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Great card. Had mine for a few months now. Very quiet and cool, never tops 55C when gaming (and thats in a Fractal R3 with pretty average airflow). Gigabyte warranty is supposed to be very good too although I don't have first hand experience.
Having bought a 680 in the first week of it's release, I do regret it a bit. Money can definitely be saved by buying a higher-end OC'd 670 for about £80-£100 cheaper.
Agreed, if the op requires nvidia specific features such as physx or 3d vision, a high end 670 would be a better choice. Or if brand isnt a pre requisite, a 7950 represents incredibly good value.Having bought a 680 in the first week of it's release, I do regret it a bit. Money can definitely be saved by buying a higher-end OC'd 670 for about £80-£100 cheaper.
Having bought a 680 in the first week of it's release, I do regret it a bit. Money can definitely be saved by buying a higher-end OC'd 670 for about £80-£100 cheaper.
If I were you I'd go for the 7970. Faster and cheaper. Or if you want to go nvidia still, 670 windforce and clock it to hell. Mine hits 1300mhz! They're excellent cards and you won't be disappointed whichever way you go.
I was going to go windforce SLI but after reading a lot about temps I don't think I will.
What card should I buy for the top slot? Should I keep it as the windforce or put an ASUS DCUII TOP card there? What would be the best combination of cards really.
You'd be better off getting one of the exhaust out the back 670s on the 680 PCB with the 680 cooler and pairing that with the Windforce. The only reason two get hot together is because they're recycling hot air.
By doing this and putting the exhausting card at the bottom you end up with decent all round temperatures.
When I ran 680 SLI with a reference 680 and a GB WF 3x clocked all the way up to 1270 MHz neither card thermally throttled and although it wasn't the quietest in the world it was not what I'd consider LOUD.
The WF card actually struggled to get above 60c most of the time. The reference card ran between 63-68c most of the time. Obviously with a custom fan profile.