AMD 7970m vs GTX 680m

[Cloudfire]

Can anyone who knows chinese translate this. I am not interested in google translate
Is he talking about the new 680M reaching up to P7000 or the 7970?

chh有爆料的...其实gtx680m本来真的只有3d11 p5k不到...结果你懂的,7970过6k了....现在回炉重造中,爆料是6.5k~7k(6.5k我觉得靠谱)...gk104的功耗控制的确有长足进步,而且这个自动超频可以把tdp写的比实际低一点

[awakeN]

i think it says 680M is only P5000 in 3DMark 11 while the 7970 goes past 6000.

also i think it says the 680M is probably gk104

[Cloudfire]

Do you know chinese or just guessing?

If they say 680M reaching P5000, it means they know nothing new about it. Bah, sucks

[jaybee83]

huh, back to guessing/speculating then....

[rorkas]

It never was out of guessing/specualting zone.
So far most of the posts about 680M were wishful thinking, while 7970M is awfully real that overclocks well and stays cool. I honestly know nothing about 680M, but waiting and waiting and waiting to (maybe one day) buy something is really tiring. I hope that 680M won't disappoint you.

[fantabulicius]

Well the overclocking ceiling for the 7970m in 3dmark 11 (tes on) is in the 6800pts range.

680m has to beat that.

I am considering buying the 7970m with the i7 3720qm and i see no reason to wait.

Edit: Just that fact i will have 6970 to gtx580 performance in a notebook is amazing.(in overclock)

[svl7]

Well the overclocking ceiling for the 7970m in 3dmark 11 (tes on) is in the 6800pts range.

With stock voltage... which is quite low.

[Zero989]

hmm okay, that would put the 680m and 7970m on approx. equal ground...

Technically, yes. The 580 Desktop @ 950+Mhz sails away beyond 7K+ though.

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2224821

[rorkas]

Well the overclocking ceiling for the 7970m in 3dmark 11 (tes on) is in the 6800pts range.

680m has to beat that.

I am considering buying the 7970m with the i7 3720qm and i see no reason to wait.

Edit: Just that fact i will have 6970 to gtx580 performance in a notebook is amazing.(in overclock)

My thoughts exactly. Performance wise I can't ask more from this card and CPU. I'd rather be using it now than wait and hope for a "supercard" for many more months and probably be disappointed at the end anyway by either performance that did not meet expectations (that became too high after so much waiting) or by the price. Currently there is only one choice for high end gaming card (for "colorblind" people like me) - 7970M. Otherwise I'd get 650M which is cheaper and is good enough for most people.

[develoso]

Can anyone who knows chinese translate this. I am not interested in google translate
Is he talking about the new 680M reaching up to P7000 or the 7970?

chh有爆料的...其实gtx680m本来真的只有3d11 p5k不到...结果你懂的,7970过6k了....现在回炉重造中,爆料是6.5k~7k(6.5k我觉得靠谱)...gk104的功耗控制的确有长足进步,而且这个自动超频可以把tdp写的比实际低一点

I had a Chinese friend translate it for me. He said the chinese was a bit confusing, but he gave me this:

"chh have broke the news, the GTX 680x scores less than P5k in 3D11, and you know, the 7970m scores over P6k. Now that it was sent back to rebuilt, some news say it scores 6.5k ~ 7k (6.5k is reasonable). The gk104 power control was a great progress, and the automatic overclocking can result in a lower TDP than we have now"

2 things to say about this:

1- The information about the 6.5k ~ 7k in 3D11 is not official. Someone heard, but is not official.

2 - Without some more backgroud was hard to tell if they are talking about the GTX 680m or the 7970m when they are talking about the rebuild and the 6.5k scores. BUT, IMO, it makes more sense to imagine they are talking about the 680m, since rumors about problems in their production have already been around for some time.


I believe we'll still have to wait to see what is the real truth.