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Connecting a KFA 680 to a DVI Monitor

JumboXXL

JumboXXL

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turned into a spec me post tbh

Hi there.

I am currently in the basket wrangling stage of putting together a new build.

I have chosen the following graphics card as i believe it'll be the longest lasting (in terms of how long it'll be useful for gaming) due to the fact that i don't know when or if i will ever build a new rig after this.

The card in question is:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-016-KF

i will be wanting to connect this to a monitor that sports only HDMI and DVI ports, and as you can see this board offers three small hdmi and one display port.

GX-016-KF_46861_350.jpg


I spotted this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-057-HS&groupid=701&catid=1915&subcat=1577

can anyone confirm that i have the right thing? as all the others on that page had a Female Display Port connector and with a female on the graphics card, that's pretty useless.

GX-057-HS_44795_350.jpg


thanks,
chris.
 
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Even if going for this card the v2 is better value by far. This version has slightly higher clocks, but it won't 'last longer' as such.

Also, that adapter won't allow 120hz if you wanted it for that.
 
OptimaLnrg said:
Even if going for this card the v2 is better value by far. This version has slightly higher clocks, but it won't 'last longer' as such. [but i can clock the v2 a bit anyway, right?]

Also, that adapter won't allow 120hz if you wanted it for that.
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Nah this monitor won't get past 75hz.

I didn't even see the v2 to be honest; i have been trawling reviews of graphics cards for three days and i am now well and truly battle weary :confused:

Aside from the 120hz factor; is there anything other way in which my experience would be degraded by using that adapter? I'm pretty sure it's the only one ocuk do that will fit. I have my whole basket on ocuk so it all arrives at one time and i can get stuck in immediately without waiting for stragglers from the bay or the jungle if you know what i mean.

also, thanks for your help :)
 
Hmm I've not used one so I couldn't say. TBH, although I have seen a really good clocking v2 of this card just show up in this thread, I would still go for a cheaper 680 that has the reference spec outputs (if you're set on a 680).

Honestly @539.99 you'd be paying a good £100 extra for virtually nothing.

edit:What I mean to say is any 680 is going to last roughly the same amount of time for you (performance wise).
 
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OptimaLnrg said:
Hmm I've not used one so I couldn't say. TBH, although I have seen a really good clocking v2 of this card just show up in this thread, I would still go for a cheaper 680 that has the reference spec outputs (if you're set on a 680).

Honestly @539.99 you'd be paying a good £100 extra for virtually nothing.

edit:What I mean to say is any 680 is going to last roughly the same amount of time for you (performance wise).
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You're probably right; i was considering this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-301-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938
since it's on the deal of the week and the 6gbs of vram may benefit me if i ever go multi-monitor, however, there's some pretty dirty reviews kicking about. A mid to low end 7990 would probably be the sweet spot but at the moment they're vaporware.
 
The 6gb is a bit of an epeen thing really. I can't see it being useful for multimonitor.
If you're on one 7970, running multi-monitor and you need more than 3gb memory: your frames will be low because the gpu just isn't powerful enough.
 
JumboXXL said:
the other one i was leaning towards was the windforce:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

again, it was the higher clocks that attracted me if i'm quite honest.
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Rusty has a WF 680 which is a great clocker. Optima has a MSI Lightning which is an awsome clocker. I have an EVGA which is a good clocker and Captainrobwash has the V2 KFA2 ltd edition 680 which seems to be the best clocker (naff connections though).

I feel any of these cards will clock nicely but if you are after out of the box speeds, the KFA2 V2 is looking like the best bet IMO.

I have a 680 lightning coming tomorrow if you would like my feedback on that card also?
 
OptimaLnrg said:
this

if the lightnings were cherry-picked (I don't think they were) I would say they were the best clockers
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I don't think they are either. Both of my cards have way, way more to give with the voltage controls removed etc.

I think this is where the Lightning's excel rather than cherry picked GPU's. I've never really believed the practice of that exists in truth.

Most factory overclocks which are sold are so safe overclocks it makes me wonder why people pay £20/£30 for it.
 
Rusty0611 said:
I've never really believed the practice of that exists in truth.
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Same. I've seen it written but it's always seemed rather mythical to me. not least because these people are building hundreds of thousands of these devices, they can't realistically test them all, pull the best ones and then start the conveyor belt again; though stranger things have happened of course.

the only way in which i can see this 'cherry picking' thing would work is if they purposefully made some chips better than others and set out from the start to do this; which would mean two seperate production lines. Users would then spot different revision numbers, production codes, date codes etc etc and then it'd be common knowledge in a week.
example:

[Username6157: "just got a Galaxy 780 4ghz xD"]
[HumanFoot12: "yay, me too! is it 891BX3 version?"]
[Username6157: "nah, the 913DY4"]
[HumanFoot12: "ah, they don't clock. umadbro? xD"]

I am seeing certain places suggesting that 2GB of vram might cause a bottleneck in future games, such as Metro last light and that new bioshock one coming out. Any truth in this?
 
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JumboXXL said:
I am seeing certain places suggesting that 2GB of vram might cause a bottleneck in future games, such as Metro last light and that new bioshock one coming out. Any truth in this?
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Who knows regarding the future.

However with today's games I can tell you that the GPU bottleneck is huge. You basically need 3 680's to get over the GPU bottleneck and to become VRAM bottlenecked.

If you think that tomorrow's games are going to reverse the trend then I'll disagree with you :).

Also bear in mind that only with BF3 have we really seen the demise of 1GB cards. I think 2GB have around 2 years or more left in them (single screen) but by then we'll all have new GPU's anyway as they'll be horribly dated :D.
 
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Thought you may like to know that the card comes with a mini HDMI to full HDMI and a HDMI to DVI adaptor in the box. Therefore you can convert mini HDMI to DVI using them both.
 
Ohlawll said:
Thought you may like to know that the card comes with a mini HDMI to full HDMI and a HDMI to DVI adaptor in the box. Therefore you can convert mini HDMI to DVI using them both.
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the KFA i posted?

wow. cheers lad :)

edit: i knew i shouldn't have dismissed unboxing videos as piffle and balderdash xD
 
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