GTX 680 .vs. XFX 7970

[BuBzXXL]

Well I have been debating on which is the better card for my new computer. I have seen lots of hype for both cards and I would like to know what card would perform best on Battlefield 3

Thanks

Cards:

7970 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150585

GTX 680 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127671

 

[BuBzXXL]

I didn't mean to make the poll that long :/

 

[kwb]

AnandTech.com shows the gtx 680 ahead of the 7970 on BF3, by a fair margin.

 

[boiler1990]

You'd be a fool to buy a 7970 over a 680. The GTX 680 beats the 7970 in almost every single benchmark in many reviews (Tom's, AnandTech, etc), and it is price $50 less than the 7970.

You'd be spending more for less with the 7970.

 

[BuBzXXL]

Yes, but soon the 7970's will be going down in price

 

[boiler1990]

Yes, but soon the 7970's will be going down in price

That will make their value (performance per $) better, but not their overall performance. A GTX 680 will always perform better than a 7970, and the difference is significant enough to warrant buying a 680 even if it costed ~$75-100 more than a 7970.

If the you can afford a 680, I say go for it. It's one hell of a card.

 

[obsama1]

Well, wait for the other Kepler cards. The 680 is only one. There'll be the 660Ti, 660, 670, etc.

 

[BuBzXXL]

Thats what I was thinking too... Do you think the 670 will be in the 350ish zone?

 

[boiler1990]

If NVIDIA sticks to the general pricing scheme, then I'd expect it to be around that price. If you can comfortably afford a 680, I don't see why you wouldn't get one (unless you were going to SLI 660/670s).

 

[BuBzXXL]

I was planning to SLI 670's. I just don't have a clue when they will come out

 

[boiler1990]

I wonder if the 660s will keep in the tradition of being good overclockers. The 470/570s weren't great OCers, while the 460/470 could easily OC past 470/570 (respectively) performance. My MSI Hawk 560Ti is OCed at 950MHz core and comes in 1-2 FPS behind a stock 570 in most benches.

 

[BuBzXXL]

Yeah? If so that seems the way to go with two 660's

 

[Why_Me]

Well I have been debating on which is the better card for my new computer. I have seen lots of hype for both cards and I would like to know what card would perform best on Battlefield 3

Thanks

Cards:

7970 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150585

GTX 680 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127671

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-overclock-guide/ <----- Overclocking the gtx 680 w/benchmarks

 

[serialkiller]

the evga gtx 680 is better than any card on market.

also the nvidia has phyx and cuda which gives awesome spesial effects.

the new gen cards i.e. kepler or gtx 600 series can be connected to upto 4 monitors on a single graphic.

the gtx 680 not only perform better than hd 7970 but also eats less power and runs a loot cooler.

it is also way cheaper than hd 7970.

i dont think the prices would drastically drop it would be around 500$

because

1. the test shows that hd7970 crossfire yields more fps than gtx 680 sli.

2. hd 7970 has 3 gb vram and gtx 680 has only 2gb.

3. also in lower res the hd 7970 performs better than gtx 680(especially in metro 2033).

but my vote goes to gtx 680(not the msi one)

evga has 5 years warranty and has the best service known to custormers.

after evga i prefer asus and then msi.

 

[boiler1990]

the evga gtx 680 is better than any card on market.

the gtx 680 not only perform better than hd 7970 but also eats less power and runs a loot cooler.

1. the test shows that hd7970 crossfire yields more fps than gtx 680 sli.

These three statements conflict. In almost every benchmark run, the 680 beats the 7970, and by a pretty healthy margin.

it is also way cheaper than hd 7970.

I'm not sure I'd say "way" cheaper, It's only $50...

i dont think the prices would drastically drop it would be around 500$

AMD is going to have to drop below the 680's price point in order to sell well. Everybody now knows that the 680 is better, and even though it performs better with multiple monitor setups it's name really has been tarnished now.

2. hd 7970 has 3 gb vram and gtx 680 has only 2gb.

Amount of VRAM means nothing if it's not utilized (especially true in single monitor setups).

3. also in lower res the hd 7970 performs better than gtx 680(especially in metro 2033).

Why would you be buying one of these cards if you're running below 1920x1080 (except maybe for folding or bitcoin mining)? FPS doesn't matter in those applications, and the GTX 680 has better computing performance than the 7970 in those applications.

 

[serialkiller]

tghats the point i was trying to highlightened

 

[yyk71200]

680 is faster out of the box. But remember, in games it OC itself, that is gets closer to its OC limit while 7970 stays the same. For those who OC, they may want to see both cards OCed to their limits and then compare. Performance should be more similar when both cards OCed.

Still, 680 is still cheaper and more efficient. So, unless you need direct compute, 680 is a better buy.

 

[mcinjere]

i went with the 680. every review i've seen says the 680 is better, plus its 50 bucks cheaper.

i am ditching my dual 6870's for the 680. BF3 was almost unplayable. not because I wasn't running at 50fps most the time ultra settings, i was, but when you sli or xfire 2 cards it causes microstuttering.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html

i wish i would have read this article before i built my system. its weird cause my cousin has a single 5870 and its just totally different to play.

 

[boiler1990]

i went with the 680. every review i've seen says the 680 is better, plus its 50 bucks cheaper.

i am ditching my dual 6870's for the 680. BF3 was almost unplayable. not because I wasn't running at 50fps most the time ultra settings, i was, but when you sli or xfire 2 cards it causes microstuttering.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html

i wish i would have read this article before i built my system. its weird cause my cousin has a single 5870 and its just totally different to play.

AFAIK microstuttering doesn't always happen. In the last year and a half I've owned 2 GTX 460s, 3 GTX 470s, 2 6950s (purchased about 6 months apart) and am now running 1 560Ti. Haven't seen any stuttering whatsoever in my gameplay, even when going from one 6950 to two. The only issue I had with any of these setups was that the 6950s in XFire refused to play Skyrim above 40FPS, which indicated a pretty bad driver issue (since all of the XFire benchmarks were getting 60FPS from one card).

I'm not saying it can't happen, but I think drivers are just not right for some cards (and some pairs of cards).

 

[C12Friedman]

Wow, don't think I've ever seen such slanted results on a survey, at least not that I recall. Interesting to say the least.

 

[mcinjere]

people people do not sli cards or crossfire. if you havent experienced micro stuttering first hand then please listen to me and save your money and buy a single card. microstuttering made me sell my xfire 6870's only after a month and bought a gtx 680. much happier

 

[mcinjere]

Well I have been debating on which is the better card for my new computer. I have seen lots of hype for both cards and I would like to know what card would perform best on Battlefield 3

Thanks

Cards:

7970 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150585

GTX 680 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127671

there was an article either on ign or toms, but they put together a lan party with all the video cards hidden and asked people which machines played the best, and more than 50 percent of the time most people chose nvidia...http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/followed.html