7970 or gtx 680
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Netroxen
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GTX680 hands down. I own one, but I've had ATI/AMD cards in the past. There may be a small price premium for the 680 but it's well worth it. Especially since games seem to be Nvidia optimized on launch, the frequent driver updates and the absolutely manic overclocks you can get are also a bonus.
I have my 680 overclocked to 1305Mhz on the core and by +465Mhz on the memory, when I put it up against my friend's Sapphire 7970 it absolutely wasted it by 206 points in Heaven 3.0.
With the EVGA X tool you can raise the voltage, with watercooling the card can top 1400-1500Mhz on the core or 1700 on LN2.
At those speeds, it doesn't even matter what the next gen cards bring.
BUT, the 7970 for the price - totally worth it, especially with the free game bundles.
I have my 680 overclocked to 1305Mhz on the core and by +465Mhz on the memory, when I put it up against my friend's Sapphire 7970 it absolutely wasted it by 206 points in Heaven 3.0.
With the EVGA X tool you can raise the voltage, with watercooling the card can top 1400-1500Mhz on the core or 1700 on LN2.
At those speeds, it doesn't even matter what the next gen cards bring.
BUT, the 7970 for the price - totally worth it, especially with the free game bundles.
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Master&Puppet
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Don't forget that nvidia has blocked all voltage control on their cards now.
kuddlesworth9419
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i did say this before but mine hasn't been blocked at all. my graphics carad is the evga 680 classified 4gb and has not been blocked just last weekend i was overcloking and this weekend i plan to do some more
Master&Puppet
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Yea I got that! When did you buy your GPU? The rule came in quite a few months after release 
kuddlesworth9419
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Yea I got that! When did you buy your GPU? The rule came in quite a few months after release
i got it in december 2012 or in january 2013 can't quite remember, maybe nvidia went back on it or something because i can overclock just fin and add and lower voltage
What voltage are you running at on yours?
Really? I got mine way before that and I can't get mine to OV. What is the bios on yours?
kuddlesworth9419
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990 around of course it changes during video games but that is what i set it to the factory setting is 987, the temps are really good on the card. i used evga precision x to look to what i got and used it to change my voltage. its actually a pretty good programe compared to msi afterburner which i used on my last 560 ti which was not very good in my opinion not enough options and the graph layout was not for me. My card might be different because i did buy it from a smaller company perhaps called overclockers.co.uk compared to like amazon or some american company store
Can you get it past 1.175V (that's Nvidia's limit)?
kuddlesworth9419
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no i can't get past 1.175v is that the limit nvidia set than, i don't really see a problem with that unless you want to overclock to high amounts but than you will get really bad temps
Not a problem for the majority of people, but bad for those who WC their rigs. At least AMD still allows that freedom for now.
kuddlesworth9419
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i don't think that amd will restrict it but i also think that the next generation nvidia card won't be restricted, there might have been a lot of people that claimed their warranties to find out that it wasn't valid and got pissed to nvidia decided to stop the stupid people from crying and restricted it. if you overclock a card any card the warranty should go for obvious reasons. is there a workaround for this restriction because there might be.
USAdystopia
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kuddlesworth9419
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people say that a lot to me, just don't mind it. the evga over voltage device can get it over that 1.175v mark though so maybe its just that nvidia wanted a specific device to make it safer perhaps i don't know, or it could just be a way of making more money because the evga eye voltage thingy did cost £50 when i got it also i was pretty annoyed that the evga 680 classified didn't come with a backplate even though they said it does on the website.
kuddlesworth9419
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aparently the more recent cards are locked in so they cannot go any higher than 1.175 mine is locked in so it cannot go any higher than that on evga precision
Vlada011
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I agree and I always insist on double memory.
I bought 5870 with 2GB instead of 1GB and card is perfect stable and easy play all Crysis Textures Mods other 5870 and 5850 had problems sometimes with fps.
Because of that my advice go on NVIDIA instead of AMD.
Because she have more video memory.
680 Classy 4GB Samsung vs Radeon 3GB.
More phase, better PCB, if you solder EVboot Connector you can cheat damn green overclocking crew killers and your cards became overclocking rocket. Smoother gameplay, better for all video applications plus CUDA and Physix if you need that not only for gaming.
I bought 5870 with 2GB instead of 1GB and card is perfect stable and easy play all Crysis Textures Mods other 5870 and 5850 had problems sometimes with fps.
Because of that my advice go on NVIDIA instead of AMD.
Because she have more video memory.
680 Classy 4GB Samsung vs Radeon 3GB.
More phase, better PCB, if you solder EVboot Connector you can cheat damn green overclocking crew killers and your cards became overclocking rocket. Smoother gameplay, better for all video applications plus CUDA and Physix if you need that not only for gaming.
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USAdystopia
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So....you are recommending a card brand and model that you don't own or have used...
Couldnt one get two 7950's for the price of one 680 4gb ? Even two 7870's, or even two of the 7870 with the extra spu's on 7900 architecture.. I'm really starting to doubt nvidia's relevance now, i can understand the 650's and 650ti's small form factor, but price-performance anything else amd has it hands down. Hope nvidia changes this next gen but it seems they're too busy stealing amd documents with one hand and patenting physx with the other.
