Gigabyte Nvidia GTX770 Overclock Edition with Windforce Cooling and 4GB RAM $449 @ CPL

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  dqtl74 on 04/11/2013 - 13:59

  +4

  Not as good of a deal as the $299 MSI 7970 that was posted over the weekend (that this card competes with). No fanboyism here, in fact I have been on the green team for the past few generations. However the prices AMD are bringing to the table are really making me think twice.

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    Gnostikos on 04/11/2013 - 14:12

    +3

    I was in the same boat; staunch supporter of the green team for the past decade but now really is the time to jump ship.

    With AMD hardware in both next-gen consoles, and more console-ports being an inevitability, as well as Mantle support promised for future triple-A titles; the tables are quickly turning in AMD's favour.

    Right now in late 2013 most of the 760/670/680/770 cards you find are generally slower (especially when it comes to BF4), have less video RAM and cost significantly more than their AMD counterparts.

    I think a lot of gamers have been slow to grasp the idea that AMD cards and CPUs are no longer jokes relegated to lower-end or budget builds; like they were before late 2011.

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      snakes on 04/11/2013 - 17:27

      Nvidia is the one doing deals done to have their cards get better support and features from publishers. That is an important factor to take into account when choosing a new card.

      The prices are more out of whack then usual due to a new performance card release from AMD, in the next couple of months the prices will even out again.

      http://www.maximumpc.com/nvidia_closes_5_million_deal_ubisof…
      http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Teams-Up-With-W…

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        Gnostikos on 04/11/2013 - 19:27

        +1

        Nvidia is the one doing deals done to have their cards get better support and features from publishers. That is an important factor to take into account when choosing a new card.

        Yeah well seeing as I just said that AMD has a monopoly on the next-gen console's GPU/APU hardware; and that Mantle will allow game developers basically to program directly to the metal, it stands to reason that multi-platform releases in the future are going to run a heck of a lot better on AMD hardware for the next several years to come.

        NVidia might get some exclusive contracts here and there for PC Exclusives, but everything that is going to be coming out on the consoles (and let's face it, what won't?), is going to be optimised for GCN and Mantle.

        That's pretty much game, set and match for the red team for the next few years.

        NVidia I'm sure will continue to release powerful high-end cards but those will cost somewhere in the $600-$1200 dollar price bracket and as we've seen with BF4 benchmarks already, there's 7970's and R9 280X's performing identical to a GTX 780 for around $250-300 dollars less.

        I'd wager the future will hold more of the same. NVidia might remain the king of absolute, theoretical benchmark performance but AMD will continue releasing $250-450 dollar cards that will perform about 10% slower than NVidia's best offerings in the most anticipated titles; and for most gamers that'll be a no-brainer trade off.

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    ItsMeAgro on 04/11/2013 - 14:13

    Agreed. This 770 is 50% more, a whole $150, for equivalent performance.

    I think we're very likely to see more price drops on Nvidia cards soon, and probably more AMD deals too.

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      buzzlight9 on 04/11/2013 - 14:18

      Or should i buy a second hand 5970 for less than $150 ?

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        slowmo on 04/11/2013 - 15:08

        +2

        you probably will spend the amount you saved on a new PSU with that card…

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        ItsMeAgro on 04/11/2013 - 16:14

        Heh, if I found a 5970 for $150 I'd probably buy it, but yeah, make sure you have a beefy PSU and cheap electricity…

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      GreatWhiteHunter on 04/11/2013 - 17:23

      +1

      Bear in mind the 7970 you are talking about isn't a 4gb card either. If you are running multiple screens at high res, you want the 4gb not crappy 1gb or 2gb cards…

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        jassa on 04/11/2013 - 21:46

        The 7970 he's talking about is a 3Gb card.

        http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/121265

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    f38r1 on 04/11/2013 - 15:22

    +4

    Totally opposite here, I've been with AMD ever since but started to change to NVIDIA because the AMD software :)

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      Gnostikos on 04/11/2013 - 19:16

      Not sure how long you've been out of the loop with AMD but the Catalyst suite has caught up to NVidia in terms of turn-around for creating profiles for new releases as well as stability.

      I mean AMD even let's you overclock, over-volt and adjust the fan from right the Catalyst control panel; the last time NVidia gave users that much freedom was the 178 drivers from 2008.

      The only thing I don't like about CCC is that there's no easy list of detected game profiles to customise to your liking (so if you want to apply game-specific tweaks you have to go manually adding each .exe which is cumbersome).

      I do remember what Catalyst drivers were like circa 2005 when I had a 9600 Pro; they've come a hell of a long way.

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    GreatWhiteHunter on 04/11/2013 - 17:22

    +1

    My last 4 AMD cards have ended in tears. Always overheating.

    Have gone to Nvidia now and won't be going back.

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  CarbonTwelve on 04/11/2013 - 14:27

  Unless you're buying two for SLi, I don't think 4GB VRAM is necessary, and as others have pointed out a 7970 is similar performance for a lot less.