***Official GTX 670 thread***

[Cleeecooo]

Ooer... Confusing!

I'm going to Fire off an email to kfa abou their warranty.

Also:

Aluminum cover with LED effects

That true about your card?

 

[scwba06]

Sooo... If your going for a 670 get the giga windforce? Or is it worth just waiting for a water cooled 670 with full pcb? Or just get a 680?

 

[bhavv]

I got the Galaxy GTX 670 GC

I checked too, and the KAF2's just got the two. That's nuts.

Galaxy has an overclocking tool, but not sure how good it is.

Thats fine then, you got a different brand, but the same card

Ooer... Confusing!

I'm going to Fire off an email to kfa abou their warranty.

Its not confusing really, he got a Galaxy not a KFA2. He must be living outside of the EU.

 

[bhavv]

Sooo... If your going for a 670 get the giga windforce? Or is it worth just waiting for a water cooled 670 with full pcb? Or just get a 680?

Giga windforce or Asus DCUII.

Both are worth the price over the KFA2 EX OC.

 

[Xp0c]

Ooer... Confusing!

I'm going to Fire off an email to kfa abou their warranty.

Also:


That true about your card?

I got LED's too.

Here's a video showing some of the card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y713nZg91n8

 

[scwba06]

Thanks, when can we see price drops on the 670? When the 660 or 7990 is launched?, worth hanging fire for a month or 2?

 

[Xp0c]

Thanks, when can we see price drops on the 670? When the 660 or 7990 is launched?, worth hanging fire for a month or 2?

Price will go up

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Giga windforce or Asus DCUII.

Both are worth the price over the KFA2 EX OC.

Would love a Giga Windforce, if only they did them in 4GB variants.

 

[bhavv]

I got LED's too.

So did I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKDWxIS1_qo

ts fine with a reseat, but no where near a good as the gigabyte and asus cards with their direct contact heatpipes, grumble grumble!

 

[scwba06]

Price will go up

Because of the Kepler shortage? Ref boards seem to be dropping slightly

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Im in the market to replace my 5870 1gig. In two minds about a 670 or 680. Considering i upgrade every 2 odd years i wonder if its worth while getting the 680 just so that it last that period of time. The fisher price pcb on the vanilla 670 is putting me of and the large size pcb cards are too close for my liking in price to a 680. So in other words a bit of help lol.

 

[Xp0c]

Because of the Kepler shortage? Ref boards seem to be dropping slightly

where I bought my card from the price on the Gigabyte just went up $10

@elmuzzy66.

The 670, and 680 are so close that you wouldnt get any extra out of the 680.

I just sold my 5870 for 150 Canadian, after having it almost three years.

 

[bhavv]

Well, for anyone still considering a reference design ....

http://i.imgur.com/nEJri.jpg

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[scwba06]

Im in the market to replace my 5870 1gig. In two minds about a 670 or 680. Considering i upgrade every 2 odd years i wonder if its worth while getting the 680 just so that it last that period of time. The fisher price pcb on the vanilla 670 is putting me of and the large size pcb cards are too close for my liking in price to a 680. So in other words a bit of help lol.

In exactly the same boat mate, I'm mainly wondering what reference 680s are like in relation to the windforce. No chance I could afford the 4gb 680 though

 

[PCplodder]

hahahahaha, that just looks so pathetic.

 

[spixelspixel]

I would think the reason the heatsink is so small is because the pcb is smaller and the power area of the card has been moved from the right to the left.

 

[kmax86]

True, but what are the chances?

All this batch seem to OC really well; what if you get a better one?!

Not true for all GB WF.

Mine wont go above 1264 and if I add +100 to memory to that it crashes a gameplay of bf3


as of now my GB WF is running at +100 core and +0 memory

 

[PCplodder]

I would think the reason the heatsink is so small is because the pcb is smaller and the power area of the card has been moved from the right to the left.

Nope, thats definitely no excuse, they could have clearly designed a better bigger heatsink.
The only explanation is its a severe cost cutting exorcize.

 

[spixelspixel]

Nope, thats definitely no excuse, they could have clearly designed a better bigger heatsink.
The only explanation is its a severe cost cutting exorcize.

Well I don't think it makes much difference as one review I read stated the asus direct cu 670 was hotter than reference.

 

[bhavv]

hahahahaha, that just looks so pathetic.

I updated the picture to add lower end cards for comparison.

I would think the reason the heatsink is so small is because the pcb is smaller and the power area of the card has been moved from the right to the left.

Nope, both Palit and Gainward have stuck huge coolers onto reference PCBs.