AMD 7970m vs GTX 680m

[jaybee83]

were not really comparing just yet, only trying to gauge the perf. of the upcoming 680M since us computer nerds are not generally known for their patience when it comes to new hardware

[GTO_PAO11]

I would say that is correct. Equivalent to GTX 485M SLI and 6970M Xfire. Probably better in some newer games thanks to it being a single card as well as next gen architecture and optimisations.

Question, how's crysis 1 or battlefield 3 on your m17x with 7970m? Max settings that is.

[rorkas]

People like to compare imaginary things, such as 680M to real life (that would be 7970M). They also tend to see such imagined things in better light than what's outside. Which, for some reason, seems to be more likely with Nvidia camp. Not too long ago, before anyone knew anything about 7970M people were saying that it would perform slightly better than 6990M, and when it was benchmarked there were a lot of surprised Nvidia fans.
There are way too many 'IFs' with 680M so that pure guessing gives you better result than many pages on this thread. I could say that 680M will be better than 7970M and be as right/wrong as the guy who says otherwise.

I personally have ordered 7970M based on what's available now and more or less reasonable expectations that I have from the card. It's the best bang for my buck and 680M may or may not be better/more expensive/pick your category. Never been fan of any company, only fan of a good product, so I prefer to buy the best performance/price and not blindly follow one company's promises.
This thread should really be renamed to 'Speculations: 7970M vs 680M' to accurately reflect its content.

[Cloudfire]

Speculate is what we do. About Trinity, about Ivy Bridge, about Kepler, about GCN. This forum would be pretty dull without it

[Karamazovmm]

Im sincerely hoping that the 680m would smash to bits the 7970m, let it be the 670 downclocked

[Tyranids]

Im sincerely hoping that the 680m would smash to bits the 7970m, let it be the 670 downclocked

Ahh but how many hundreds of dollars more would it cost? That's the only thing that I see as an issue, nVidia likes to charge a lot for their nice stuff >_<

[SlickDude80]

if 680m beats 7970m, it won't be by much. Both are limited to 100w's.

But i thought that kepler was not as efficient per watt as picairn?

[Karamazovmm]

well if we go by the 150w tdp, there is a good possibility that the 670 be the 680m, it will be one hell of a card. And from I can see I hope that it will be much faster than the 7970m

Another thing that I hope is that asus comes out of their high horse start doing gaming notebooks again

[KernalPanic]

I don't get why there is all the doubt.

Nvidia must fire back to maintain competition.

For now, AMD surprised Nvidia and made an amazing entry into the mobile GPU arena.

Nvidia will find a way now that AMD raised the bar.
The question is... how long?

Either way we all win.
Even if Nvidia ships a 680m that is indeed a downclocked desktop 670, and it IS faster than a 7970m, people who buy a 7970m aren't exactly in a bad situation. (and you will still have your arm, leg, and other appendage which will likely be the price to pay to get a 680m)

[maxheap]

7970m is a marvel, it is desktop 570 in a lappy, craziness.. and this is just a sign of great things to come, we will get really good stuff as soon as they perfect 28nm (well, P7k 3dmark11 is enough for me )