshop CS, excel spreadsheets all simultaneously. My friend is giving me a video card for free and it's either a gtx 760 or gtx 680. YES, for free but it's up to me to choose one out of the two. I heard the gtx 680 is a power guzzler and the gtx 760 is still good enough to play a lot of games and consumes a lot less power than the former. So..which one should I choose???
Should I go with a gtx760 4gb or gtx 680 4gb? Please read extra info before answering. Thanks!
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I personally would go with the GTX 760. Its a newer GPU than the 600 series, and generally, when new features come out, its the newer cards that can support those. I bought a GTX 770 just under a year ago, and while the 900 series is the current "models", the 700's are supported for nearly all features of the 900's. I don't know how the 600 fares in this.
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The 760 has 1152 Cuda cores compared to the 680's 1536, higher base clock / texture fill rate. There's no additional features with a 760 over a 680. I'd snag that 680 up in a heartbeat.
Compare:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-680/specifications
The brand of each might deviate somewhat from the nvidia specs, like which types of ports it has. Check that either one has all the necessary ports for your monitors. Again, the 680 beats the 760 by a good margin, and the 760 isn't introducing anything new to the game. The previous poster mentions the 770 card which is a rebranded 680... so you're good to go.
Compare:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-680/specifications
The brand of each might deviate somewhat from the nvidia specs, like which types of ports it has. Check that either one has all the necessary ports for your monitors. Again, the 680 beats the 760 by a good margin, and the 760 isn't introducing anything new to the game. The previous poster mentions the 770 card which is a rebranded 680... so you're good to go.
clonazepam :
The 760 has 1152 Cuda cores compared to the 680's 1536, higher base clock / texture fill rate. There's no additional features with a 760 over a 680. I'd snag that 680 up in a heartbeat.
Compare:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-680/specifications
The brand of each might deviate somewhat from the nvidia specs, like which types of ports it has. Check that either one has all the necessary ports for your monitors. Again, the 680 beats the 760 by a good margin, and the 760 isn't introducing anything new to the game. The previous poster mentions the 770 card which is a rebranded 680... so you're good to go.
Compare:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-680/specifications
The brand of each might deviate somewhat from the nvidia specs, like which types of ports it has. Check that either one has all the necessary ports for your monitors. Again, the 680 beats the 760 by a good margin, and the 760 isn't introducing anything new to the game. The previous poster mentions the 770 card which is a rebranded 680... so you're good to go.
I just read your build and I want to ask you about that 3 sli gtx 580. How does it perform?
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clonazepam
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Iamsoda :
clonazepam :
The 760 has 1152 Cuda cores compared to the 680's 1536, higher base clock / texture fill rate. There's no additional features with a 760 over a 680. I'd snag that 680 up in a heartbeat.
Compare:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-680/specifications
The brand of each might deviate somewhat from the nvidia specs, like which types of ports it has. Check that either one has all the necessary ports for your monitors. Again, the 680 beats the 760 by a good margin, and the 760 isn't introducing anything new to the game. The previous poster mentions the 770 card which is a rebranded 680... so you're good to go.
Compare:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-680/specifications
The brand of each might deviate somewhat from the nvidia specs, like which types of ports it has. Check that either one has all the necessary ports for your monitors. Again, the 680 beats the 760 by a good margin, and the 760 isn't introducing anything new to the game. The previous poster mentions the 770 card which is a rebranded 680... so you're good to go.
I just read your build and I want to ask you about that 3 sli gtx 580. How does it perform?
Still viable at 1080p with compromises here and there depending on the game. The 3GB vram and fermi architecture is keeping them in play. Starting to show its age for sure though.
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Tom's 760 review (with a 680 in the charts for comparison) - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-review-gk104,3542-22.html
Both cards idle around 15 watts with 3 monitor setups. Besides the torture test to really push them, they were within 20 watts or so of each other.
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