Nvidia = AMD

phillyman36

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Just curious as far as graphics cards go which ones are suppose to be each companies direct competitor(ie what is the Amd equivalent of a 660, 680 etc etc)? Do you categorize them by price or by model?

Example
Nvidia Titan = AMD 7990

If someone could give a break down it would be appreciated. I have always brought Nvidia cards so want to up graphics class awareness. Thanks for any replies
 

aaksheytalwar

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690 7990
Titan single gpu crown, no amd equivalent
7970ghz
7970 = 680
7950 boost < 670 at stock
7950 > 660ti
7870xt < 660ti
7870 > 660
7850 < 660
 

Cloudfire777

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what aaksheytalwar said.

AMD will be making the 7990 themselves to compete against the Titan, with lower price. Right now the OEM 7990s and the 7970 CF is plagued with microstutter which AMD plan to especially fight with similar technology as Nvidia use with the 690.
 

hokies83

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HD7990 Titan
HD7970 OC Nothing
HD 7970 stock Gtx 680
HD7950 OC Gtx 680
HD7950 boost gtx 670
HD7870 OC Gtx 670
HD7870 stock gtx 660ti
HD7850 OC Gtx 660ti
HD7850 stock Gtx 660
 
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bystander36

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While the HD 7990 may being marketed to go head to head with Titan, it is by no means a comparable product. The HD 7990 is most like a GTX 690. Both are multi-GPU products, the Titan is not.
 

BallaTheFeared

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+/- a few percent

690 = No equal
Titan = No equal
680 = 7970 Ghz
670 = 7970
660Ti = 7950 boost
660 = 7870
650 Boost = 7850
 

wand3r3r

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Not that TPU is the best/only source, they just have convenient graphs and fairly new drivers, at least not from the introduction of the cards.

NVIDIA: 310.70 WHQL
ATI: Catalyst 13.1 WHQL
GTX Titan: 314.09 Beta

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I find it interesting how they've (AMD and NV) priced the cards with the differences at stock filling every price hole they can. :)

7970 GHz > 680
7970 = 680 and both are > 670
670 > 7950 (dunno if boost?)
7950 > 660 ti
660 ti > 7870
7870 > 660
660 > 7850
 

Ketchup

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... there are plenty of opinions (right here in VC&G) about which one is better for the money.

690 = No equal
Titan = No equal
680 = 7970 Ghz
670 = 7970
660Ti = 7950 boost
660 = 7870
650 Boost = 7850

HD7990 Titan
HD7970 OC Nothing
HD 7970 stock Gtx 680
HD7950 OC Gtx 680
HD7950 boost gtx 670
HD7870 OC Gtx 670
HD7870 stock gtx 660ti
HD7850 OC Gtx 660ti
HD7850 stock Gtx 660

690 7990
Titan single gpu crown, no amd equivalent
7970ghz
7970 = 680
7950 boost < 670 at stock
7950 > 660ti
7870xt < 660ti
7870 > 660
7850 < 660

See what I mean?
 

Plimogz

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How is a 670 = 7970. And how is a 650 ti = 7850???

if you don't overclock, apparently.

Seriously, 7850 is a great overclocker, and 650ti boost is basically wringing all of the performance out of the 650 as is.

Still, I didn't realize how close it was stock Vs. stock.
 

SolMiester

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if you don't overclock, apparently.

Seriously, 7850 is a great overclocker, and 650ti boost is basically wringing all of the performance out of the 650 as is.

Still, I didn't realize how close it was stock Vs. stock.

You cant rate cards to the competitor card with OC, as it isnt a guarantee, so you have to go with out of the box clocks....
 

OVerLoRDI

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Thread title lead me to believe the contents of this thread were going to be crazy, I was pleasantly surprised (so far..)
 

Ketchup

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You cant rate cards to the competitor card with OC, as it isnt a guarantee, so you have to go with out of the box clocks....

But I will take this one step further. If cards overrate other cards simply because of a better overclock, that would indicate to me that the performance different was pretty small to begin with. I personally have not seen a performance increase overclocking a video card that made a game go from non-playable to playable.