***Official GTX 670 thread***

[Azza]

Review listings


Vortez (by our beloved don W3bbo) - http://goo.gl/4NxaF

AnandTech - http://goo.gl/VXTrT

PC Perspective - http://goo.gl/ESiVU

Hot Hardware - http://goo.gl/Xt1aH

Tom's Hardware - http://goo.gl/dtAMc

Hexus - http://goo.gl/8yDmJ

Tech Report - http://goo.gl/ShNB5

Guru3D - http://goo.gl/Yp3Nf

Guru3D 2 & 3 way SLI - http://goo.gl/ZxarN

Guru3D Palit JetStream - http://goo.gl/IJwKr

Guru3D Asus DirectCU II TOP - http://goo.gl/1wVge

HardOCP - http://goo.gl/JIlMR

techPowerUp! - http://goo.gl/w3CI8

TPU Zotac AMP - http://goo.gl/SjX8V

TPU Asus DirectCU II TOP - http://goo.gl/4gKpB

TPU Pailt JetStream - http://goo.gl/60W82

TweakTown - http://goo.gl/fnM7A

Legit Reviews - http://goo.gl/La6qO

bit-tech - http://goo.gl/7T1P2

Hardware Canucks - http://goo.gl/M7ljU











Here's what we know so far.


Release date - 10th May.



Reference specs

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Overclocked version specs (e.g. Gigabyte Windforce OC)

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Afterburner graph showing extra core boost when overclocked

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Pictures

Reference cards


As many of you know already the reference card will use a shorter pcb, as seen on this POV card.

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Overclocked / non-reference cards


Pictures of the Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC

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It's my opinion that all OC cards will probably use the GTX 680 pcb, there might be a few with the shorter pcb using non-reference coolers but I doubt they will be pre-overclocked. But you never know.



Prices

Obviously no confirmed prices yet. But as Gibbo has said they'll be over £300. I've seen a few Euro prices & UK ones, so I expect some retailer at launch to have the Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC at £370 top price. Between £340 to £370 at launch for OC'd cards. Reference cards I think will be £310 at minimum, Palit, POV cards etc. I'd be shocked if there was any under £300 at launch, but it would be crushing for ATI and a superb move from Nvidia. As usual expect prices to flatten after a couple of weeks, and maybe we'll see something under £300 then.



Performance


TweakTown preview numbers

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Performance results from OCN member Martyr82 - clicky

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Stock 3D Mark11 results

3D Mark 11 score - http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3353787;jsessionid=1c5mdgwq1bws9cfb09i2khsuv

Graphics Score - 9598

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3354519;jsessionid=1i7qj50zh7mt7lbfw8vqukfag

Graphics Score - 9584

Overclocked 3D Mark 11 score, with extra 165mhz on core and 550 on memory.


http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3355178

Graphics score - 11125

His GPU-Z validation - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/4zcs5/



Unigine Heaven Benchmark (on these settings)

Some more Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC pictures.

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Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC SLI performance

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3D Mark 11 - Graphics score 18131

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3362501;jsessionid=1eyswnu7c5xmtpwmh6fd952a1





Unigine - 2348

**same OCN settings as in OP**

Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC SLI performance with extra overclocking

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3D Mark 11 - Graphics score 20027

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3362774;jsessionid=1ww5suq7uscqq1id6qgoap9k2r






Unigine - 2589



Overclocking for Unigine benchmark (+127 on core & +319 on memory)

 

[Azza]

The reference card start at 915mhz and boosts up to 980mhz. That Gigabyte card starts at 980mhz, then overclock that a bit and the boost on top.

So that guy adding 100mhz onto his core taking it to 1080mhz and then the boost has taken it even further.

 

[Azza]

Would be nice to know from Gibbo when the NDA ends, if he can put them up straight away at 00:01 on Thursday morning.


Then we can be disappointed by inflated prices before we go to sleep and not when we wake up to start the day.




The above was a joke, don't hurt me sales and purchasing team.

 

[Azza]

The MSI GTX670 OC will have a core clock of 965mhz / boost: 1045mhz


Looking at the picture and the other pictures of the MSI card that are around, it does look like this one is a reference pcb & cooler. I'm guessing MSI will release a more overclocked non reference card as well.

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[Azza]

The guy on OCN said his mate got one as well and is going to ask him if they can do some SLI tests together.

 

[Azza]

People getting well annoyed on OCN that their GTX680 is getting beat or ~same results as the GTX670 in 3D Mark 11.

 

[Azza]

Will give my 670 to Martyr today so he can do some benchmarks for you guys in SLI. If you have any other unique tests you want run let him know now as he will probably only have the card for a few hours.

ETA for benchmarks will be around 8hrs from now!

Awwwwww yeeaaaahhhhh

 

[Azza]

Some more Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC pictures.

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Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC SLI performance

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3D Mark 11 - Graphics score 18131

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3362501;jsessionid=1eyswnu7c5xmtpwmh6fd952a1





Unigine - 2348

**same OCN settings as in OP**

Gigabyte Windforce 3X OC SLI performance with extra overclocking

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3D Mark 11 - Graphics score 20027

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3362774;jsessionid=1ww5suq7uscqq1id6qgoap9k2r






Unigine - 2589



Overclocking for Unigine benchmark (+127 on core & +319 on memory)

 

[Azza]

Haha don't complain about the colour of the pcb when you have performance like that!

 

[Azza]

Arctic have updated their compatibility for a couple of their coolers.


Arctic Accelero Mono Plus

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/455/accelero-mono-plus.html?c=2182






Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/375/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html?c=2182

 

[Azza]

I take it none of these will be voltage unlocked though.

It doesn't look like it. They guy on OCN who has one says his is locked. Back to the good ole days of hard volt modding.

 

[Azza]

50% off ATI 79x0 series sale coming soon... get 'em while they're cheap!

 

[Azza]

Well if some reports are to be believed about yields with this card then it's going to be interesting. :/

 

[Azza]

Did some one say overclock boost?


As we know Core @ stock (Gigabyte OC) 980mhz boosted to 1060mhz

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Extra 100mhz on the core boosts up to 1301mhz

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Extra 120mhz on the core boosts up to 1401mhz

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Overclocking beyond 1100mhz was apparently unstable, without increasing voltage.



Source & here

 

[Azza]

Okay I can't really understand Chinese at all but here are some game benchmarks from the same person above.



Far Cry 2

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CoD MW3

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BF3

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Deus Ex Human Revolution

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GTA 4

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GTA 4 settings with ENB mod

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Crysis (2???) time demo benchmark

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[Azza]

If so I'll be buying two tomorrow, pretty excited to be fair

It's the 9th tomorrow...

 

[Azza]

That OCN thread is in the OP.

"Performance results from OCN member Martyr82 - clicky"


And all his results are in the OP as well.

 

[Azza]

You can overclock both the core and memory speed individually.

 

[Azza]

I know you can, but i mean is should you overlclock the memory?

If you like, it's not going to do any harm. Probably won't see a noticeable real word difference in performance but extra fps is always nice.

 

[Azza]

Given the guys on OCN and that Chinese guy have managed to clock to and over 1.1ghz core, these could be very interesting indeed.


Re the PCBs, the Gigabyte Windforce 3X uses Gigabytes own GTX 680 pcb, so as long as chips etc are still in the same place you should be able to fit 680 blocks on there. EK will probably update his to say the 670s are compatible any way.