NVIDIA GeForce 600-Series 28nm (Kepler) | 690 680 670 660 650 | Discussion - Page 168

Osiris · 24th April 2012, 2:19 PM

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Originally Posted by meremortal

I liked the comment

"an actual supply of GTX 680s is coming?!"

funny

And this is why it isn't going to be a GTX 660 or 660 Ti.

KriiV · 24th April 2012, 7:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Osiris

And this is why it isn't going to be a GTX 660 or 660 Ti.

Srs?

Snoochems · 25th April 2012, 11:27 AM

Planning a new PC. Torn between the 7970 and 680.

The way I understand it is, GENERALLY:
GTX680 > HD7970
GTX680 OC < HD7970 OC
GTX680 SLi < HD7970 Crossfire

Any objections to this?

I don't usually OC my video cards, as they always seem to be pushed to the limit out of the box. Not saying that I'm not interested if they can be overclocked though...

I am interested in Dual cards though. I was thinking of buying one now, and one later.

radeon_freak · 25th April 2012, 11:37 AM

680 gets my vote hands down!

scotteee · 25th April 2012, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoochems

Planning a new PC. Torn between the 7970 and 680.

The way I understand it is, GENERALLY:
GTX680 > HD7970
GTX680 OC < HD7970 OC
GTX680 SLi < HD7970 Crossfire

Any objections to this?

I don't usually OC my video cards, as they always seem to be pushed to the limit out of the box. Not saying that I'm not interested if they can be overclocked though...

I am interested in Dual cards though. I was thinking of buying one now, and one later.

Hey Matey,

Been down the track of crossfire 7970's and sli 680's in last few months, i would have to put my vote in for 680's

It's just a quieter smoother experience with nvidia, less driver issues. In gaming it's roughly the same i'd say depending on OC or game but i will point out i noticed a improvement in image quality going to the 680's.

On the other hand, you could buy a cheap 7970 on the forums and an even cheaper one down the track and have crossfire for a good few hundred dollars less if your on a budget

demowhc · 25th April 2012, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoochems

Planning a new PC. Torn between the 7970 and 680.

The way I understand it is, GENERALLY:
GTX680 > HD7970
GTX680 OC < HD7970 OC
GTX680 SLi < HD7970 Crossfire

Any objections to this?

I don't usually OC my video cards, as they always seem to be pushed to the limit out of the box. Not saying that I'm not interested if they can be overclocked though...

I am interested in Dual cards though. I was thinking of buying one now, and one later.

More like:

GTX680 > HD7970
GTX680 OC ~= HD7970 OC
GTX680 SLi > HD7970 Crossfire

aussie-revhead · 25th April 2012, 12:54 PM

Hey scotteee did you find any difference in image quality between 7970 and 680? I have seen this mentioned elsewhere but this factor hardly gets mentioned when guys are undecided which to buy because benchmarks are close. In my opinion, in changing directly from 7970 to 680 - the 680 LOOKED amazing, while the 7970 did not!!!

Can anyone else share a similar experience?

scotteee · 25th April 2012, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

Hey scotteee did you find any difference in image quality between 7970 and 680? I have seen this mentioned elsewhere but this factor hardly gets mentioned when guys are undecided which to buy because benchmarks are close. In my opinion, in changing directly from 7970 to 680 - the 680 LOOKED amazing, while the 7970 did not!!!

Can anyone else share a similar experience?

I'll agree with you 100% aussie, i thought i may have been seeing things!

this article seems to support what we saw

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/image-...w-32417-8.html

Quote:

We did, in fact, find texture quality anomalies in AMD's new Radeon HD 7000 series, and we were originally concerned that history was repeating itself when we discovered the problem. If you've paid any attention to the graphics space over the past 10 years, you'll probably remember a time when ATI and Nvidia quietly played around with image quality, sacrificing visual fidelity for performance in order to help their products perform better in high-profile game benchmarks.

dukkie · 25th April 2012, 1:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotteee

I'll agree with you 100% aussie, i thought i may have been seeing things!

this article seems to support what we saw

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/image-...w-32417-8.html

These image quality issues have been rectified in the newest driver release.

scotteee · 25th April 2012, 1:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dukkie

These image quality issues have been rectified in the newest driver release.

Yer i read that, so i think when me and aussie went from 7970's to 680's this was pre that driver, that article was dated 11th of april. It's good to know we can trust our eyes aussie

aussie-revhead · 25th April 2012, 1:29 PM

haha yeah but the difference was amazing, I'm not about to buy a 7970 again just to see if they have caught up. Then again there are some cheap ones about .....

Bertross · 25th April 2012, 1:32 PM

get the 680 hands down.

bobbth · 25th April 2012, 1:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoochems

Planning a new PC. Torn between the 7970 and 680.

The way I understand it is, GENERALLY:
GTX680 > HD7970
GTX680 OC < HD7970 OC
GTX680 SLi < HD7970 Crossfire

Any objections to this?

I don't usually OC my video cards, as they always seem to be pushed to the limit out of the box. Not saying that I'm not interested if they can be overclocked though...

I am interested in Dual cards though. I was thinking of buying one now, and one later.

Your going to get a lot of GTX680 suggestions posting in the nVidia GTX680 thread but the GTX680 is the superior card. I would suggest the 680 if budget isn't a big concern but the 7970 can be found for ~$450-$500 on the For Sale forums and for ~$600 new where as the 680 cant be found anywhere (and when you can find it they're $700+).

In terms of game performance they are incredibly close and if your on a single monitor you really wont notice the difference. If you need something now, for cheap, the 7970 can be found easily but if you just want the 'best' card then the 680 wins hands down.

Snoochems · 25th April 2012, 7:26 PM

So... decided on the GTX680. Went to place order for whole system. Decided to do a check on availability on all my parts - and found no GTX680s were available. Damnit

Geno · 25th April 2012, 8:25 PM

Tell me about it, I returned a dead 7970 and opted to exchange for a 680... 5 days later im still cardless lol..

25th April 2012, 11:27 AM	#2508
Snoochems Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,392	Planning a new PC. Torn between the 7970 and 680. The way I understand it is, GENERALLY: GTX680 > HD7970 GTX680 OC < HD7970 OC GTX680 SLi < HD7970 Crossfire Any objections to this? I don't usually OC my video cards, as they always seem to be pushed to the limit out of the box. Not saying that I'm not interested if they can be overclocked though... I am interested in Dual cards though. I was thinking of buying one now, and one later. __________________ i7 3930k @ 4.8Ghz (still more to go) - ASUS Sabertooth X79 - Corair H100 - 16Gb 2133MHz DDR3 Ram - AMD HD7970 - Coolermaster Stormtrooper - Coolermaster 1050W PSU - 240 GB Intel 520 SSD - 2x 128 GB G.Skill Phoenix Pro (RAID0)

25th April 2012, 11:37 AM	#2509
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25th April 2012, 12:54 PM	#2512
aussie-revhead Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 13,702	Hey scotteee did you find any difference in image quality between 7970 and 680? I have seen this mentioned elsewhere but this factor hardly gets mentioned when guys are undecided which to buy because benchmarks are close. In my opinion, in changing directly from 7970 to 680 - the 680 LOOKED amazing, while the 7970 did not!!! Can anyone else share a similar experience? __________________ Bench 1- R4F - 3930K - Team 2400c9 - Sapphire 7770 Ghz Edition - Enermax Revo1250 - water cooled tech bench - Samsung S27A950D Netbox - waiting on Haswell parts ... - 4x2TB on Highpoint RAID - Lian Li v354 matx - Water cooled BF3: OZrevhead

25th April 2012, 1:29 PM	#2516
aussie-revhead Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 13,702	haha yeah but the difference was amazing, I'm not about to buy a 7970 again just to see if they have caught up. Then again there are some cheap ones about ..... __________________ Bench 1- R4F - 3930K - Team 2400c9 - Sapphire 7770 Ghz Edition - Enermax Revo1250 - water cooled tech bench - Samsung S27A950D Netbox - waiting on Haswell parts ... - 4x2TB on Highpoint RAID - Lian Li v354 matx - Water cooled BF3: OZrevhead

25th April 2012, 1:32 PM	#2517
Bertross Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Melb, CBD Posts: 8,759	get the 680 hands down. __________________ LIAN LI PC-7FNWX - 3570K/PHANTEK - ASROCK EXTREME 6 Z77 - ASUS CU2 7970 - 16GB 2133MHZ - U2711 - SHURE SRH940/BEYERS DT880 PRO 250-OHMS - FICLO/PBT POKER DIABLO 3 ACCOUNT

25th April 2012, 7:26 PM	#2519
Snoochems Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,392	So... decided on the GTX680. Went to place order for whole system. Decided to do a check on availability on all my parts - and found no GTX680s were available. Damnit __________________ i7 3930k @ 4.8Ghz (still more to go) - ASUS Sabertooth X79 - Corair H100 - 16Gb 2133MHz DDR3 Ram - AMD HD7970 - Coolermaster Stormtrooper - Coolermaster 1050W PSU - 240 GB Intel 520 SSD - 2x 128 GB G.Skill Phoenix Pro (RAID0)

25th April 2012, 8:25 PM	#2520
Geno Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth Posts: 1,055	Tell me about it, I returned a dead 7970 and opted to exchange for a 680... 5 days later im still cardless lol.. __________________ The Rig: 3960x @ 5ghz 1.39v -42 deg 100% load, G.skill Trident X 2400 CL9, Asus Rampage IV Formula, SLI MSI 680 Lightnings under water. LD Cooling V10 Phase Case Build!