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Hi All,
Well me and a friend dont beleive everything we read including web reviews on new product, so we did some real time testing under a level playing field between the 7970 and the 680.
It was no suprise to Me as to the outcome however my friend did expect better.
Lets start with the field!!! or system specs:
T&B
Asus Rampage 4 Formula bios 1202
8320 @ stock 38x100.3 turbo mode
GSkill RipjawZ 2133 16GB CL9-11-10-28 @ 1600MHz
MSI 7970 Clocked to 1099/1502 2 MHz high on the GPU to the 680 but as close as I can get it memory clocks same making the cards equal in speed respect.
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB windows 7 64bit
Abeeftec
Asus Rampage 4 Extreme bios 1202
8320 @ stock 38x100.3 turbo mode
GSkill RipjawZ 2133 16GB CL9-11-10-28 @ 1600MHz
Evga GTX 680 1097/1502
2x OCZ 120GB raid 0 windows 7 64 bit
Bench programs, we used HWbot video card bench programs and cine.
06 Marks
3D Marks Vantage
11 Marks
Unique haven Extreme D11
Cine-Bun 11.5+
Now for the not so startling results from the 680 which is rated to have 10% and them some better power than the 7970.
First are the cards under load with clocks!!
MSI 7970 Load test clocks
Evga GTX 680 load test clocks
As you can well see the cards are set to run at the same GPU and MEMORY speeds so there is no advantage in this respect providing a much more true and stable reading on all testing!!
I will have Abeeftec also put up his point of view on this as it was a joint venture and he was expecting the 680 to BLOW away the 7970!
Note in every screen shot to follow we loaded 3 CPUZ's showing
Mobo
CPU
Memory
Also loaded is GPUZ on all screenshots!
NOW FOR THE FUN READY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
First up lets do simple Cinebench MSI 7970 will be first in all benching picks.
CINE-BUNS MSI 7970 OpenGL
CINE-BUNS Evga GTX 680 OpenGL
This was rather a blow out we didn't expect this much of a difference at all very suprised with the MSI 79.86 to the Evga's 53.40
Now things get closer on the next few but!!!!!!
06 MARKS MSI 7970
06 MARKS Evga GTX 680
On 06 marks we were looking at the MSI 7970 28264 vs Evga 27374 still a rather LARGE difference seems its not getting any better for the 680!
We move on now lets see VANTAGE up!!
3D Marks Vantage MSI 7970
3D Marks Vantage Evga 680
Still I'm not seeing the 10%+ out of the 680?? MSI 7970 GPU score 35511 vs Evga 680 GPU score 33476 OUCH?
So far I have to say give me the 7970
OK some UH extreme again 7970
UH Extreme MSI 7970
UH Extreme Evga 680
Once again proper testing at same card speeds shows the 7970 beating the 680 what can I say..... MSI= 2138.752 Evga= 1837.98 maybe a bad 680?? I dont think so especially since my 7970 been clocked to near death for the last 2 months!
Finaly the Evga shines but to little to late?
11 Marks MSI 7970
11 Marks Evga 680
Here the Evga 680 SHINED horay!!!
Now I will have Abeeftec chime in on his thoughts as we did this beacuse he expected alot more from the 680. We may also be doing more benching between the cards soon to add to this post.
Well me and a friend dont beleive everything we read including web reviews on new product, so we did some real time testing under a level playing field between the 7970 and the 680.
It was no suprise to Me as to the outcome however my friend did expect better.
Lets start with the field!!! or system specs:
T&B
Asus Rampage 4 Formula bios 1202
8320 @ stock 38x100.3 turbo mode
GSkill RipjawZ 2133 16GB CL9-11-10-28 @ 1600MHz
MSI 7970 Clocked to 1099/1502 2 MHz high on the GPU to the 680 but as close as I can get it memory clocks same making the cards equal in speed respect.
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB windows 7 64bit
Abeeftec
Asus Rampage 4 Extreme bios 1202
8320 @ stock 38x100.3 turbo mode
GSkill RipjawZ 2133 16GB CL9-11-10-28 @ 1600MHz
Evga GTX 680 1097/1502
2x OCZ 120GB raid 0 windows 7 64 bit
Bench programs, we used HWbot video card bench programs and cine.
06 Marks
3D Marks Vantage
11 Marks
Unique haven Extreme D11
Cine-Bun 11.5+
Now for the not so startling results from the 680 which is rated to have 10% and them some better power than the 7970.
First are the cards under load with clocks!!
MSI 7970 Load test clocks
Evga GTX 680 load test clocks
As you can well see the cards are set to run at the same GPU and MEMORY speeds so there is no advantage in this respect providing a much more true and stable reading on all testing!!
I will have Abeeftec also put up his point of view on this as it was a joint venture and he was expecting the 680 to BLOW away the 7970!
Note in every screen shot to follow we loaded 3 CPUZ's showing
Mobo
CPU
Memory
Also loaded is GPUZ on all screenshots!
NOW FOR THE FUN READY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
First up lets do simple Cinebench MSI 7970 will be first in all benching picks.
CINE-BUNS MSI 7970 OpenGL
CINE-BUNS Evga GTX 680 OpenGL
This was rather a blow out we didn't expect this much of a difference at all very suprised with the MSI 79.86 to the Evga's 53.40
Now things get closer on the next few but!!!!!!
06 MARKS MSI 7970
06 MARKS Evga GTX 680
On 06 marks we were looking at the MSI 7970 28264 vs Evga 27374 still a rather LARGE difference seems its not getting any better for the 680!
We move on now lets see VANTAGE up!!
3D Marks Vantage MSI 7970
3D Marks Vantage Evga 680
Still I'm not seeing the 10%+ out of the 680?? MSI 7970 GPU score 35511 vs Evga 680 GPU score 33476 OUCH?
So far I have to say give me the 7970
OK some UH extreme again 7970
UH Extreme MSI 7970
UH Extreme Evga 680
Once again proper testing at same card speeds shows the 7970 beating the 680 what can I say..... MSI= 2138.752 Evga= 1837.98 maybe a bad 680?? I dont think so especially since my 7970 been clocked to near death for the last 2 months!
Finaly the Evga shines but to little to late?
11 Marks MSI 7970
11 Marks Evga 680
Here the Evga 680 SHINED horay!!!
Now I will have Abeeftec chime in on his thoughts as we did this beacuse he expected alot more from the 680. We may also be doing more benching between the cards soon to add to this post.
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