So which should I go with?
The 7970 will soon be 480ish$ and not to mention comes with 3 free games and stuff.
Which one should I get in the Summer?
(also where should my case go, I'd like no messing cables)
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I agree with fm87. I don't like going for really high end cards for that reason. It's better to get mid range cards and then, when the current card is not powerful enough, upgrade the card.
The 680 will last you i'd say around 2-3 years. Right now the 480 is still a great card. That's a 2 year old card.
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I agree with fm87. I don't like going for really high end cards for that reason. It's better to get mid range cards and then, when the current card is not powerful enough, upgrade the card.
The 680 will last you i'd say around 2-3 years. Right now the 480 is still a great card. That's a 2 year old card.
Doesn't that mean the 480 will die in the next year?
Also read my edit, I can't get an upgrade with like a while.
Plus why get the 7870, when the 7950 is 50$ more
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I'd honestly say avoid both, get a midrange card and use the leftover money to get another midrange card in a couple years.
GPUs become outdated far faster than CPUs.
It seems though as of lately CPUs "intel" are at a steady constant. Haswell is quite a far distance away, chips for the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge including chipsets are not all that drastic of a change. Nvidia still has yet to release its other 600 series, which means the 700 series is quite a bit away, by then Haswell would be out.
However, the 680 vs Hd7970, the 680 is a little "and faster in some cases" better at time being. Also for fact Nvidia has hella lot better drivers then AMD.
But if the price of the 7900s is dropping as said, below the 680s quite a large deal, go with HD7970 or 7950. I have my sights set on HD7850 or 660Ti, which ever is best for price to performance.
I'm sticking with a 680. The games the 7970 comes with aren't games I'm interested in, and when the 680 drops it's price to either match or beat the 7970, well, it's a no-brainer.
I'm sticking with a 680. The games the 7970 comes with aren't games I'm interested in, and when the 680 drops it's price to either match or beat the 7970, well, it's a no-brainer.
True, but only time will tell
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If you really want the game buy it. Usually those price drops aren't enough to compensate for the whole game.
Ya but if AMD offers the 7970 30-40$ cheaper and offer a free game not to mention a stock 7970 overclocks and beats a stock overclocked 680. The 7970 is also buy able unlike the gtx 680 atm.
Ya but if AMD offers the 7970 30-40$ cheaper and offer a free game not to mention a stock 7970 overclocks and beats a stock overclocked 680. The 7970 is also buy able unlike the gtx 680 atm.
Buy HD7970 and wait for shitty drivers to be fixed, or buy later when the drivers are decent.
Buy 680GTX and drivers are good as are, or buy later when drivers are still the same.
Buy HD7970 and wait for shitty drivers to be fixed, or buy later when the drivers are decent.
Buy 680GTX and drivers are good as are, or buy later when drivers are still the same.
Or realize the drivers are just fine and sense AMD purchased ATI the drivers have improved severely. Look at a lot of tomshardware articles running mutli monitor high resolutions in SLI in some games they said they could not even get the Nvidia cards to work with that game. Not to mention Nvidia beta drivers killing my 8600 gt.
In the 7970 article
"The GeForce GTX 590 couldn’t run in Surround mode consistently without crashing." http://www.tomshardw...gcn,3104-7.html
In fact it does it more then once other articles have dual GTX 580 failing to not crash.
Buy HD7970 and wait for shitty drivers to be fixed, or buy later when the drivers are decent.
Buy 680GTX and drivers are good as are, or buy later when drivers are still the same.
Where have you been for the past 2 years or so?
Amd is fine on the drivers atm.
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The 7970 will soon be 480ish$ and not to mention comes with 3 free games and stuff.
Which one should I get in the Summer?
(also where should my case go, I'd like no messing cables)
Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet
GPUs become outdated far faster than CPUs.
So like the 7950 for 400$?
I've thought of that, but my mom won't let me upgrade for a long time.
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The 680 will last you i'd say around 2-3 years. Right now the 480 is still a great card. That's a 2 year old card.
Doesn't that mean the 480 will die in the next year?
Also read my edit, I can't get an upgrade with like a while.
Plus why get the 7870, when the 7950 is 50$ more
Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet
It seems though as of lately CPUs "intel" are at a steady constant. Haswell is quite a far distance away, chips for the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge including chipsets are not all that drastic of a change. Nvidia still has yet to release its other 600 series, which means the 700 series is quite a bit away, by then Haswell would be out.
However, the 680 vs Hd7970, the 680 is a little "and faster in some cases" better at time being. Also for fact Nvidia has hella lot better drivers then AMD.
But if the price of the 7900s is dropping as said, below the 680s quite a large deal, go with HD7970 or 7950. I have my sights set on HD7850 or 660Ti, which ever is best for price to performance.
True, but only time will tell
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Actually you really should if you want the game.
Never heard of that Deus thingy
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If you really want the game buy it. Usually those price drops aren't enough to compensate for the whole game.
Ya but if AMD offers the 7970 30-40$ cheaper and offer a free game not to mention a stock 7970 overclocks and beats a stock overclocked 680. The 7970 is also buy able unlike the gtx 680 atm.
Buy HD7970 and wait for shitty drivers to be fixed, or buy later when the drivers are decent.
Buy 680GTX and drivers are good as are, or buy later when drivers are still the same.
Or realize the drivers are just fine and sense AMD purchased ATI the drivers have improved severely. Look at a lot of tomshardware articles running mutli monitor high resolutions in SLI in some games they said they could not even get the Nvidia cards to work with that game. Not to mention Nvidia beta drivers killing my 8600 gt.
In the 7970 article
"The GeForce GTX 590 couldn’t run in Surround mode consistently without crashing."
http://www.tomshardw...gcn,3104-7.html
In fact it does it more then once other articles have dual GTX 580 failing to not crash.
Also the recent drivers have not been perfect Linux side.
http://www.phoronix....item&px=MTA4ODQ
Lets look at some older Nvidia drivers.
"I’m getting a steady stream of reports in from NVIDIA users that the latest 196.75 drivers can cause severe cooling problems, even possibly resulting in the death of the hardware."
https://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/warning-nvidia-19675-drivers-can-kill-your-graphics-card/7551
Takes AMD awhile before they get their drivers to allow max performance, and sometimes that takes awhile..
I favor neither side, who ever gets it done right, and right the first time stable is who I choose.
And do not dare say Beta killed my 8600GT, it was your fault for using Beta, not Nvidia's.
Get what ever card fits your budget.
Nvidia has better Linux drivers hands down but on windows generally the only thing AMD ****s up is performance.
When AMD has poor performance in new drivers its their fualt, but when Nvidia causes their hardware to physically fail its my fault.
Either way rolling back either companies drivers is easy so if they screw up can usually be fixed.
Where have you been for the past 2 years or so?
Amd is fine on the drivers atm.
Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet