Possible GTX 670 release on 10th May

[bhavv]

Guys I need to know the spacing between the mounting holes on the reference design please. I have a couple of Zalman fansink coolers that will be good for this card, so I can buy reference cards and attach my Zalman coolers for lower cost than a custom design if they fit.

I have two of these:

http://www.zalman.com/eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=340

 

[Kelt]

I dont like how these custom cooler dont vent out the back of the case.

I have one of the Gigabyte 460 Windforce models, and it's so not a problem.

 

[Meaker]

My new card's the smallest:

 

[Rusty0611]

AMD released the 7950 which was close to it's bigger sister in benchs and this also was £100 cheaper if my memory serves me correctly.

Still a fair distance between them though at stock vs stock and max OC vs max OC to be fair.

 

[stulid]

http://www.techpowerup.com/165510/Galaxy-Readies-Single-Slot-GeForce-GTX-670.html

Hopefully thats not the final heatsink design and they make it match up to the rear plate sop the air is properly exhausted.

 

[Cleeecooo]

http://www.techpowerup.com/165510/Galaxy-Readies-Single-Slot-GeForce-GTX-670.html

Hopefully thats not the final heatsink design and they make it match up to the rear plate sop the air is properly exhausted.

most powerful single slot card on the market?

 

[Mal X]

i want one... damn it, already got mine

 

[setter]

Id never buy a non reference cooled card. Theyre fine if your gonna stick to a single card. In sli/xfire the heat they produce is insane.

 

[Klo]

most powerful single slot card on the market?

That article mentions a single slot GTX680, so I guess not.

 

[miseryguts]

Have to say I'm very interested in seeing this card/reading some reviews but like mojo says I'm very sceptical about the benchmarks, it doesn't really seem to make much sense to me for Nvidia to release a card so close in spec to the 680 for considerably less money.
Slightly off topic but, does anyone know if there will likely be 4gb versions of this card..?

 

[bhavv]

Id never buy a non reference cooled card. Theyre fine if your gonna stick to a single card. In sli/xfire the heat they produce is insane.

Once you've had MSI Twinfrozrs or Gigabyte windforce cards, you'll never go back to reference cooled.

In SLI, the heat they produce is insanely low

 

[andybird123]

gibbo says there will be yes, up to 400 quid a piece

 

[andybird123]

Once you've had MSI Twinfrozrs or Gigabyte windforce cards, you'll never go back to reference cooled.

In SLI, the heat they produce is insanely low

its funny you should say that as windforce cards actually over heat the top card if placed right next to each other in SLI, you need at least 1 extra slot clearence, which considering the windforce is a 2 slot cooler instead of 2.5 like a lot of other non-reference cards, lots of people choose them for SLI because they are only 2 slot and then they overheat anyway due to lack of air

 

[bhavv]

its funny you should say that as windforce cards actually over heat the top card if placed right next to each other in SLI

The top card runs slightly hotter in any mutiple GPU rig. The cooler isnt the issue.

A reference card would run even hotter, and noisier.

you need at least 1 extra slot clearence

Agreed, but most modern motherboards have that.

Having a side fan also works wonders for multiple GPU rigs.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Have to say I'm very interested in seeing this card/reading some reviews but like mojo says I'm very sceptical about the benchmarks, it doesn't really seem to make much sense to me for Nvidia to release a card so close in spec to the 680 for considerably less money.
Slightly off topic but, does anyone know if there will likely be 4gb versions of this card..?

gibbo says there will be yes, up to 400 quid a piece

a 4gb version?

 

[Meaker]

a 4gb version?

A version with 4gb of ram.

 

[bhavv]

4 Gb ram on a version?

 

[Meaker]

RamGB on a version 4.

 

[illuz]

GB version 4 on RAM.

These have definitely swayed me from wanting to go for a GTX680 SLI set up. All depends on the price and reviews !

 

[Cleeecooo]

lol, I meant was he talking about the 4GB variants of the 670 when he said: "up to 400 quid a piece"