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Lucradia
November 8th, 2012, 10:53 AM
AMD 7970 GHz: << This one is chosen.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202005

NVIDIA GTX 680:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162105

I'm leaning toward the 7970 mainly because of the VRAM, and the higher -bit amount. However, the GTX 680 requires one 8-pin connector, rather than two (even though the 7970 will likely take less power to run.) I've only got enough money for one of these two (next month even) so don't suggest a 7990 or 690.


I'm not opposed with sticking to Windows, since a lot of my games would perform horribly on Linux as it is. (Some won't even run at all. (http://latale.ogplanet.com/en/intro.og) - See this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=802851).) So if you're basing it all on Linux compatibility, then it's not good enough to choose one over the other in this case.

newbie2
November 8th, 2012, 11:11 AM
think twice :
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/176144/index.html
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/176086/index.html
;)

addegsson
November 8th, 2012, 11:21 AM
NVIDIA seems to work better with linux overall, so I'd say GTX 680. :)

Lucradia
November 8th, 2012, 11:53 AM
I'm not opposed with sticking to Windows, since a lot of my games would perform horribly on Linux as it is. (Some won't even run at all. (http://latale.ogplanet.com/en/intro.og) - See this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=802851).) So if you're basing it all on Linux compatibility, then it's not good enough to choose one over the other in this case.

mips
November 8th, 2012, 12:01 PM
I'm not opposed with sticking to Windows, since a lot of my games would perform horribly on Linux as it is. (Some won't even run at all. (http://latale.ogplanet.com/en/intro.og) - See this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=802851).) So if you're basing it all on Linux compatibility, then it's not good enough to choose one over the other in this case.

If you do a lot of gaming in windows then I would suggest getting the card that would give you the best performance under windows gaming.

I prefer nvidia in linux but in windows I would pick what performs the best irrespective of brand. I'm sure the amd will work just fine under linux for desktop based work.