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***Official GTX 670 thread***
- Thread starter Azza
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No disappointed I can't reach it, it was looking promising with a lower power consumption, but I feel it is out of reach, as it stands watercooling these cards doesn't offer a great deal over air cooling.
Not unless I can factor it down to being an issue directly with heaven.
Would a 3Dmark11 extreme pre-set be comparable to high strain on the system?
It doesnt stress the GPU as much I dont think as my temps are much lower, but for some reason it stresses Vram more as my memory overclocks that were heaven stable were artifacting in 3D mark 11.
My card is back to stock settings now, and my CPU at 3.42 Ghz @ 1.125v for 24/7 use, no need to overclock any of what I have for games.
Soldato
Just got my Asus card, and my God, what a beautifully crafted card, I think this is one of the best GPU's I've ever owned. I don't think I'll ever buy a reference card again, ever.
Damn you bhav!!
Damn you bhav!!
Pics!!!
Overclocks please
I never bought Asus custome cards, I started with Powercolor for ATI and MSI for Nvidia.
The thing is, my KFA2 EX OC is still so much better than the reference designs, its just worse that the Asus and Gigabyte cards. But its still working fine and staying below the thermal throttle now.
Yes I have to say the first impressions of a directcu card are amazing, they just feel and look like quality. Whether it over clocks well is another matter but the overall robustness and feel of the cards is a definite plus point for these cards IMO.
I can now 100% confirm that no 'hidden' temp sensors or anything are holding back those with a driver crash (DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG). The highest temp I've seen all day is 40c, at best I've managed to squeeze an extra 25mhz which is of no benefit to anyone.
Any higher we need to be able to edit the voltage tables in the BIOS.
Any higher we need to be able to edit the voltage tables in the BIOS.
Soldato
Asus DirectCU II
On stock settings the default boost seems a bit lower than kfa2 reference, it's boosting around 1054Mhz in heaven, the reference KFa2 boosted @ a solid 1084Mhz, but as I said before the ref KFA2 didn't seem to throttle unitl it hit 78c, this card seems to throttle a fair bit earlier, Heaven results on stock are pretty much the same though, 64 fps @ 1920x1080 so no I'm not really bothered.
Max temp in Heaven after a couple of runs is 77c, I'm pretty happy with that in a warm case with no side fan.
GPU Fan is hitting 58% @ max temp of 77C
The big question though, noise?
Multiple runs of Heaven on stock settings, SILENT!, well, I can't hear it over my case fans put it that way
Very happy so far, I have a modern powerful gpu that I can play the latest games with no added noise in a low air flow case, I think what Asus have managed to archive with the DCUII is pretty impressive.
On stock settings the default boost seems a bit lower than kfa2 reference, it's boosting around 1054Mhz in heaven, the reference KFa2 boosted @ a solid 1084Mhz, but as I said before the ref KFA2 didn't seem to throttle unitl it hit 78c, this card seems to throttle a fair bit earlier, Heaven results on stock are pretty much the same though, 64 fps @ 1920x1080 so no I'm not really bothered.
Max temp in Heaven after a couple of runs is 77c, I'm pretty happy with that in a warm case with no side fan.
GPU Fan is hitting 58% @ max temp of 77C
The big question though, noise?
Multiple runs of Heaven on stock settings, SILENT!, well, I can't hear it over my case fans put it that way
Very happy so far, I have a modern powerful gpu that I can play the latest games with no added noise in a low air flow case, I think what Asus have managed to archive with the DCUII is pretty impressive.
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[timko];21925356 said:
Yeah its probably the quietest GPU I've ever owned to be fair, it does pick up a bit of noise over 50% but that is probably expected for 3 x 80mm fans at 3000rpm
A waterblock was going on the card regardless of how clockable (above everything else, this was why I opted for the windforce), granted it would be nice to let the chip stretch its legs. 1.2v and I'd be pretty confident of coming close to 1500mhz.
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just reading up on EVGA forum - the software reads the voltage lower than if you used a volt meter directly - 1.175 in software is equiv to 1.21v read by hardware, so these boards are maxxing themselves out... only way to get higher voltage is hardware mods, e.g. boards like the Galaxy HOF / EX OC LTD (which are HOOWWW MUUCCHH)... I don't expect to see a 670 classified or HOF edition as then they really would be shooting themselves in the foot on selling 680's
In which case I've reached my limit on the core it would seem, I'm not willing to use a soldering iron to gain some bigger bench scores
The memory is coming along a little higher, though I never stressed that much on air, currently at 7200 effective.
The only other interesting thing I've read today is that the 670 windforce is bios locked to 250w, despite having the same phase design as the 680 windforce which can pull 300w.
Soldato
Just got confirmation of my Palit Jetstream 670 order. Never used Palit before, not really sure about it but gave it a go. £310 is a cheaper than a reference model. Probably the wrong order to do this but are Palit any good?