770 vs 780

[Focux]

I wouldn't recommend the 7970 now on the basis of it being a 2 year old card, and it's successor being announced in 10 days, and released in a month or so (speculation)...

7970 is a magnificent card, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone now until we see what the GCN 2 by AMD will bring. In 10 days we'll se what the next generation of AMD cards will be like compared to the 7000 series so after that maybe it'll be recommendable, but not now.

Also a 780 is a beast, and I myself plan to get it for gaming in 3d on a 1080p monitor. But only after the prices drop upon release of the next gen AMD cards. It should be good for the next 3 years or so, and since 770 is basically a facelifted 680 with glorified gpu boost I wouldn't recommend that for a rig set to run everything on high for next 2+ years so...

EDIT: minor grammatical retouching

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[Mr. Expert]

9970 makes more sense to me right now. I don´t know is money is a point to him, but I guess the 9970 won't be more expensive than the 780 and it seems it's performance would be higher.

9970 will be close to double the price of the 7970 as it stands right now. If AMD does another price drop on the 7970 then that will mean 7970 will cost less than half of a 9970 and will still have most of all the 9970/780s performance. It's always best to buy last generations stuff as you get a top end card for far less money and you still stay ahead of the curve.

[Sotti]

9970 will be close to double the price of the 7970 as it stands right now. If AMD does another price drop on the 7970 then that will mean 7970 will cost less than half of a 9970 and will still have most of all the 9970/780s performance. It's always best to buy last generations stuff as you get a top end card for far less money and you still stay ahead of the curve.

 

True, but the money is no a question for me, just pure performance. But we still don't know what the creator of this post was looking for.

 

See ya

[Raboo]

780 FTW

[LolNope]

Hawaii is supposed to have a 30% smaller GPU size and 3GB on a 384-bit bus, so don't expect too much more performance over a 780 if at all.

That said I would wait for the release anyways as prices may drop or AMD could surprise us. Otherwise, get the 780.

 

http://videocardz.com/45623/amd-hawaii-30-smaller-kepler-gk110

[Focux]

Hawaii is supposed to have a 30% smaller GPU size and 3GB on a 384-bit bus, so don't expect too much more performance over a 780 if at all.

That said I would wait for the release anyways as prices may drop or AMD could surprise us. Otherwise, get the 780.

http://videocardz.com/45623/amd-hawaii-30-smaller-kepler-gk110

I think many forget that when u have a smaller die, there's less surface area for heat to dissipate. Maybe it'll run hotter and throttle compared to my 780

[Mooshi]

770 vs 780

 

or

 

680 vs Titan lite

 

You decide!