GTX670 or 7970 For THIS Game?
 

670 is better than 580 right ?Is the 6990 more trouble than its worth with dual gpu setup?Thanks.

670 is faster than the 580. As far as i know the 670 is not far from the 680.

As far as the 6990 goes, i would say its more trouble than its worth in any game (any dual gpu). One should always choose the single gpu option if its possible.

S!

As above. I would choose a good single GPU over a dual-GPU.

I have just upgraded from a 4870x2 to a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB(this is the fastest 670, even faster than a 680). While the ATI card improved in this latest patch I am really impressed with this new card. At a resolution of 1920x1200 I have everything on maximum settings apart from effects which is on medium. It never dips below 30FPS for me.

You asked for the decision between 670 and 7970 in your topic line. It is for sure 7970!!!! In this game, you will have less problems and it is as fast as a 680. Latest driver improvements and other things made a lot of tech-pages in the internet let revise their decision about the fastest card on the market. With some new overclocked versions of the 7970, you can see that they are nearly equal, bit ati got back the lead with the fastest single card.

It is cheaper, has more vram (which is an essential thing -> for cod, you should have more than 2.5gb preferrably). And if you are a guy, who sticks with such games and not only with casual games, I would prefer the 7970.

As I have it too and I am a guy playing games like sims, pc exclusive games and some streaming engine games like arma, I love this card, although I am normally also on the nvidia side.

This time (for now) ati got a very good card and if I review technically, I come to the result, that the 680 is fast but lost features. It is simply a potentially good card, which was thrown on the market to hold the fanboys, but technically insufficiently featured. The 7970 has all up-to-date features, a high quality bill of material and a better performance for the money.

Thats my current opinion and I never thought, that I would say that one day: ati has the better card, especially for cod! ;)

S!

Both nVidia 6xx and AMD 79xx series will run CoD sufficiently. Which is better is up to the gamer to decide ;) I am happy with my 7970HD as it runs every game I play (WoT, EVE, IL-2 CoD, Arma2 and it's mod DayZ, Iron Front etc.) with great performance. And I bet nVidia 6xx series will do that as well :) Interesting to see what the 12.8 drivers for AMD will do, being released this week..

In normal resolutions like 1080p, they are close together, but already having stutter @ the 680. If you go further, it will get worse for this card except you get a +680 with more vram, than stock.

Seeing big vram getting more and more important, the hd7970 could be a better choice. And with working sli and crossfire, this card will match better as well, because the vram is getting even more important in that. It do not double vram in sli and so you could still have the problem with stutters on a 680.

For most games, this is not important, but for cod in its current, demanding state, it should be taken into account in my opinion.

S!

Slapped the 7970HD with GHz Edition BIOS and it made a difference for me. Can't wait for the 12.8 drivers and see how they fare :)

+1 Baron.

Stublerone seems to be convinced (as in another thread, not even going to answer his ranting ) he knows it all, but hey....what does one expect, he's a "pro"-gamer, and people with a 670 just belong in the casual corner of shame.

Im sorry, what?

First of all, i have 1280 Gb memory and i never run out on high settings in loD, heck iv managed just fine on 1024 Gb if i lower just a couple of settings from unlimited to high . Standard memory on any GTX 670 is 2 Gb.

Second: Gtx 670/680 is gaming cards, not a jack of all trades. The technical features you speak of is irrelevant and never ever used by 95% of the costumers. ( mining etc.)

Third: The only reason Ati can claim the throne (hmmm) is because the launched a card thats oc`ed to the hilt straight from the factory, not the partners like Gigabyte, Asus etc, but from ATI themselves, witch is unheard of and only shows that.....well, i wont go into that.

Fourth: Gtx 670 is as fast or (most of the times) faster than the 7970, even in Battlefield on Ultra, with its insufficient memory mind you. (and im not even talking about the 680 here) if you dont count the "all new" Gigahertz version from Ati, witch in reality, is a oc`d stock 7970 with differant bios, as i already mentioned.

Fifth: Gtx is cooler, less noisy, and draws less power than the 7970 and essentially costs the same (10 euros here and there)

I dont mind you recomending what you see as a good card but keep to the facts please, its the OP money and he is the one about to spend alot of it. I always use what i like and owned Ati cards to, but the fact of the matter is that Ati was left behind this time around. (7*** series vs 6** series).

Btw, what problems with NVidia in CloD do you speak of? As far as i know Ati owners is the ones who have had problems with CloD since its release.


the OP now got 2 different opinions, lets not take it further and let him find out what's true and what's not by googling. :wink:


P.S NedLynch, accidentally deleted my first post, dhu.