5770 vs gtx 680

[The Highlander]

obviously the 680 is about 5x faster overall. But the my question is. Will it be faster in every day usage? will the window rendering and animations be smoother?

I just installed yosemite and disabling transparency doesn't actually improve the rendering FPS in every day windows and such.

Just wondering if its worth to spend the $ for the upgrade even when I don't game. I do care a lot for the smoothness of the OS (yosemite) which is what i really want to improve...

Thanks

 

[Mac Hammer Fan]

If you don't do video-editing and gaming keep the 5770.

 

[AlexMaximus]

obviously the 680 is about 5x faster overall. But the my question is. Will it be faster in every day usage? will the window rendering and animations be smoother?

I just installed yosemite and disabling transparency doesn't actually improve the rendering FPS in every day windows and such.

Just wondering if its worth to spend the $ for the upgrade even when I don't game. I do care a lot for the smoothness of the OS (yosemite) which is what i really want to improve...

Thanks

For your stated purpose, two things are most important:

1. Use only there Ram modules per CPU if you have a quad or hex and six modules if you have a dual cpu board. The architecture is a three channel design, the machine is slower in a fully maxed out config.

2. Use a PCIe SSD if possible as boot drive. In my opinion, it does make a difference compared to a regular SSD.

3. Even if you do those two things, keep in mind that the machine will still be slow if you keep spinners HDD. My experience is, there are instances when data are stored on spinners, so the whole system is on hold for seconds and seconds till an old HDD is finally spinning up from deep sleep. This does not happen once every HDD Spinner has been eliminated. Keep a SSD only machine and put those old style devices in external enclosures. You will be much more happy. I think about this option myself as we speak...

 

[StuAff]

Er, you guys did check the original posting date, right?