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GeForce GTX 680 How good is it?
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Soldato
Agree with Andy on this completely. It's ridiculous calling anyone a fanboy who doesn't agree with you. If the other thread which he created was still here there'd be even more evidence of this.
Brand preference = fine
Brand loyalty = fine
But blindly going into a rage quoting completely tangential points to support one side or the other is pathetic.
I don't think the 670 destroys the 7950
At stock yes but when the 7950 is clocked up (most hit 1200 core now) there isn't much performance gap. Most reviews showing 7950 performance are only clocked up with stock voltage
Would like to see a review with a 7950 at 1200 core vs 670/680 OC cards for a real comparison.
The problem with comparing this is that you're reliant on how well it overclocks to get a like for like comparison. I have no figures about % of GPU's reaching the threshold in which it competes with a 670 but I wouldn't imagine it's that high (comparing max OC vs max OC on both).
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I don't think the 670 destroys the 7950
At stock yes but when the 7950 is clocked up (most hit 1200 core now) there isn't much performance gap. Most reviews showing 7950 performance are only clocked up with stock voltage
Would like to see a review with a 7950 at 1200 core vs 670/680 OC cards for a real comparison.
yeah lol okay not "destroy" but still convincing win,
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/05/14/geforce_680_670_vs_radeon_7970_7950_gaming_perf/3
take a look at the min framerates and avg framerates...in certain situations i'd hate my fps to drop that low on the 7950's
and thats max o.c end of the day it all depends if one is lucky enough to get good o.c on their indivdual card...otherwise you'll be gutted
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Soldato
Just get a 680 best single gpu out their !!!!
Dont think just buy!
Dont think just buy!
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read my sig - Basic EVGA GTX 670 - looks like a reference from the outside but 65C @ 65% @ 1201mhz is quite a bit better than what most people are reporting from reference cards - I believe on this basis that both EVGA blower cards have the same cooler which is similar to but a bit bigger than a normal "reference" cooler... the fan also seems to be quieter as I can barely hear mine at 65% but other people are saying the reference one is noisy at anything over 50%
I took a gamble on the cheapest 670 I could find and for me it seems to have paid off as it's exactly what I wanted. It will also OC higher but that increases the fan needed and thus noise and then my wife complains as my PC is currently in the living room.
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Soldato
670 is best value.
The point is that isn't a Max OC on a 7950, that's just been over locked to the Max CCC limits which nearly all reach on stock voltage. A really lazy article IMO and is not really a fair comparison of "Max OC vs Max OC".
Soldato
Haven't regretted my 680 purchase at all.
and on water it's just sexual.
The 670 is a great card had it launched at the same time I think I would still go for the 680.
Just because you can overclock a 670 to a stock 680 doesn't mean you can't overclock the 680 beyond that.
You don't need to overclock it either the 670 and 680 at stock are more than enough. The overclocking of them is purely for those that want to argue with the ati fan boys in the Heaven thread xD
The 7970 is worth the cash too. Depends on your preferences for me and my experiences I prefer Nvidia. So yeah I suppose I'm a fanboy I suppose that because ATI have failed to make drivers properly since year 0 I have no faith in them. Even if they have fixed their fail I won't change now. Nvidia has never let me down in my gaming.
and on water it's just sexual.
The 670 is a great card had it launched at the same time I think I would still go for the 680.
Just because you can overclock a 670 to a stock 680 doesn't mean you can't overclock the 680 beyond that.
You don't need to overclock it either the 670 and 680 at stock are more than enough. The overclocking of them is purely for those that want to argue with the ati fan boys in the Heaven thread xD
The 7970 is worth the cash too. Depends on your preferences for me and my experiences I prefer Nvidia. So yeah I suppose I'm a fanboy I suppose that because ATI have failed to make drivers properly since year 0 I have no faith in them. Even if they have fixed their fail I won't change now. Nvidia has never let me down in my gaming.
Once again I'm stating my satisfaction with my reference 680.
Yeah 670 would have been a better deal in terms of almost matching its power, but that isn't everything - in addition to the tiny PCB, by all accounts the 670 ref cooler isn't as good as the 680 ref cooler which is magnificent. It's the best ref cooler I've ever witnessed and has also converted me to an exhausting card as opposed to my old Asus direct CU 460 which was actually louder at load by a fair margin. Yes I know a couple of the 670's have the 680 PCB, but you pay over the odds of the standard 670 to get it.
Overall the 680 is an amazingly quiet card with all the power I need, I could have traded it up as recently as couple of weeks ago but there was never any question of me doing so.
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Yeah 670 would have been a better deal in terms of almost matching its power, but that isn't everything - in addition to the tiny PCB, by all accounts the 670 ref cooler isn't as good as the 680 ref cooler which is magnificent. It's the best ref cooler I've ever witnessed and has also converted me to an exhausting card as opposed to my old Asus direct CU 460 which was actually louder at load by a fair margin. Yes I know a couple of the 670's have the 680 PCB, but you pay over the odds of the standard 670 to get it.
Overall the 680 is an amazingly quiet card with all the power I need, I could have traded it up as recently as couple of weeks ago but there was never any question of me doing so.
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