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Its a choice between:
Asus HD7970 DC2 3GB mem
or
Nvidia GTX 680 2GB mem
The 7970 is 35usd cheaper.
Asus HD7970 DC2 3GB mem
or
Nvidia GTX 680 2GB mem
The 7970 is 35usd cheaper.
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This. Get the best you can afford. Thats the 680.$35 is nothing compared to the overall price of the card and system. Get the highest performing card of the two (680) and be done with it. Can't really go wrong with either.
Well, it takes some decent clocks for the 7970 to catch up in the first place (so that wipes out its higher overclocking ability), and dont forget, even with the new style of overclocking this card, it still does overclock.But the 7970 is easier to overclock (no dynamic clocks/offset, at least until there is modded bios around) and it seems like it has more headroom.
I am still wondering myself for my next rig...
Well, it takes some decent clocks for the 7970 to catch up in the first place (so that wipes out its higher overclocking ability), and dont forget, even with the new style of overclocking this card, it still does overclock.
Id be interested to see what clocks it takes exactly on a 7970 to match a 680 and THEN see how much headroom is available in both cards.