I'd say go for Nvidia too, but there are just a handful of good games that use Physx, I wouldn't say that should be any choosing point. Games coming up that use it are Metro Last Ligth, Borderlands 2 and ArmA 3, so yeah, don't see Physx as a sellig point, but I would get the Nvidia 6 series, 670/680.
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I have had very bad experiences with multiple Nvidia cards which were only solved when I switched over to AMD. Back in the day, ATI's drivers were loathsome and Nvidia's were better, but this is no longer the same. Nvidia's drivers frequently caused BSODs while gaming in multiple builds my brother and I had, and these issues persisted over the years despite our using 5 different cards of theirs (5200, 5500, 6200, 7600GT, GTX275) and several versions of their drivers. On the other hand, AMD's drivers get the job done without any kind of complication, I yet have to experience an issue while using them.
tl;dr - Get AMD, it's safer.
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Personally, I have two 7970s in crossfire. When they work, they are absolutely wonderful.
When they work.
They are terrific cards, killed by the drivers. Apparently, running them in crossfire mode with multiple monitors makes the drivers not so happy. Since there isn't much reason for one without the other, it seems a bit silly that this particular scenario is broken more often than not. (I oftentimes get better frame rates without the crossfire...)
I've used every version of the drivers released since the cards came out, and each version fixes one thing while breaking another.
I'm switching to a pair of either 680s or 670s, as soon as I can find some of them with 4G available.
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Ok I am saving up for a good g card on my new build... cannot decide between these two cards... Asus GTX 680 or Asus HD7970... The 7970 page on newegg has a 15% rma rate so far... not sure about the GTX680... I need something reliable and with good warranty coverage (brand doesn't matter may be other than Asus)...
Suggestions?
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