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Cheap Palit GTX 680 Jetstream 2GB worth it ?
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I’ve got 2X Palit GeForce GTX 680 Jetstream 4GB CARDS, i have had them from elease date, i did have a 3rd but was overkill, i personally like hem, the looks and performance.. Under full load they run very quiet and almost silent on desktop use...
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It's a good card. Factory overclocked, beefed up vrm's compared to the reference card and a capable cooler. That's a very good price too. Just be aware that it's a triple slot card.
Loving my GTX 670 jetstream. Before i slapped the waterblock on i tested it for a couple of hours using valley benchmark looped. Max temp was 73 degrees at 62% fan speed.
Loving my GTX 670 jetstream. Before i slapped the waterblock on i tested it for a couple of hours using valley benchmark looped. Max temp was 73 degrees at 62% fan speed.
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As already suggested, only go for the 4 GB if you are going to SLI in the future. If not, the 680 sounds like a sweet deal.
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They're great cards, and that's a very solid price for one.
I'd get one.
I'd get one.
Damnit crap... I get to the store and they're sold out of the Palit cards, but I can get the Asus GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II 4GB for the same price + Assins creed as a bonus... but then I'm not sure if it's really worth changing my MSI GTX 660 TwinForzr III OC 2GB card for that one...
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Given what you have now I would at least wait for 7** series to be released.
You may have a case of upgraditis
You may have a case of upgraditis
Clock for clock the 670 is only around 5% slower than the 680...
The Direct CUII cards normally clock pretty well (the two I had did anyway).
Either the 670 or 680 will offer a noticable improvement over your 660.
Okay so going from the GTX 660 2GB to GTX 670 4GB will be beneficial for me - also considering the price ?
IIRC the 670 is around 40% faster than the 660 at the same resolution / settings. Whether this is worth the outlay to you is a different question.
Unless you were going SLI or running Skyrim with a lot of texture heavy mods I wouldn't bother with a 4GB 670/680 anyway. The EVGA 2GB model for £238 will offer just as much performance as the more expensive 4GB model at the same clockspeed.
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gun to my head id take the asus over the cheapo palit.
I decided to purchase the*Asus*GeForce*GTX 670*Direct CU II 4GB. I won't be getting a Gtx780 or gtx770 since they probably will cost well over £400. And prices for gtx 680 will likely be dropping to the same price level as the sale price was for the Palit gtx 680 today.
Maybe later this year i can get another cheap gtx 670 4GB for sli.
Maybe later this year i can get another cheap gtx 670 4GB for sli.
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Not a bad choice - the 670 is a great choice and with 4 GB you have some in-built future-proofing right there, especially when you go SLI in the future.
There not going be any difference with SLI between a 2GB and 4GB GPU card..
More vram will only make a difference when gaming at very high resolutions.
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Or using lots of AA....(games look much better with 16 to 32xAA..Or if you play Skyrim a lot with large texture mods
)Some my old games look great with the AA cranked right up..
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