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NVIDIA GTX 680 Custom range

Cleeecooo said:
Doesn't matter who manufactured the card, all the actual chips come from TSMC. All the brands have the same chances of failure. Some just have better QC ;)
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Sometimes they change the pcb layout and circuitry design. This is either to improve the reference design or (a warning here..) to actually cut costs. Either way, they'll promote the product as a 'custom' design. Ultimately they still have to meet minimum quality controls as specified by the chip maker.

The other big issue consumers should look out for is the length of the warranty, and how good their rma service is.
 
Can't make up my mind.
MSI 680 TwinFrozrIII vs Palit 680 JetStream

- more expensive
- runs same temp as palit jetstream
- fps in bf3 and 3dmark11 score is less than palit
- out of the box is less than palit

+ takes less power
+ 3 year warranty against palit's 2

Anyone in the same boat? Can anything else be added to this?
 
MSI 4 phases vs Palit 6 (doesn't matter when you don't clock)
MSI Nosier then Palit
MSI clocks less then Palit

Palit bad RMA and Service (any way you can do it via OCUK)
Looks Ugly, MSI looks cool ;)
Your choice :)
 
Pointless getting a custom cooler card for the GTX680. Cooling on the reference boards isn't the issue, it's not being able to adjust the voltages more that's the problem. Until GTX680's come on PCBs that allow you to do that. Don't bother paying a premium for a custom cooler version, it's only going to let you overclock a little bit more than the reference cards.
 
I know I'm a bit late on the offer but I emailed them any way, you never know. I plan to spend a lot of money next week so 10% off would be really nice.
 
things are even more confusing, just when i was ready to order msi. £%"£^£$^"...
Right, now i am gonna sit tight, which i cant really do, and wait for... not even sue. Jetstream seems to beat msi, it doesnt actually look horrible, with blue led it'll match few leds in my case, fans and mobo led :p
 
CivilDrone said:
things are even more confusing, just when i was ready to order msi. £%"£^£$^"...
Right, now i am gonna sit tight, which i cant really do, and wait for... not even sue. Jetstream seems to beat msi, it doesnt actually look horrible, with blue led it'll match few leds in my case, fans and mobo led :p
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Ive pre ordered the gigabyte, always liked there custom coolers
 
Guys, can anyone tell me what are the bad points of having 256bit memory bus? becouse 680 has that, and most previous gen and 79XX range have got 384. What does it acually do or responsible for? does it affect its gaming, or will i see performance drop compared to say 560ti becouse of much less memory bus?
 
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CivilDrone said:
Guys, can anyone tell me what are the bad points of having 256bit memory bus? becouse 680 has that, and most previous gen and 79XX range have got 384. What does it acually do or responsible for? does it affect its gaming, or will i see performance drop compared to say 560ti becouse of much less memory bus?
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Bandwidth can limit the GPU's performance, you need enough memory bandwidth to not throttle the card. Even though the GTX 680 has a 256Bit memory bus, it's not really limiting the card, the memory clock speed makes up for the lesser bus. The 256bit bus is just indicative of the card not really being high end. Regardless it still outperforms AMD's high end so 680 is marketed as such.

The real high end GK110, is rumoured to have a 512Bit bus and 4GB of ram as reference !!
 
Boomstick777 said:
Bandwidth can limit the GPU's performance, you need enough memory bandwidth to not throttle the card. Even though the GTX 680 has a 256Bit memory bus, it's not really limiting the card, the memory clock speed makes up for the lesser bus. The 256bit bus is just indicative of the card not really being high end. Regardless it still outperforms AMD's high end so 680 is marketed as such.
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Exactly. The GTX260 had 448-bit bandwidth but is obviously in no way faster than even a recent 128-bit card. The core speed is still the critical factor in the 680's performance, which is why a lot of the OC models don't touch the memory clock. People though having a 256-bit bus and only 2GB VRAM would limit the 680 at higher resolutions but it outperforms the 7970 with it's 388-bit bus and 3GB VRAM. At the end of the day it's performance that matters - the tech specs are largely irrelevant.
 
Beast has been awaken, Asus GTX 680 Direct CUii has been spotted, reviewed AND is gonna be available soon. Thats the card i've been waiting for, truely epic hopefully with a price to match. Can't wait.. :D
 
CivilDrone said:
Beast has been awaken, Asus GTX 680 Direct CUii has been spotted, reviewed AND is gonna be available soon. Thats the card i've been waiting for, truely epic hopefully with a price to match. Can't wait.. :D
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Looks a great card, the only thing that put me off was this, having to do some soldering to get the card to voltage adjustment.
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The ASUS GTX 680 DC II also features support for the VGA hotwire feature on ASUS motherboards. Basically it enables VGA voltage control from within the motherboard's BIOS for enthusiast modders. Using this feature requires you to connect the hotwires to the three points on the right of the first picture and enable the feature by bridging the two solder pads to the right of the transistor in the first picture. The resistors in the second picture are used to enable or disable certain protection features. For example PGR100 removes the 1.175 V GPU voltage limit.
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what is it with these new non reference cards not being able to work with 30" screen from the start? msi 7970 lighning you need powered adaptor £120...now i hear in a pre-review article about the galaxy 680 hall of fame edition that it doesnt support dual dvi from the connectoins even with adaptors?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-016-KF

going by the specs i would think it would with adaptors ...that is i hope they supply adaptors :confused:

- Display Connectors: 1x DisplayPort, 3x HDMI 1.4a (300Mhz Transmitter for 120Hz)

i have just webnoted ocuk to see what they say... .....reply from overclockers this does support dual dvi for larger screens ...must be hdmi converters?


oh and even tho the specs show - 1x 8-Pin + 1x 6-Pin PCI-E Connectors required

thing is the pictures shows 2x 8-pin ??

i informed ocuk about it but they say the images are for illustration only?? weird
 
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