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Graphics card choise

Gringjammer
Level 8

‎03-22-2012 08:08 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 09:31 PM by Community Admin

Hey guys
I would like to know your opinion about my choise of graphics cards,
Today i've seen the new brutal GTX680 which is for quite a fair price. But is it really worth it?
My choises are: MSI radeon R6970 Lightning 2gb
Asus eah6970 2gb
nvidia gtx 680 (waiting for OC'ed cards)

these 3 are in my list. if there are any suggestions they are more than welcome!
p.s atm i'm using the nvidia 9800gtx+ 512mb combined with the amd fx-8150@4.2ghz 16gb RAM @ 1866mhz and asus crosshair V formula.
Thanks in advance and happy gaming ^.^
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frisianbear2002
Level 9

‎03-22-2012 12:09 PM

Why only the new GTX680 and not like the 7970 why you choose for 6970 i know this 1is cheaper then the other 2 they are in the same price class more or less.
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In progress the custom build PC Samurai Warrior ''Miyamoto Musashi'' in Japanese ''宮本 武蔵'' made by Pascal
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ugapug
Level 7

‎03-22-2012 12:13 PM

The 680 absolutely DESTROYS the 7970 at all resolutions. I would suggest grabbing either the Asus or EVGA branded part. I'm partial to EVGA for video cards, and they already have an OC app.
Asus Rampage IV Extreme w/EK Full motherboard block
Corsair Vengeance 32gb 8-8-8-20 1t 1600 MHz @ 1.65v
i7 3820 @ 4.4GHz w/EK Supreme HF
EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra 3GB @975mhz (680 SLI Incoming)
BFG GTX285 OCX 1gb (for Physx)
Corsair Force GT 120gb SSD - WD Black 1tb SATA
HP 24x DVD-RW/LG 12x BluRay
Caselabs TH10
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Corsair HX1000W PSU
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WHO_FARTED_
Level 10
In response to ugapug

‎03-22-2012 04:39 PM

nvidia!!!!
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General_Dischar
Level 7

‎03-22-2012 05:18 PM

The HD 7770 is only $159 and its PCIe 3.0, if your board supports 3.0 you might want to consider two of these in crossfireX. Just saying, good bang for your buck.
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frisianbear2002
Level 9

‎03-23-2012 01:55 AM

+1 @General Discharge

Yeah that 1 is here in holland around €145,- so that might be an option 2 ,2 of those.
l Asus Rampage 4 Extreme l intel 3930X@ 4800Mhz (1.45volt) 24/7 l Asus matrix GTX 580 l
16GB Team Xtreem DDR3 PC3-20800 2600MHz (11-11-11-28-1) l Coolermaster Silentpro 1000w PSU l Revodrive3 ssd l WD Raptor 150Gb (10000rpm) l Corsair H100 wc with 4 Cougar Vortex fans l CM HAF 932 Avanced case l Acer X243H 24'' l Asus RT N66U Dark Knight l Logitech Z2300 speakers

In progress the custom build PC Samurai Warrior ''Miyamoto Musashi'' in Japanese ''宮本 武蔵'' made by Pascal
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Gringjammer
Level 8
In response to frisianbear2002

‎03-23-2012 03:51 AM

as i said so i have the Asus Crosshair V Formula but on the asus site it says it only contains PCI-E x16 2.0 >.>
does this mean i can't go higher as 6000 series??
if so screw asus i thought i bought a new board but now it seems old already???
Edit: I contacted Asus support, they called me and said it's not problem. my MB should run both nvidia and ati, just saying but i'm going for the 680gtx 2gb asus oc'ed version as soon as it releases 🙂
happy gaming!
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Area_66
Level 11

‎03-23-2012 05:10 AM

Any GPU will do fine in the Crosshair , all gen 3.0 GPU can run on a pci-e 2.0 a 3.0 GPU can't not even use all the bandwidth of a 2.0. Actually no single AMD 990 FX boards on the market as 3.0
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Syber
Level 8

‎03-23-2012 05:50 AM

on a personal level I'd go for a GTX680. Simply because I've always been a bit nVidia sided anyway. But there is nothing wrong with a 7970 Its all up to personal choice
Current Specs:
Asus Crosshair II Formula ( running old school )
AMD Athlon64 le-1600 @ 2.8Ghz
2GB DDR2 800MHz
Sapphire Radeon HD3870 512MB @806Mhz


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