Which graphics card should I get???

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#1 King_Diddy31
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gigabyte geforce GTX 670 OC 2GB or Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition 3GB with Boost, I am just wondering which would be better for gaming, what are their pros and cons, Thanks

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gigabyte geforce GTX 670 OC 2GB or Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition 3GB with Boost, I am just wondering which would be better for gaming, what are their pros and cons, Thanks

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gigabyte geforce GTX 670 OC 2GB or Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition 3GB with Boost, I am just wondering which would be better for gaming, what are their pros and cons, Thanks

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The 7970 obviously has more VRAM, and is one of AMD's best GPUs, while the 670 is a little bit older. However, because of the 690, the TITAN, and the 780, some of the older NVIDIA GPUs (670, 660ti, 660) are gonna start going for less. If I were you, I'd get the 670 to start with, then get another and go SLI. It'll destroy the 7970, and most other single GPUs.
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[QUOTE="King_Diddy31"]

gigabyte geforce GTX 670 OC 2GB or Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition 3GB with Boost, I am just wondering which would be better for gaming, what are their pros and cons, Thanks

 

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gigabyte geforce GTX 670 OC 2GB or Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition 3GB with Boost, I am just wondering which would be better for gaming, what are their pros and cons, Thanks

 

King_Diddy31

The 7970 obviously has more VRAM, and is one of AMD's best GPUs, while the 670 is a little bit older. However, because of the 690, the TITAN, and the 780, some of the older NVIDIA GPUs (670, 660ti, 660) are gonna start going for less. If I were you, I'd get the 670 to start with, then get another and go SLI. It'll destroy the 7970, and most other single GPUs.

dual card configurations = bad; single cards superior

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If you can find 7970 good price, go for it. GTX 670 signature 2 is good too if you want hulk color. 7950 be beast too man. Take your pick. Choose your weapon or get mini-Titan GTX 780 and tell your sister-in-law how you badass at spending money, walk through Forever 21 with it and ask H&M for a 10% off next purchase. yaya
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#5 mastershake575
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The GTX 770 comes out this coming up week and the GTX 760 ti (which is basically a re-branded GTX 670 for $299) is coming out in early June

Wait and see if either of these are a great value

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Okay Im starting to lean towards a GTX 670 or maybe a gtx 760 ti but how many watts on my power supply would I need to SLI with 2 GTX 670s

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[QUOTE="Maverick6585"][QUOTE="King_Diddy31"] [QUOTE="King_Diddy31"]

gigabyte geforce GTX 670 OC 2GB or Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition 3GB with Boost, I am just wondering which would be better for gaming, what are their pros and cons, Thanks

 

ionusX

The 7970 obviously has more VRAM, and is one of AMD's best GPUs, while the 670 is a little bit older. However, because of the 690, the TITAN, and the 780, some of the older NVIDIA GPUs (670, 660ti, 660) are gonna start going for less. If I were you, I'd get the 670 to start with, then get another and go SLI. It'll destroy the 7970, and most other single GPUs.

dual card configurations = bad; single cards superior

No, that's stuff of legends.
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[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="Maverick6585"] The 7970 obviously has more VRAM, and is one of AMD's best GPUs, while the 670 is a little bit older. However, because of the 690, the TITAN, and the 780, some of the older NVIDIA GPUs (670, 660ti, 660) are gonna start going for less. If I were you, I'd get the 670 to start with, then get another and go SLI. It'll destroy the 7970, and most other single GPUs.acanofcoke

dual card configurations = bad; single cards superior

No, that's stuff of legends.

you mean games taking 0 advantage of the second card doesnt happen? or games preforming worse vs single cards bwahaha need i remind you of the gtx 295 hawx benchmarks

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Wait until we know more about the 700 series, notably the 770 and 760ti.

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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"][QUOTE="ionusX"] dual card configurations = bad; single cards superior

ionusX

No, that's stuff of legends.

you mean games taking 0 advantage of the second card doesnt happen? or games preforming worse vs single cards bwahaha need i remind you of the gtx 295 hawx benchmarks

The GTX295 is old news, newer tech works better.
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#12 Cyberdot
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Wait for the GTX 770.

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The 7970. You could wait for the 770, but it will probably be very similar performance to a decently clocked 7970. And of course cost much more.