GTX 670, GTX 680 or Radeon HD 7970

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#1 RyanShazam
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My Current PC

Cards:

GeForce GTX 670

Geforce GTX 680

Radeon HD 7970 3gig

Already Upgrading to Corsair Vengance 16gig 1600

Thanks for the info.

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#2 04dcarraher
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If your not upgrading the psu I would go with the GTX 670. it uses less power. The difference between the those gpu are small performance wise.

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#3 C_Rule
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Out of those, the 670. 7950 is also good to consider.
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#4 topgunmv
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If your not upgrading the psu I would go with the GTX 670. it uses less power. The difference between the those gpu are small performance wise.

04dcarraher

? It says he has a 700 watt power supply, that should be plenty for any single gpu card.

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#5 Marfoo
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I personally would just take an HD 7970 and overclock it to GHz speed, you save a lot of money that way and it ends up neck and neck with the 680.
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#6 04dcarraher
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[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

If your not upgrading the psu I would go with the GTX 670. it uses less power. The difference between the those gpu are small performance wise.

topgunmv

? It says he has a 700 watt power supply, that should be plenty for any single gpu card.

Nope, its not even a good quality psu..

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#7 chris24l
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While I like the radeon cards better, I run into more driver problems with them. I have to say at this time get the GTX680 ,or 670 if you want to save a few bucks because I like NVIDIA drivers way better.
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#8 RyanShazam
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I'm getting all different answers lol
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#9 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="topgunmv"]

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

If your not upgrading the psu I would go with the GTX 670. it uses less power. The difference between the those gpu are small performance wise.

04dcarraher

? It says he has a 700 watt power supply, that should be plenty for any single gpu card.

Nope, its not even a good quality psu..

I wouldn't be worried about his PSU either, that PC isn't gonna pull more than 500W at maximum with any of those video cards and all that extra wattage is on the 12V rail.
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#10 Marfoo
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I'm getting all different answers lolRyanShazam
All three cards you listed are excellent choices and any of the three will serve you well in all honesty.
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#11 04dcarraher
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[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

[QUOTE="topgunmv"]

? It says he has a 700 watt power supply, that should be plenty for any single gpu card.

Marfoo

Nope, its not even a good quality psu..

I wouldn't be worried about his PSU either, that PC isn't gonna pull more than 500W at maximum with any of those video cards and all that extra wattage is on the 12V rail.

yet they threw in a no name 700w psu for a 6850, your best bet is to lower the wattage as much as possible. those cheap psu's in those ibuy's are known to die out even with low power draw. The TC's best bet is pick up a good quality 500-550w psu and get a 7950 or gtx 660ti.
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#12 GioVela2010
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Rumors are that AMD is delaying HD 8000 cards to get rid of HD 7000 inventory. So get the HD 7970 please
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[QUOTE="RyanShazam"]I'm getting all different answers lolMarfoo
All three cards you listed are excellent choices and any of the three will serve you well in all honesty.

7970 or 670 dependent on your preference of manufacturer - 680 isnt even in the equation for being too expensive for the performance gain it gives if any over an oc'd 670 or 7970

I would always put it down to one factor to choose between the 2 cards, if you want physx. Yes get the 670, no get the 7970. Not bothered with physx then get the 7970, for me best performance vs $ in that price bracket

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#14 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="RyanShazam"]I'm getting all different answers lol5SI-GonePostal

All three cards you listed are excellent choices and any of the three will serve you well in all honesty.

7970 or 670 dependent on your preference of manufacturer - 680 isnt even in the equation for being too expensive for the performance gain it gives if any over an oc'd 670 or 7970

I would always put it down to one factor to choose between the 2 cards, if you want physx. Yes get the 670, no get the 7970. Not bothered with physx then get the 7970, for me best performance vs $ in that price bracket

I agree, hard to beat the price/perf of a 7970 overclocked.
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#15 blaznwiipspman1
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yeah the 7970 is the best performance card out of those 3 AND it is the best bang for buck as well (the prices are going up on these cards though). Still radeon doesn't have physx if thats important for you so you might want to go 670. The 680 is useless.

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#16 RyanShazam
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I decided on the Black Edition 7970, 16 gig ram and a XFX Core Edition Pro550w. I also might get a new monitor in a bit!
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#17 RyanShazam
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At the rate I'm going I'll have almost a brand new computer lol
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#18 whiskeystrike
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^ha nice! I also got the 7970. Did you get the free games with it?

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#19 BPoole96
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Good choice with the 7970. I've been looking into video cards lately and if I decide to buy instead of waiting for the 8000 series, I would have gone with a 7970. Higher VRAM and memory bus allows you to play better at higher resolutions and handle higher res textures and AA without as much of a performance hit.

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#20 RyanShazam
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^ha nice! I also got the 7970. Did you get the free games with it?

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Ita not coming with any free games :(
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#21 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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[QUOTE="whiskeystrike"]

^ha nice! I also got the 7970. Did you get the free games with it?

RyanShazam
Ita not coming with any free games :(

You missed a deal by about a week where 7900 series cards would come with Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs.
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#22 RyanShazam
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[QUOTE="RyanShazam"][QUOTE="whiskeystrike"]

^ha nice! I also got the 7970. Did you get the free games with it?

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Ita not coming with any free games :(

You missed a deal by about a week where 7900 series cards would come with Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs.

That would have been a sick deal! The GTX 680 comes with Assasians Creed 3 and Borderlands 2.
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#24 GamerwillzPS
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Definitely GTX 670. A beefy card in good price range, it also doesn't use much power.

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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="RyanShazam"]Ita not coming with any free games :(RyanShazam
You missed a deal by about a week where 7900 series cards would come with Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs.

That would have been a sick deal! The GTX 680 comes with Assasians Creed 3 and Borderlands 2.

With the two games a GTX 670 would be the best deal, nearly the same performance as the others and is cheaper.
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#26 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="whiskeystrike"]

^ha nice! I also got the 7970. Did you get the free games with it?

RyanShazam
Ita not coming with any free games :(

I think that deal is over. I missed it too with my HD 7870. :(
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#27 RyanShazam
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If I go GTX 670 should I still get a new psu?
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#28 Marfoo
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If I go GTX 670 should I still get a new psu?RyanShazam
The specs of your PSU are adequate to handle any of those cards, however it may be something you want to upgrade in the near future if not immediately to name brand. As it was stated earlier, they put no-name brands into some of these computers and sometimes their quality can be questionable sometimes. I'm not sure personally if that's the case with the models they put into your specific computer but a stable and adequate powersupply is a good investment in the long run.
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#29 Guovssohas
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At 1440p + resolutions the 7970 is definitely strongest and is the one to get. At 1080 / 1200p it probably doesn't matter.
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#30 Alter_Echo
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Either get a 7950 and overclock it to at or above 670 performance or get a 670 and overclock it to at or above 680 performance.

In no situation should you be buying either the 680 or 7970 unless you get a stupid good deal.

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#31 04dcarraher
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If I go GTX 670 should I still get a new psu?RyanShazam
you should so you can have peace of mind , those psu are known to crap out