Pros: Some may dissagree, but I see the price as a "pro" since it outperforms the 7970 in nearly every way and comes in costing less. In addition, you can enjoy 3D movies and 3D digital photographs from in eye popping, crystal-clear quality.
Get up to 2x monitor and keyboard brightness with NVIDIA 3D LightBoost technology.
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A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. NVIDIA 3D Vision ReadyNVIDIA 3D Vision brings a fully immersive, stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC.The second mode, TXAA, is an in-game option that combines MSAA, temporal filtering, and post processing for even higher visual fidelity. And with Kepler based GPUs, you'll be able to enable FXAA in hundreds of game titles through the NVIDIA Control Panel. FXAA is a new antialiasing technology that produces beautiful smooth lines with minimal performance impact. Two New Anti-aliasing Modes: FXAA and TXAAAnti-aliasing smoothes out jagged edges but can be demanding on framerates.Add in a fourth display to keep tabs on chat, email or web while you are gaming. At 5760 x 1080, the expanded field of view fully engages human peripheral vision and provides for the most immersive experience in racing and flight simulators. NVIDIA Surround with Up To Four MonitorsNothing is as breathtaking as playing your favorite games across three monitors.It gets rid of distractions so you can get on with gaming. At high framerates, V-sync is enabled to eliminate tearing, at low frame rates, it's disabled to minimize stuttering. Adaptive V-Sync is a smarter way to render frames. The first tends to occur when framerates are low, the second when framerates are high. NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical SyncNothing is more distracting than framerate stuttering and screen tearing.The result is that the GPU always performs at its peak and you get the highest framerate possible. GPU Boost intelligently monitors graphics work load and increases the clock speed whenever possible. NVIDIA GPU BoostUp until now, GPUs have operated at a fixed clock speed when playing 3D games, even if they have the potential to run faster.The result is world class performance and the highest image quality in an elegant and power efficient graphics card. The new SMX streaming multiprocessor is twice as efficient as the prior generation and the new geometry engine draws triangles twice as fast. Kepler GPU ArchitectureNVIDIA's Kepler GPU architecture has been designed from the ground up not just for maximum performance in the latest DirectX 11 games, but optimal performance per watt.