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Captain_Tom on 20 April 2013
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CGI-Quality said:
Captain_Tom said:
CGI-Quality said:
dahuman said:
CGI-Quality said:

I need more grunt too! Crazy, because people told me I wouldn't. And I hear it about the current line-up of cards, roll on what's next (though I admit, I still prefer GeForce cards to Radeon).


Superior software engineering is a good reason to stick with Nvidia.

Affirmative. When I need driver updates, NVIDIA rarely disappoints.


I don't want to get into a flaime war.  But I have used both Nvidia and AMD extensively (Though my AMD experience is only in the past couple years).  I had to screw with Nvidia drivers monthly, but AMD's has almost always been smooth sailing (Do a clean install).  I am not saying AMD's are better, just that at this point neither is better.  

When it comes to efficiency, NVIDIA hasn't let me down, unlike AMD. They are faster at addressing issues and what not. Neither have been perfect, but I prefer GeForce drivers anyday. 

Now, how would that turn into a flame war, exactly? :P

Well here is the thing I have multiple settlings and here are my power use results I measured:

Undervolted 950/1425 -> 130w

Stock Vol.  1070/1515 -> 165w

Standard 1145/1650 -> 225w

Mega OC  1215/1830 -> 250w

As you can see my highest practicle OC uses an insane 250w in full load (But benches 33% higher than a stock 7970!), but my undervolted clock gets me similar power use to a GTX 660 (Which is crazy and still 3% stronger than stock).  If you tinker, power use is crazy low...