GTX 680 vs 7970 Ghz
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MarhyCZ
December 28, 2012 2:38:11 PM
In general, the 7970 GHz edition has a slight edge over the GTX 680 but not by much. Check out this comparison: Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs. GTX 680
bdcrlsn
December 28, 2012 2:58:09 PM
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burntpizza
December 28, 2012 2:58:55 PM
JKatwyopc said:
In general, the 7970 GHz edition has a slight edge over the GTX 680 but not by much. Check out this comparison: Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs. GTX 680That comparison is really really old. Check out this newer one:
http://www.techspot.com/review/603-best-graphics-cards/
Tom's Hardware Hierarchy:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-car...
tl;dr Radeon HD 7970 ghz > GTX 680 and is often cheaper
MarhyCZ
December 28, 2012 3:03:10 PM
Ok,but from this http://www.techspot.com/review/603-best-graphics-cards/ it seems that 7970 has better performance.When you look on BF3 or Skyrim...But yes they are similar.So which of these cards has better "stability" (less bugs,..)?And are technologies as a TXAA,..(i don´t count PhysX it´s not good technology) worth it?
MarhyCZ
December 28, 2012 3:15:04 PM
burntpizza
December 28, 2012 3:19:29 PM
MarhyCZ said:
Ok,but from this http://www.techspot.com/review/603-best-graphics-cards/ it seems that 7970 has better performance.When you look on BF3 or Skyrim...But yes they are similar.So which of these cards has better "stability" (less bugs,..)?And are technologies as a TXAA,..(i don´t count PhysX it´s not good technology) worth it?Well, HD 7970 is much much more powerful gpu compute wise than GTX 680, if thats useful to you.
Nvidia has TXAA and FXAA, but its up to you to use it in the game. Both are not used as often. You get CUDA which is pretty good
Stability they are the same.
Really comes down to you preference. R7970 is cheaper and performs better. GTX 680 comes with a lot of bells and whistles. R7970 ghz will more likely overclock bette than gtx 680.
Oh yea, GTX 680 falls down a cliff for high resolution and high anti aliasing due its limited bandwidth.
MarhyCZ
December 28, 2012 3:32:35 PM
burntpizza
December 28, 2012 4:22:12 PM
MarhyCZ said:
Well i will pick up 7970Ghz .Because what i know is that CUDA on 6xx is really bad.And i dont need that Nvidia´s features.only thing is that Vsync but i thats acceptable
Thanks.
Have fun
Btw, you can also pick up a radeon hd 7970 vanilla and oc it 75 mhz to the ghz edition. you save more $$ but you gotta OC
Littlebro
December 28, 2012 5:54:28 PM
burntpizza
December 28, 2012 7:18:43 PM
Littlebro said:
7970 vanilla is bad for OC'ing due to temps and noise.No, hardocp got theirs to 1.3 ghz. HD 7970 vanilla ocs just as well as ghz. GHZ is jsut binned better
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/10/16/asus_matrix_h...
Littlebro
December 28, 2012 7:30:10 PM
discordian
December 28, 2012 7:35:33 PM
The 7970 unlike the 680 shows solid gain when overclocked, it just scales better. Combine that with more vram and a wider bus the 7970Ghz is the fastest card right now, oh and its a compute monster as well.
Now multi-display! Nvidia Surround is garbage there I said it, Eyefinity is superior in every aspect. I run my 680's for 3D and they are amazing for that.
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Now multi-display! Nvidia Surround is garbage there I said it, Eyefinity is superior in every aspect. I run my 680's for 3D and they are amazing for that.




neon neophyte said:
oh i like redeemer. has nvidia for the 3d but speaks the truth about amd.cheers to you mate. refreshing to see an nvidia owner that isnt a fanboy.
edit: and appears to like sandy more than ivy... dude. i like you. (i couldnt agree more btw.)
To me this generation the clear winner is the 7000 series in terms of price/performance ratio, brand loyality is fine btw. Some will buy Nvidia and others AMD thats how it has always been, physx and adaptive vsync is a bunch of marketing gimmicky features. The real have features that amazing with Kepler are its 3D and Cuda support, thats something AMD cannot compete with right now.
MarhyCZ
December 29, 2012 1:51:55 PM
erasmussen2006
February 10, 2013 4:37:16 PM
Has anyone tried Folding at Home on either of these cards?
I am planning a build and would like to use one of these cards.
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
GeForce GTX 680 4GB
Folding, CAD, some gaming what is the better choice and why.
Power used and heat generated is of concern too.
Build will not happen until April which should be after the GTX 7 series is released from what I can tell online so the GTX 680 prices should come down.
I am planning a build and would like to use one of these cards.
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
GeForce GTX 680 4GB
Folding, CAD, some gaming what is the better choice and why.
Power used and heat generated is of concern too.
Build will not happen until April which should be after the GTX 7 series is released from what I can tell online so the GTX 680 prices should come down.
JCnator987
March 24, 2013 7:11:56 AM
erasmussen2006 said:
Has anyone tried Folding at Home on either of these cards?I am planning a build and would like to use one of these cards.
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
GeForce GTX 680 4GB
Folding, CAD, some gaming what is the better choice and why.
Power used and heat generated is of concern too.
Build will not happen until April which should be after the GTX 7 series is released from what I can tell online so the GTX 680 prices should come down.
I advise you to spend your money on a 7970 ghz edition or the like, for both gaming and folding reasons. Kepler was made by Nvidia in order to up gaming performance and performance per watt, but in the process, Nvidia decided to abandon increasing compute performance.
AMD however, decided to make an architecture that focused on gaming and compute at the expense of power draw.
I'd say that if power is a concern, STILL go 7970, as you will be getting more done with that GPU per watt than a 680.
Anonymous
April 4, 2013 8:23:19 PM
The question was a choice between the GTX 680 and the HD 7970. One of the main selling points for the 7970 is its price or bang for your buck. Well, as of two days ago and continuing until 4/8/13 on newegg, the Asus GTX 660 can be had for $170. That is the price with a mail in rebate. If you get two and use them in SLI, they will own any GTX 680 or HD 7970 no matter how much RAM they have. The 192-bit "bottleneck" is completely irrelevant in this case. If you have PCI-e 3.0 x8 x8 on a Z77 mobo, I'd get this (and I did). It uses the same number of PCI power connectors (2) as the 680 and 7970. The price, with newegg's discounts, isn't even close. If you buy one with the MIB (one per household) and one at regular price, you get them for $360, $340 if you have a friend or relative buy one for you. Cores: the 680 has 1536 cuda cores and costs at the very least $460, the GTX 660 in SLI is $100 less and has 1920 cores! A comparison to the AMD card is better when looking at FPS in certain games or benchmarks. 3DMark: GTX 660 SLI - 10,305, 7970 GHz ed. - 9,700, GTX 680 -9,049. Vantage (same order): 39,455; 36,206; 34,554. It seems like if you want the best value and don't plan to upgrade since the 660 can only support 2 cards, this is a no-brainer. And these are stock numbers, the card I mentioned that is on sale is a factory OC "top" core card. If you want to use a multi-monitor setup, I'd go with the 6GB 7970 or even the 4GB 680. For one or maybe two, the 660 SLI is just fine.
Mi7agent1
August 14, 2013 1:26:37 PM
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