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| Radeon 7970 |
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| Geforce GTX 680 |
HD 7970 GTX 680
Clock Speeds
925 Mhz
1006 Mhz
Memory capacity 3 GB GDDR5
2.048 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth 264 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Memory speed 5.5 Gbps
6.0 Gbps
No of Displays up to 6 monitors
up to 4 monitors
Max Temp 98C
72C
Damage $549
$499
Both are based on a 28 nanometer fabrication process. The simple
question is, which one of these is the bleeding edge? Is $50 worth a difference
of 71.8 GB/s memory bandwidth?
Reports indicate that the HD 7970 is louder (literally) than the
GTX. The GTX may be quieter, but will it fit into a PCI port with other
stowaways? It is wider than the 7970 (bulkier), is thinner better?
So, one is quieter than the other, one costs less, the other
has a faster memory...oh, the anguish of choices.
Solution
Easy enough, we took to benchmarks...
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| Our favorite... |
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| ..."what you saying? I can't hear you" |
Nvidia are well known for writing kick a--
drivers and code, could this mean that the GTX will win this round because of
0s and 1s?
...and The Power Bill
and the GTX wins eventually, why? Thought you would't ask, four things:
At 1 Ghz processor speed, silent operation, lower bills and a $500 price tag, I would marry the GTX 680.
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