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GTX 670. So many choices.

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Iv'e basically narrowed it down to these four.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Signature 2 2048MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3677-KR) £329.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £314.99
Total : £1,346.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).



I was going to go with the standard FTW (thanks to a previous thread), but it has a blower fan and I've decided that I would aim to overclock my card as much as I can. The Signature 2 is really ugly IMO.

The Gigabyte has a blue PCB (but could be covered with a backplate).
However, the Windforce and the FTW cards use reference 680 PCB, so I could watercool them, but I have no idea if I will ever watercool a GPU.

The Asus card is pretty much what I'm looking for, but the Asus RMA service is awful. So what are the chances of actually having a card die on you?

I'm kind of stuck so any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
I know for sure that the EVGA FTW and the Gigabyte WFX3 uses a 680 pcb, so I would look to those two.

Dead GPU's can happen and RMA is something I look to for the future, in case such a thing does.

Gigabyte is UK returns and EVGA are europe but very good.
 
Windforce 670, great uk based rma, (should problems happen), very quiet, oc's well. The blue pcb isnt to everyones taste, (i love it tbh). But, as you say you could cover this with a backplate. The evga cards will probably be louder, but evga will allow the removal of the cooler to fit a waterblock, and this wont affect the warranty. But with the wf, you wouldnt need to watercool it as it's so quiet to start with, and as all 670's are voltage locked, your not gonna get any higher an overclock on it.
 
You'll find the majority will say Windforce here, it's an extremely popular card and rightly so, it's extremely powerful and quiet with the best warranty for UKers!
 
I own a Windforce (as you might of known) and although the back plate doesn't look as good as the other cards, a lot of review websites agree that the Windforce is in the Top 3 GTX 670's. The Asus card wins for being quiet but as long as the speeds don't exceed 40% on the Windforce, you can't even hear it! A back plate would look amazing!
 
I keep the fan speed on mine on auto, (card oc'd to 1310/7568). In a case with woeful airflow, the highest temp ive seen it reach is 67c in 3dm 11 or firestrike. In game it get's to about 62c max.
 
setter said:
Windforce 670, great uk based rma, (should problems happen), very quiet, oc's well. The blue pcb isnt to everyones taste, (i love it tbh). But, as you say you could cover this with a backplate. The evga cards will probably be louder, but evga will allow the removal of the cooler to fit a waterblock, and this wont affect the warranty. But with the wf, you wouldnt need to watercool it as it's so quiet to start with, and as all 670's are voltage locked, your not gonna get any higher an overclock on it.
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The backplate is a good idea, but it still wouldn't cover all of the blue PCB. It would really bother me with a side window and a red and black ROG themed build :(
 
This does look flippin' nice though.

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SoundDoctor said:
The backplate is a good idea, but it still wouldn't cover all of the blue PCB. It would really bother me with a side window and a red and black ROG themed build :(
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Ahh, a red and black theme. Understand now, more of a blu/black fan here so the blue pcb suits me grand. Very nice backplate on that un, though i remember someone on here a while back with a custom red backplate on one. Looked pretty good too.
 
another vote for the 670 windforce here
been using it since may last year and never had problems with it

also do you have more info about the backplate it does look nice
 
How does the cooling between the asus and windforce compare? I heard (sorry about the pun) that the asus is quieter but I don't know if that means the cooling is less effective.
 
The windforce is exceptionally quiet to begin with, you'll be hard pushed to hear it above other fans trust me. You're more likely to get a good clocker with the windforce, unless you pay top dollar for the DCII TOP version. The Windforce memory also clocks extremely high. Most people easily getting +600mhz, I can push +850mhz
 
illuz said:
The windforce is exceptionally quiet to begin with, you'll be hard pushed to hear it above other fans trust me. You're more likely to get a good clocker with the windforce, unless you pay top dollar for the DCII TOP version. The Windforce memory also clocks extremely high. Most people easily getting +600mhz, I can push +850mhz
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Sweet, I was wondering about that too. As for the TOP version the chips are speed binned I presume it means that the other 670 chips that ASUS uses didn't pass the speed binning process and thus are slower... With the windforce it seems it is pot luck. Thanks
 
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