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***Official GTX 670 thread***

Those pictures about sum it up Bhavv.

I've been waiting by the side one this one; the 670 just doesn't seem worth it hardware wise. Inferior cooling, no 4gb available yet, too expensive and the power connectors are in a difficult to manage location. To counter those issues - does it need elaborate cooling, do we need 4gb, if it were cheap the resale value of our old cards would plummet, and remember the days when we moaned cards were getting longer? :D

However, if it plays games well then what's there to complain about? But I just can't bring myself to buy something that looks like it'll be worth £150 in six months, it just looks cheap.

We should be congratulating nvidia on getting something so powerful on a board so small, yet we don't.
 
bhavv said:
I updated the picture to add lower end cards for comparison.



Nope, both Palit and Gainward have stuck huge coolers onto reference PCBs.
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Yep but only on their more expensive cards. It's a smaller than average card with low power consumption so has a small stock cooler. Obviously nvidia are not going to go out of their way and spend extra on a bigger one if its not needed. Looking at peoples temps I think it cools the card fine.
 
Mysterae_ said:
Those pictures about sum it up Bhavv.

I've been waiting by the side one this one; the 670 just doesn't seem worth it hardware wise. Inferior cooling, no 4gb available yet, too expensive and the power connectors are in a difficult to manage location. To counter those issues - does it need elaborate cooling, do we need 4gb, if it were cheap the resale value of our old cards would plummet, and remember the days when we moaned cards were getting longer? :D

However, if it plays games well then what's there to complain about? But I just can't bring myself to buy something that looks like it'll be worth £150 in six months, it just looks cheap.

We should be congratulating nvidia on getting something so powerful on a board so small, yet we don't.
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Exactly, you pay for the performance the card gives not its manufacturing costs. Lets say this cost the same as a 550ti to make, does that mean it should be priced the same? No. It's priced accordingly and that's what matters although I think it should be 300 pounds and no more than 330 for the custom ones ( which is what I paid ;) )
 
spixelspixel said:
Yep but only on their more expensive cards. It's a smaller than average card with low power consumption so has a small stock cooler. Obviously nvidia are not going to go out of their way and spend extra on a bigger one if its not needed. Looking at peoples temps I think it cools the card fine.
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What? GTX 460, 560 ti, ATI 5770 are all lower end than the GTX 670 and all had better reference cooling.

GTX 470 and 570 are on the same level, and have much better reference cooling.

80+ degrees at stock clocks of 915 base clock and 1084 boost clock is terrible for a GTX 670.
 
bhavv said:
What? GTX 460, 560 ti, ATI 5770 are all lower end than the GTX 670 and all had better reference cooling.

GTX 470 and 570 are on the same level, and have much better reference cooling.

80+ degrees at stock clocks of 915 base clock and 1084 boost clock is terrible for a GTX 670.
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Was that with the fan fixed to 30?

I'll see when my 670 arrives. I have a 560ti and a 570 to compare temps to. Don't forget the 670 is using a 'vapor-chamber' :)
 
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I dont even get how anyone can defend the GTX 670 reference cooler, I'm not going to bother with replying to any posts defending it now.

Gigabyte Windforce, 1250 Mhz, <60 degrees at default fan profile.

That is all, the reference cooler cant even do that at stock speeds, it couldnt even manage if it was underclocked.

People who buy the full reference design will be itching to buy a £35 aftermarket cooler within a few days of using it, when they could have just had a custom design for a tiny amount more.
 
There's a topic at Anandtech forums for people to post there stable 1300mhz overclock.

Its a couple days old on an enthusiast forum, and the thread is pretty much dead with no 1300mhz post.
 
Xp0c said:
There's a topic at Anandtech forums for people to post there stable 1300mhz overclock.

Its a couple days old on an enthusiast forum, and the thread is pretty much dead with no 1300mhz post.
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TBH this forum right here has the most GTX 670 initial purchasers, and there are like 2 or 3 people that got a 1300+ Mhz capable card, while most got 1250-1280ish capable cards.

Which just confirms that replacing my KFA2 with a Gigabyte for the lower temperatures would be such a huge waste.
 
bhavv said:
TBH this forum right here has the most GTX 670 initial purchasers, and there are like 2 or 3 people that got a 1300+ Mhz capable card, while most got 1250-1280ish capable cards.

Which just confirms that replacing my KFA2 with a Gigabyte for the lower temperatures would be such a huge waste.
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this is the only place I found any info on my card.

It's all Gigabyte because of that review.
Everyone has Gigabyte so all the high boost are going to be Gigabyte, That doesnt, really mean Gigabyte is the best. Gigabytes fans are loud too, and I believe that the airflow in the case will decide the temps on the custom cards.
 
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scwba06 said:
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?
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Only full PCB cards I know of are:
Giga WF (ref 680 board)
Kfa ex OC (unknown PCB)
EVGA FTW (rumours suggest 680 PCB)

MAYBE: MSI twin frozr
All 2gb cards

bhavv said:
Giga windforce or Asus DCUII.

Both are worth the price over the KFA2 EX OC.
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I disagree. I don't think the Asus is a food choice due to poor RMA and the cooler being a triple slot. I think the windfirce is currently the bet but for the 670 market.
 
Xp0c said:
this is the only place I found any info on my card.

It's all Gigabyte because of that review.
Everyone has Gigabyte so all the high boost are going to be Gigabyte, That doesnt, really mean Gigabyte is the best. Gigabytes fans are loud too, and I believe that the airflow in the case will decide the temps on the custom cards.
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The gigabyte WF is generally regarded as one of the quietest cards on the market. It made a 480 the same as a reference 580 in terms of noise!

But yes, all these custom cooler cards rely on good case airflow.
 
spixelspixel said:
Exactly, you pay for the performance the card gives not its manufacturing costs.
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The way of the world indeed!

I'm still chewing over a. keeping my 570 and getting another 2 for tri-sli, total £440, b. selling my 570 for £150 and getting two base 670's, total £490 or c. sell the 570 and hold out for the cards I want (2x phantom 670's) total £594. Hmm.

I wonder what's taking Gainward so long to bring the 670 phantom to the market?
 
Mysterae_ said:
The way of the world indeed!

I'm still chewing over a. keeping my 570 and getting another 2 for tri-sli, total £440, b. selling my 570 for £150 and getting two base 670's, total £490 or c. sell the 570 and hold out for the cards I want (2x phantom 670's) total £594. Hmm.

I wonder what's taking Gainward so long to bring the 670 phantom to the market?
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I had 2 570's, got them pretty cheap but decided to go for one 670 due to using around 1/3 of the power and can sli them whenever I feel like it.

Have sold one 570 and bought the 670.
 
I Bought the Windforce. upgraded from a HD5870. I have it running at +250 core and +500 memory. never overclocked my gpu before so hopefully Ive done it correctly :)
Played about 2 hours solid BF3 On ultra all maxed out. Really smooth. Seems stable enough for me.
Was boosting at 1306.Fans got as high as 60% temp never went over 55.
Delighted with this purchase. :)

Would I see any benefit from upgrading to a pci-e 3.0 mobo? Was thinking of grabbing the p8z68-v/ gen3
 
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sativa1874 said:
I Bought the Windforce. upgraded from a HD5870. I have it running at +150 core and +500 memory. never overclocked my gpu before so hopefully Ive done it correctly :)
Played about 2 hours solid BF3 On ultra all maxed out. Really smooth. Seems stable enough for me.
Was boosting at 1306.Fans got as high as 60% temp never went over 55.
Delighted with this purchase. :)

Would I see any benefit from upgrading to a pci-e 3.0 mobo? Was thinking of grabbing the p8z68-v/ gen3
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You would need an IVY bridge or SB-E cpu to use PCI-E 3.0 as well as the mobo.
 
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