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help me decide

longjohn

longjohn

longjohn

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im looking at the following graphics cards but cant decide what my best option is, also to stay with nvidia or swap to ati

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-278-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-186-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

but not sure what ati gpu to go for.

heres my system

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition
Asus M5A99X EVO 990X
corsair vengance 1600mhz 2x 4gb
corsair ax850
corsair h80
msi N550GTX-Ti-M2D1GD5/OC x2
corsair 600t

and its for gaming only
 
The Gigabyte Windforce 670's are reportedly excellent. I wouldn't bother with any 670 which has a reference cooler. I would get one that has a custom cooler.

They're all very similar (same GPU) so it comes down to the quality of the cooler, warranty and price only really.
 
longjohn said:
im looking at the following graphics cards but cant decide what my best option is, also to stay with nvidia or swap to ati

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-278-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-186-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

but not sure what ati gpu to go for.

heres my system

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition
Asus M5A99X EVO 990X
corsair vengance 1600mhz 2x 4gb
corsair ax850
corsair h80
msi N550GTX-Ti-M2D1GD5/OC x2
corsair 600t

and its for gaming only
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Between those two you've quoted, it would be the Asus for me. Full length PCB, quieter, better looking, better components, MUCH superior heatsink/fan assembly. Oh and a cool looking backplate which EVGA/OCUK charge you £24 for.

Only slight caveat is you'd have to manually overclock the Asus to match the factory overclock of the EVGA.

I'd also look at the KFA2 OC 670 which OCUK are doing at a cracking price (relatively) at the moment.

Can't recommend the Gigabyte Windforce from OCUK at the price they're currently selling it at (£372).
 
Unless you gonna overclock your CPU, I say you shouldn't bother with card above 7850. That Phenom II without overclock will bottleneck the 7950 or GTX670. Having 6 cores doesn't benefit gaming performance most of the time, as 90%+ of the game uses less than 4 cores.
 
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longjohn said:
i have heard about a poor customer service from asus thats the only thing that concerns me, what is kfa2 customer serices is like

and i guess this you mean this back plate

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-178-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=
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Yes, that's the one. Some people are fitting these to their full length PCB EVGA 670's, because EVGA have said they're not making 670 specific backplates.

The Asus comes with it's own...

BackS.jpg
 
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im planning to overclock just waiting for some better fans but im a noob at overclocking

so we have the gb winforce but buy for cheaper elsewhere
or the asus gtx 670 not the top version coz they suppose to have problems
or the kfa2 670oc
and ati but what one
 
Another 670 I'm considering, is the EVGA 670 FTW version. OCUK currently don't have this for sale. Reason I'm looking at it, EVGA CS, full length PCB (which is also black, not a great fan of blue PCB's), proper 680 cooling system, and a nice factory OC.

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so i think its out of these two

Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

or

EVGA 670 FTW version

or can anyone make anymore suggestions
 
im in the same boat m8 evga 670 ftw or asus 670 top

from what i can see they roughly over clock the same maybe little more on evga but it varies.

temps on averag ventilated case if in sli is top slot around 70-75c and 2nd card slot 60-70 during heavy gaming.

sounds good and i like the looks of the asus more but end of the day unless someone else says that its slightly cooler than that inside a case im getting a evga since that heat is being thrown out the case quicker.

anyway the evga warranty is a no brainer its so much better probably the best.
asus can take 3-6 weeks for an rma thats fact.

hope you get the card your after m8 it really tough what with the selection available :D
 
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