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My recommendation would go to the 7970, the three models that I would recommend are the HIS IceQ X2, Sapphire Dual-X & MSI Twinfrozr III.

The HIS overclocks the highest, there is no need to buy a GHz edition model, most regular 7970s can overclock well past 1100mhz without any additional voltage.

In terms of performance the 7970 & 680 are tied in most games, but the 7970 overclocks very well, performs better with anti aliasing, has more VRAM & comes with 4 great games.

I recommend staying away from the Gigabyte & XFX 7970s, both are voltage locked.


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If you can please choose one from above and then suggest a brand that i should get from your recommendation.

 

 

I'm not sure if i should grab a 7970 or a 680. I have $450 to spend.

 

I plan on gaming 25% HD video streaming 20% Typing papers 30% video editing 15% music creation 10%

 

 

 

I use 2 24" asus screens. i have enough power and room in my case for any GPU.

Programs i use:

Live 8.0.9 

Adobe Premiere Pro

Netflix/Hulu.

 

Games i play:

Minecraft

BF3

If you suggest the HD 7970 i guess i would be playing those games as well. Never settle Bundle.

 

Please help!  

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Although I picked 680, you may also save up your money for a 780. The reason why I chose the 680 is for CUDA.

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Although I picked 680, you may also save up your money for a 780. The reason why I chose the 680 is for CUDA.

Thanks i guess?

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I would have to agree saving up for a 780 is the way to go. It's at most only 10% slower than the titan. Almost equal performance in a lot of scenarios.

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I would have to agree saving up for a 780 is the way to go. It's at most only 10% slower than the titan. Almost equal performance in a lot of scenarios.

Heres the thing i don't want to spend more then $450 on a GPU. The 780 is not worth it to me. I don't need something that costly regardless of the performance differences. 

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How about a 7950 :P, but I vote 7970

Any brands?

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Get the 7970 but the Ghz edition, it is far better than the GTX 680.

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Get the 7970 but the Ghz edition, it is far better than the GTX 680.

Though I believe Premiere Pro takes advantage of CUDA cores.

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Any brands?

Can't speak specifically about the 7970, but I have a Gigabyte Windforce 3 7950 and it stays very cool (no higher than 70 degrees) and hasn't had any problems yet. It might be a little loud though, because it has 3 fans.

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My recommendation would go to the 7970, the three models that I would recommend are the HIS IceQ X2, Sapphire Dual-X & MSI Twinfrozr III.

The HIS overclocks the highest, there is no need to buy a GHz edition model, most regular 7970s can overclock well past 1100mhz without any additional voltage.

In terms of performance the 7970 & 680 are tied in most games, but the 7970 overclocks very well, performs better with anti aliasing, has more VRAM & comes with 4 great games.

I recommend staying away from the Gigabyte & XFX 7970s, both are voltage locked.

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Though I believe Premiere Pro takes advantage of CUDA cores.

Yes it does, but he will be using his card more for gaming than editing.

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Get a 680 because EVGA does an  awesome fan design. 7970 is a better card and deal and you get 6 free games.

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My recommendation would go to the 7970, the three models that I would recommend are the HIS IceQ X2, Sapphire Dual-X & MSI Twinfrozr III.

The HIS overclocks the highest, there is no need to buy a GHz edition model, most regular 7970s can overclock well past 1100mhz without any additional voltage.

In terms of performance the 7970 & 680 are tied in most games, but the 7970 overclocks very well, performs better with anti aliasing, has more VRAM & comes with 4 great games.

I recommend staying away from the Gigabyte & XFX 7970s, both are voltage locked.

Thanks man for explaining and giving brands to choose from.

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I just bought a saphire hd 7970 boost edition really good card.for the price can run highe end titles at high end graphics and super happy with it. And now just got my never settle bundle to make things even better. Highly recomend the 7970

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