7970 vs 590 Unigine

n1k · **7970 vs 590 Unigine -** 01-17-2012, 16:23 | posts: 125 | Location: Sweden

Do these results seem right or is something holding me back? I've got less performance with a 590 (Stock) than a 7970 (OC)

Results that someone in the 7970 thread posted

My 590 on stock clocks (i5 760)

GeniusPr0 · 01-17-2012, 16:45 | posts: 324 | Location: Toronto

heavily oc'd 7970...

hallryu · 01-17-2012, 16:54 | posts: 10,845 | Location: England

I would say so as you do have tesselation set to extreme. You would improve your result if you could eek some more out of your CPU.

Xtreme1979 · 01-17-2012, 17:07 | posts: 1,227 | Location: Bay City, MI

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Originally Posted by hallryu

I would say so as you do have tesselation set to extreme. You would improve your result if you could eek some more out of your CPU.

Highly doubt that as Extreme tessellation and Heaven in general is GPU bound. As already posted the clocks on the 7970 are set fairly high; thus, the performance difference.

hallryu · 01-17-2012, 17:38 | posts: 10,845 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by Xtreme1979

Highly doubt that as Extreme tessellation and Heaven in general is GPU bound. As already posted the clocks on the 7970 are set fairly high; thus, the performance difference.

Oops *brain fart* I was benching and overclocking earlier and my brain must have been on other things lol.

Cambria · 01-17-2012, 17:50 | posts: 626

The new upcoming nvidia chip will be competition for the 7970, not the 590.

Mkilbride · 01-17-2012, 18:18 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Well, the 590 is x2 580's.

While the 7970 is about as fast as a single 580. Heavily OC'ed it's 30% faster, tops, and in only a few games.

So obviously something is up here.

Google shows other people reaching:

rjkoneill (GTX590) - 2388

Krazeswift (GTX590) - 2304

The Chubu · 01-17-2012, 18:28 | posts: 2,534 | Location: Look out!

Well, the HD7970 is crazy fast for some things. Have you seen the 3dMark 11 benchies? Its almost stepping on the GTX590, also on Vantage. And thats stock GPU with 200w consumption right there.

Xtreme1979 · 01-17-2012, 18:42 | posts: 1,227 | Location: Bay City, MI

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Originally Posted by Mkilbride

While the 7970 is about as fast as a single 580. Heavily OC'ed it's 30% faster, tops, and in only a few games.

So obviously something is up here.

Something is up with your numbers. Stock for stock a 7970 is anywhere from 20-40% faster than a GTX 580 and overclocked that grows to 50-60%. All this is dependent on title and resolution but by no means are the two chips equal.

Xzibit · 01-17-2012, 18:51 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

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Originally Posted by Mkilbride

While the 7970 is about as fast as a single 580. Heavily OC'ed it's 30% faster, tops, and in only a few games.

What a troll.

7970 is faster than anything and 1200 for GPU is not extreme OC. Exteme OC is 1500-1600

Deal with it

Texter · 01-17-2012, 20:17 | posts: 2,147 | Location: Netherlands

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Originally Posted by Mkilbride

While the 7970 is about as fast as a Heavily OC'ed 580...

Fixed that for ya. AMD are still working on the drivers and popular synthetics are the key to showing what Tahiti 'should' be able to do everywhere.

RagDoll_Effect · 01-17-2012, 20:57 | posts: 3,923 | Location: Australia

This is mine, and to make it fair, at default settings

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I ran everything maxed and I got almost 1000 score, not bad for 2 generations behind cards

regards,
RagDoll.

Xzibit · 01-17-2012, 21:11 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

RagDoll_Effect
You forget to set AA, AF and Tess to max settings

Texter · 01-17-2012, 21:15 | posts: 2,147 | Location: Netherlands

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Originally Posted by RagDoll_Effect

I ran everything maxed and I got almost 1000 score, not bad for 2 generations behind cards

Like that?

RagDoll_Effect · 01-17-2012, 21:16 | posts: 3,923 | Location: Australia

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Originally Posted by Texter

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Like that?

Yeah, I know but just to make it fair lol

---TK--- · 01-17-2012, 21:38 | posts: 14,716 | Location: New Jersey, USA

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Originally Posted by RagDoll_Effect

This is mine, and to make it fair, at default settings

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I ran everything maxed and I got almost 1000 score, not bad for 2 generations behind cards

regards,
RagDoll.

them 470`s are still powerful man. guys stop comparing a 1 week old card to a 580 that was released november 9, 2010.

RagDoll_Effect · 01-17-2012, 21:48 | posts: 3,923 | Location: Australia

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Originally Posted by tommyk2005

them 470`s are still powerful man. guys stop comparing a 1 week old card to a 580 that was released november 9, 2010.

Exactly, the 580 is such an awesome card, it's amazing it still sets the pace of comparing a newer generation 7970, obviously not as fast, but still is regarded as the card to get

regards,
RagDoll.

Agent-A01 · 01-17-2012, 22:17 | posts: 5,627 | Location: USA

Not bad.

Xzibit · 01-17-2012, 22:19 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

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Originally Posted by n1k

Results that someone in the 7970 thread posted

Hey, wait a minute, where did you get this image? That guy uses Catalyst 12.2 beta or an early version of 12.2 - 8.944.

n1k · 01-17-2012, 22:29 | posts: 125 | Location: Sweden

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Originally Posted by Xzibit

Hey, wait a minute, where did you get this image? That guy uses Catalyst 12.2 beta or an early version of 12.2 - 8.944.

The 7970 thread here on guru3d, ati cards section, don't remember who it was though.

I'm trying to find some 590 unigine comparisons and see if my numbers are off, though game performance seems as great as expected, not really any issues there.

RagDoll_Effect · 01-17-2012, 22:30 | posts: 3,923 | Location: Australia

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Originally Posted by Agent-A01

Not bad.

That's amazing, nice work mate

regards,
RagDoll.

Xzibit · 01-17-2012, 22:32 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

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Originally Posted by n1k

The 7970 thread here on guru3d, ati cards section, don't remember who it was though.

I'm trying to find some 590 unigine comparisons and see if my numbers are off, though game performance seems as great as expected, not really any issues there.

Found it, but it's pass protected

http://www.mediafire.com/?dy9ee9wdgy8mdhk