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Hello everyone, i'm new to pc building. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the old AMD vs Nvidia. Just what are the pros and cons of the two?

I'm choosing between a GTX 770 and HD7970(Volcanic islands in future)

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wait for the 9xxx series to see what happens, if you want one now (not recommended) i would personally get the 7970

The reason he suggests the 7970 is likely because it comes with 3 free games and is $100 cheaper than the GTX 770.

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Right now, AMD

 

every other time depends on which exclusives you're into and what's up the pipes (which determines price -- like right now.)

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I'd say the 7970 aswell.

 

Or wait till 9xxx series and either get the 9xxx at release, or the 7970 since it will likely then be further discounted.

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I have heard abt amd being really bad with drivers which resulted in stuttering. Is it fixed in the latest drivers?

I really want to know what's good and what's bad abt the both

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Wait then get a radeon card.

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I have heard abt amd being really bad with drivers which resulted in stuttering. Is it fixed in the latest drivers?

I really want to know what's good and what's bad abt the both

Go strictly for price to performance unless there's a few games that you really like and are optimized for a specific platform.

 

AMD drivers are fine, you'll hear rabble about both Nvidia and AMD having trash drivers. Both have sucky drivers, so don't bother caring.

 

You don't have to care about stutering unless you're doing Crossfire, which you don't seem to be doing. The latest drivers did not completely fixed it, but it was addressed and lessened greatly.

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The reason he suggests the 7970 is likely because it comes with 3 free games and is $100 cheaper than the GTX 770.

nailed it

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Wait untill volcanic island otherwise 7970

Only one more month. I can do this. I can do this.

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I'm a Nvidia person... IDK why, I just feel more premium with it even though I know both sides are amazing. Maybe I'm a fanboy? IDK. AMD is bang for the buck though.

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Wow, I'm impressed, a whole page on this topic without starting a new GPU war.

 

This question has been asked multiple times on this forum, and never answered definitively - for a reason.

 

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Answer is subjective. But I prefer AMD at the moment.

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Can't go wrong with either of that but the question is, how much is the price for each card and will you get Never Settle Forever game bundle?

 

Micro stuttering is non-existence in AMD single gpu configuration, it has been fixed many months ago and for dual GPU configuration, Catalyst 13.8 beta had the Frame-pacing feature that eliminate micro-stuttering but currently it only work in DX10/DX11 games and single monitor up to 2560x1440 resolution. DX9 and Eyefinity fix coming soon in next beta driver or WHQL.

 

Noteable feature of 770 is GPU Boost 2.0 which will boost the clock speed according to TDP and Temp, in layman term.. automatic overclocking. Cuda and Physx is another feature that worth to mention but i don't really support prorietary technology.

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For best bang for the buck AMD 7970 right now is a great deal. but when 9000  comes out nvidia should come down a bit also.

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If you're still having trouble deciding, consider this:

The 7970 and 770 are nearly neck to neck.

The 7970 is considerably cheaper.

The 7970 has 3GB vram as opposed to 2GB. (Disregarding the even more costly 770 4GB).

The 7970 comes with le games.

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Only one more month. I can do this. I can do this.

 

Waiting is a lot easier when you don't have money in the first place xD   

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Waiting is a lot easier when you don't have money in the first place xD   

Oh, a lot. xD

I have $300 saved so far. Cannot wait. I want a dedicated GPU soooo bad. 

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I'm a Nvidia person... IDK why, I just feel more premium with it even though I know both sides are amazing. Maybe I'm a fanboy? IDK. AMD is bang for the buck though.

Nvidia is more premium. Just look at the GTX 780 and Titan cooler. Then compare it to HD7970 and this abomination:

 

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Really Xelithium, really? I just waited for your comments to start knocking on amd and brag about nvidia's superiority.

 

Every single thread, you tell the same story: "boo amd, go nvidia!" -But things aren't so black and white, and 90% of the guys on the forum who are active agree.

 

7970 is a 2-year old card, and just look at the 590's reference cooler before you say anything else, since they're pretty much the same age... But that's irrelevant because the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The sad part is price/performance-wise the AMD card wipe the floor with nvidia, and remember that price is important to roughly 90% (my estimate) of the buyers. I'm not saying that nvidia cards aren't faster, but they're much more expensive.

 

Again, your arguments are invalid, and smell of fanboyism all the way to Canada. And my last 2 cards were nvidia, so there.

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Meh, you see the posts every time, I don't worry about that... Also, you're proving to be quite the keyboard warrior, go on, see if I care. But it's nice to see how unbiased you are, and how valid your posts and opinions are, regarding this topic at least. Also the language you use is most exquisite.

 

I wonder how long it will take for the next warning to arrive... No matter, every forum has it's flamer.

 

UU-uu, if you dont give a "flying fuck" why do you post? You feel the calling to convince everyone your opinion is the only valid?

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Lol was someone saying something about the AMD vs NVIDIA war and how there was no such thing in this topic? Or something? =D

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