Gtx 670 or 7950 poll

[stanistheman]

the 7950 is $429 and gtx 670 is $479
7950 is the dd xfx
and the 670 is the phantom gainward

 

[akamrcrack]

I would get the 670

 

[xtreme5]

GTX 670 is a decent choice grab it.

 

[alyoshka]

Not a green fan but still in this case would go for the green.

 

[geekapproved]

The 670 is to compete with the 7970, not 7950.

 

[stanistheman]

how much faster is the 670 stock vs stock

 

[stanistheman]

Wow nice find on the chart thanks. ok at $479 i can pay $20 dollars more and get a 7970 thoughts? it seems that the 7970 is faster? you have 2 in crosssfire i see you like them?

 

[bigcyco1]

GTX 670

 

[stanistheman]

Alright thanks guys going for the gtx 670

 

[thejamiel]

GTX 670's are $399

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423

definitely a 670

could just OC the 399ers

 

[fantastik250]

Short answer, GTX 670.

 

[Gothams Finest]

GTX 670 without a doubt.

 

[stanistheman]

OP, what currency are those prices? Is this AUD or CAD?

7970 is only worth extra money if you want to overclock the card... stock performance isn't enough to warrant extra price from the 670.

Hey mate. this is AUD i will defintly be overclocking the card. you think i should go 7970? because i was gonna buy the card this week so yea. thoughts?

 

[akamrcrack]

Hey mate. this is AUD i will defintly be overclocking the card. you think i should go 7970? because i was gonna buy the card this week so yea. thoughts?

I own a 670, absolutely love it. Soon i'll be getting a 2nd one.


Was originally going to purchase a 680 or a 7970 if any good models were in stock but when the 670 released I picked it up, saved myself $100-$175 and get almost equal performance, easily fixable by overclocking.


If I was running multiple monitors I would get the 6GB Sapphire 7970 and then CF it.

Because I only plan on running a single 4mp monitor of higher quality and because I saved money for miniscule performance differences I went with the 670.



Simple answer, get the 670. Best bang for buck and a beast of a card.

Would be counterproductive to grab anything AMD at the moment unless you specifically needed it, which from the looks of it, you don't.

 

[akamrcrack]

Entirely depends on how interested you are in overclocking. Which 7970 is available at $20 over the 670? If it's just a reference board, I probably wouldn't do it.

The 7970 is around 1% faster for 4% more money in your case, so it's not great unless you factor OC into the equation. Only do that if you really WANT to OC, not just if you are willing to OC.

Most likely, the 670 is the card for you.

What kind of performance(fps) differences are we talking about if both the 670 and 7970 are overclocked to their max potentials. If you happen to know I would appreciate the info

 

[akamrcrack]

Impossible to say definitively since all cards OC a bit differently. However, my guess would be that the 7970 would wind up being roughly equivalent value (e.g. ~4% faster than an OC GTX 670 for ~4% more money)

That's why I say it's only worth it if you WANT to overclock - the overclocking experience itself is more pleasant on Tahiti than Kepler. If you don't consider yourself an overclocker, you are not missing out on anything by getting the GTX 670.

I enjoy overclocking and I figured both cards are going to overclock well so really it came down to looks/company offerings and Nvidia + EVGA had the best offers for me. Best price/Best warranty/Best overall look of the card/only miniscule fps differences.

Overclocking my 670, wasn't epic to begin with (just one of the weaker ocers out of the batch) at 1175v 122% power target I could only get 120mhz or 140mhz (was so high atm I forgot lol) to run stable (with 300mhz memory) and my power sat around 115% so basically that is my max. I've tried many other ways but every time I run Heaven benchmark my core clock never stays stable for very long (flux's randomly).

Compare to my Twin Frozr III 6950 cards, which I could only pull 15mhz extra on the coreclock at stock voltages, I am happy with the performance of my 670 lol.

At 120mhz+/100mhz+ offsets for core/mem BF3 runs like a charm for me

I could imagine owning a 7970 right now but I am impressed with what I got so I wouldn't change if you paid me to. I especially love being able to run games like CS:GO at 35C and games like D3 at 45C

 

[stanistheman]

the 7970 is a xfx dual fan so its good coolin. and the 670 is the gainward phantom. i think ill just go get a 670. ill keep my 20 dollars maybie buy a cheesburger lol. or maybie get a after market cooler. CHEERS guys thanks fpr all the help