Uhhh, thanks(?) guys, but please read the OP. I'm fully aware of the issues and thanks for informing me in case I hadn't, but I'm getting the AMD cards for two indisputable reasons.
The first is that $1000 to AMD gets me 2 GPUs and 6 games. Hopefully. $1000 to nVidia gets me 2 GPUs and 0 games. Just F2P credit. Which I could buy. For less than the cost of 6 games. The F2P credit not even value matching the Reloaded bundle is a pretty major misstep for those who can add and subtract like you and I can.
The second is that $1000 of AMD GPU gets me more performance than $1000 of nVidia GPU. Link posting and subjective anecdotes will probably begin now, and that's fine, but two GEs > two 680s as of the latest Anandtech review (also linked in posts above).
So yeah, until both of the above change, AMD will get the hard earned. "Stuttering" be damned.
Hi mate, thought I'd chime in. The first reason is bang to rights. Nvidia are fleecing everybody that's willing to buy their products.
Your second reason is illogical. Yes two 7970's are faster in raw power than any Nvidia combo of roughly the same pricing but that's where the problem lies. The higher fps of a crossfire 7970 set up can be less smooth and sometimes downright poor. I expect smooth gameplay at above 60fps. My 7970's ran well above that but in a few AAA titles they were not smooth at all. The were great in BF3. But in all honesty thats one of the few places i saw the benefit.
If the crossfire performance is improved for games and latency then yes, 2 7970's will be the most effective solution (when cost is factored in).
But you need to be aware that what you actually see on screen compared to what the fps is measured is very different.
AMD have the better architecture this round IMO. Graphics power and compute is exceptional. The 7970 even beats the GTX Titan in quite a few compute tasks. A single overclocked custom cooled HD7970 is the best card in the world with
all factors figured in.
But as soon as you add a second, their actual performance value can be very flaky indeed. If I were you, I'd simply buy one right now. Wait till the driver fixes before buying the second. You can wave the fps and most powerful combo flag as much as you want but i downgraded from 2 x 7970's to a single Titan for the issues I have explained. No regrets...unless AMD really do a great job on their drivers.
