GTX670 vs HD Radeon 7970

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So i'm wanting to upgrade graphics card eventually and I was wondering which card is faster(performance wise in games such as bf3, gta IV, and other open map games).

Please just post facts(no benchmarks unless needed)

also if there is any other card that is faster than both of these then please post it.

Please post a manufacturer of the card(if you can please post a cool[temp] card that will last a long time even under very high loads)

and finally please no Intel or AMD fanboys


Thank you for you time and please leave a suggestion/advice in the bottom. :D
 
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Glad you picked something. Haha after all these threads you went with a 670. Not saying anything bad at all but its just funny after 8 pages :)

But that is a very nice card and it will do what you want. You are not going to overclock and it seems like the good choice. As long as you don't plan to play at resolutions higher than 1920x1080 with all the eye candy maxed out you will be fine.

MSI is a good company and I guess the price of that one is not bad. I was going to do that but I saw myself spending a little over $400 then the extra 60 didn't really matter to me.

But Lopaka has a good point. There is always better alternatives. I think what we got from this thread is first figure out exactly what you plan to do with your card...
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Well between the two some games favor one card over the other. For example, Battlefield 3 favor Nvidia cards so it will have higher frames than an AMD card.

Performance wise the GTX 670 is still stronger in most games, will be higher when overclocked
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/598?vs=508

But when you have an overclocked 7970 or the 7970 GHz Edition, the 7970 beats the 670 (non overclocked).

For the price though, GTX 670 is the best card for the money.

The two best card for temps and performance is here:
All-Around Best GeForce GTX 670: Gigabyte N670OC-2GD

Gigabyte's card is quiet at idle and not too loud under load. Its cooling performance at idle, during normal desktop work, and during gaming is even better than Asus' card. It ties Zotac's effort for the lowest temperature at idle, but achieves its goal at a mere 20% fan duty cycle. When we configured it to cool our card down to 70°C, its sound level was still acceptable.

This is the slimmest card in our test, it weighs the least, and is even suitable for SLI configurations on motherboards with a just a single-slot gap between 16-lane interfaces. Unfortunately, that's pretty common. Although the N670OC-2GD doesn't include the highest overclock, it's currently selling online at the same $400 price point as completely stock reference cards. And that's with the Windforce 3X cooler. That combination cannot be beat.
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Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-test-review,3217-16.html

Hope that helps :)
 
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Radeon HD 7970 performs better than GTX 670,see this:
http://www.hwcompare.com/12508/geforce-gtx-670-vs-radeon-hd-7970/

AND if you are getting 7970 why not get the gtx 680,it's more powerful than 7970 with almost the same price but they are getting out of stock so,if could find one with almost same price get it or wait sometime for getting them into stock and if you don't want to wait just get 7970 and overclock it to get the almost the same performace but still you can see the difference.
 
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thank you all for your answers... I want a card that like i said can play open mapped games very well on the highes graphics setting... I don't care if one is the better deal as long as it is not about 520 im ok with buying it...

to matto17secs- why would the 670 be faster do you know why maybe the memory on the card or somthing.

ajaat- thanks for the suggestion the 680 looks good but is it cooled well?
 
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Just judging by benchmarks for those games. BF3 and Skyrim are firmly favored by the GTX 670. If it were me, I'd take one look at the noise levels on that TechPowerUp chart and end the discussion right there. Be sure to flip through the benchmarks on that review while you're at it.
 
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sound does not matter too me I always have a airfiler(allergies)in the back round and that is ******* load :p but if the games are favored, I was atcually looking at a gtx 680
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperClocked-DisplayPort-Graphics-02G-P4-2682-KR/dp/B007KC1R9E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341696719&sr=8-1&keywords=GTX+680
do you think that the extra power is worth the extra money...
also look at this for me please this is the version of the 670 I think i will get but in the case there is another version that makes the performance of the card better please tell me so I don't buy the wrong card :)
http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GV-N670OC-2GD-GeForce-Windforce-Graphics/dp/B0080I06WQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341701788&sr=1-3&keywords=GTX+670
also look at this
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Dual-Link-DisplayPort-Graphics-02G-P4-2678-KR/dp/B0083Y6MV6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341701806&sr=1-1&keywords=GTX+ftw+670
 
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why are you using the reference 7970 ghz E for sound, secondly the 7970 ghz edition is neck and neck if not faster then the 680. you keep talking about the 670's quit fan, but fail to ask if he wants reference design or not. 7970 is a monster in custom coolers.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970_GHz_Edition/28.html ths shows the 7970 8% faster then the 670 and 2% faster then the 680. it's even better then the 680 at performance per dollar, the 670 is still king there.
 
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Gotta do an apples and apples comparison. Comparing a specially binned OC'd 7970 model against a reference 670 card isn't even apples and oranges, it's apples and grapes.

Guru3D uses the following games in their test suite: Hard Reset, COD-MW2, Far Cry 2, ANNO 1404, Metro 2033, ANNO 2070, BFBC2, BF3, Crysis 2, AvP, Lost Planet 2. Total fps (summing fps in each game @ 1920 x 1200) for the various options in parenthesis (single card / SL or CF) are tabulated below along with their cost in dollars per frame single card - CF or SLI:

Card - Cost ( Single / 2-way SLI /CF ) $ / Frame - $ / Frame SLI/CF
GTX 680 - $ 500 ( 989 / 1578 ) $ 0.51 - $ 0.63
680 DCII Cu TOP - $ 520 ( 1077 / NA ) $ 0.48 - ERR
GTX 670 - $ 400 ( 917 / 1539 ) $ 0.44 - $ 0.52
670 DCII Cu TOP - $ 430 ( 999 / 1679 ) $ 0.43 - $ 0.51
7970 - $ 480 ( 872 / NA ) $ 0.55 - ERR
7970 DCII Cu - $ 580 ( 924 / NA ) $ 0.63 - ERR
7970 Ghz - $ 500 ( 952 / NA ) $ 0.53 - ERR

Putting the specially binned 7970 Ghz against the specially binned Asus 670 TOP.....its 999 fps at $0.42 per frame for the 670 TOP and 952 for the 7970 Ghz at $0.53 per frame.....that's 26% more $ per frame for the 7970 Ghz.....not to mention more noise and more power draw on the 7970.

TechPoweUp gives the 7970 Ghz Edition an 8.5 rating
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970_GHz_Edition/33.html

TechPoweUp gives the 670 TOP an 10.0 rating, the only 10.0 rating ever
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/33.html

Overall the ASUS GTX 670 Direct CU II is the best card I ever tested.
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The same would go for a custom overclocked 670 or 680 vs. the 7970.

The 7970 Ghz edition only comes in a reference design, which results in it being the loudest single GPU video card ever made.

If not sound, then, again for me, I would look no further than the unique graphics settings that the Nvidia cards offer, particularly PhysX, Adaptive VSync, FXAA, and TXAA. There is nothing unique about the AMD cards that is significant enough to sway a purchase. There is more to consider than performance when cards perform similarly, and the positives strongly weigh in favor or the GTX 670 or 680.
 
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670 i think is the best high end card for the money, unless you count the 7950. but amd cards are much more suitable at extreme resolutions with almost a 10% lead against the 680. the cards this generation are so close in performance it's impossible to go wrong. the gap between the 580 vs 6970 or 480 vs 5870 was sad. this time AMD has really held there own.
 
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I was going to suggest the ASUS. But it's ultra quiet
The Quietest GeForce GTX 670: Asus GTX670-DC2T-2GD5

If acoustics are high on your priority list, you're going to like the Asus card. Not only is it a well-built and quiet, but it also boasts the second-highest factory overclock. The new DirectCU II cooler shrank during its redesign for this card, but its performance is still excellent.

Galaxy/KFA²'s card is also quiet, but it didn't win because of its high temperatures under load and annoying coil chirping. That's almost certainly a flaw in our sample, though, and we'll retest when we receive a replacement.

It's important to add that, this time around, a dual-slot card proved to be the quietest, while triple-slot models made more noise. Wow.
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Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-test-review,3217-16.html

But, if you are leaning towards AMD the top card is the 7970 GHz. You may want to wait for it when it comes out.
 
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