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***Official GTX 670 thread***

It's something which has also confused me. Tearing shouldn't occur for fps lower than your refresh rate, but it does. Just not near as bad as when the fps is over your refresh rate though.
 
Guys I recently picked up the Gigabyte Windforce GTX 670... Great card, really amazed how quiet and cool this thing runs.

I've got a question for you guys, some of whom will no doubt be playing a lot of BF3 as well. Basically I've got everything in game set to ultra... 4x msaa, post aa set to off. motion blur off and everything else on max.

Game runs at 60 fps but i find that I'm getting hitching in weird places.. First thing I noticed is with the official latest drivers, there is a known bug they are sorting in regards to vsync which I managed to resolve by installing some newer beta drivers which cleared up and issue i was getting where 60 fps looked slow.

The real question now however is in regards to general performance with this game. I've played a 10 min game and come out, and looked at GPu usage, the times the game runs fine its running at 99% usage, the other times its dropping down to like 60-65 is when I'm gettign this weird hitchin kinda effect.

Wondering if any of you guys with say MSI afterburner could fire up a MP and run around 3 mins and then post a screenshot of the GPu usage graph so I can see a comparison?

I'm wondering if everybody else ingame gets like 95-99% usage on these cards (which I thought a single GPU would achieve)

Got an i5-750 2.6 running at 3.6... had it up to 4 without an issue but the FPS hasnt changed much if at all running at all those different speeds.

Crucial M4 running Win 7 with BF3 running off it, so its not HDD access problems either..
I'm perplexed...
 
I believe the 'hitching' you describe is either 1) BF3's **** poor netcode or 2) when the card goes through voltage changes because of a lack of load on it.

Dont use VSync, setup a User.cfg with gametime.maxvariablefps 90.00 in it (obviously change the 90 value, that is what I have mine limited to) and put it in your BF3 isntallation folder.

The reason your card isnt hitting 99% is either because it doesnt need all of its power to hit the 60fps you asking it to by enabling vsync or your processor limited, I would expect the former.

Change the fps to a number that ensures your machine doesnt auto switch the power mode or use a little tweak via nvidia inspector where you change your card to operate from state P2 only and set the clock manually (didnt really seem to do much me for)

oh and btw, reduce that 4x AA to at most 2x, you'll see enemies much easier ;)
 
F1aw1ess said:
I believe the 'hitching' you describe is either 1) BF3's **** poor netcode or 2) when the card goes through voltage changes because of a lack of load on it.

Dont use VSync, setup a User.cfg with gametime.maxvariablefps 90.00 in it (obviously change the 90 value, that is what I have mine limited to) and put it in your BF3 isntallation folder.

The reason your card isnt hitting 99% is either because it doesnt need all of its power to hit the 60fps you asking it to by enabling vsync or your processor limited, I would expect the former.

Change the fps to a number that ensures your machine doesnt auto switch the power mode or use a little tweak via nvidia inspector where you change your card to operate from state P2 only and set the clock manually (didnt really seem to do much me for)

oh and btw, reduce that 4x AA to at most 2x, you'll see enemies much easier ;)
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Thanks very much for the reply.
I absolutely loathe screen tearing, as my monitor is only 60hz I dont really want it going above the 60fps as the screen tearing distracts me which leads to deaths lol :)

I'll try dropping the AA down to 2x as you suggested. If I was to limit my fps to 60 as opposed to 90, am I still going to be running into the same problem as before?

CPU is running at a high clock and checking the usage after a session I see that the cores are only running at like 60-65 % so they arent being maxed out as a result.

Voltage on the card also seems to be locked at 1.2 something (cant remember exact figure) that doesnt seem to be bouncing down to other voltages. Card is running steady at like 53-55c ingame under load so its not overheating neither is the CPU.

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Your sig?
670 (same card as mine running mem at 7000!!!?)
Mines running at 3000 something. How is that possible?
 
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jippyuk said:
Guys I recently picked up the Gigabyte Windforce GTX 670... Great card, really amazed how quiet and cool this thing runs.

I've got a question for you guys, some of whom will no doubt be playing a lot of BF3 as well. Basically I've got everything in game set to ultra... 4x msaa, post aa set to off. motion blur off and everything else on max.

Game runs at 60 fps but i find that I'm getting hitching in weird places.. First thing I noticed is with the official latest drivers, there is a known bug they are sorting in regards to vsync which I managed to resolve by installing some newer beta drivers which cleared up and issue i was getting where 60 fps looked slow.

The real question now however is in regards to general performance with this game. I've played a 10 min game and come out, and looked at GPu usage, the times the game runs fine its running at 99% usage, the other times its dropping down to like 60-65 is when I'm gettign this weird hitchin kinda effect.

Wondering if any of you guys with say MSI afterburner could fire up a MP and run around 3 mins and then post a screenshot of the GPu usage graph so I can see a comparison?

I'm wondering if everybody else ingame gets like 95-99% usage on these cards (which I thought a single GPU would achieve)

Got an i5-750 2.6 running at 3.6... had it up to 4 without an issue but the FPS hasnt changed much if at all running at all those different speeds.

Crucial M4 running Win 7 with BF3 running off it, so its not HDD access problems either..
I'm perplexed...
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Hmm I too have been playing BF3 on my 670 windforce over the last 2 days. Brilliant.

You should be able to turn all the graphics setting on no problems. As for hitching, I havent seen any, maybe its one of the third party programs you are running?
 
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Yeah possibly. I might end up doing a total reinstall of windows. Was previously running 2 5850s in crossfire. Run a driver sweeper etc but wondering if there is something on there causing issues still.

Its like there is something causing the card not to run at its full potential, dunno where.
 
I'm not sure any smart/turbo type boost function will ever function 100% !

Not suggesting this has anything to do with your problems but I bet it does for others ;)

If they had not had to really lean on this "mid range " GPU maybe Nvidia would not have gone down this route ?
 
jippyuk said:
Yeah possibly. I might end up doing a total reinstall of windows. Was previously running 2 5850s in crossfire. Run a driver sweeper etc but wondering if there is something on there causing issues still.

Its like there is something causing the card not to run at its full potential, dunno where.
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I had a 5870 in my pc before the 670.

I just expressed installed the catalyst drivers, rebooted, deleted the folders, turned off, install 670 started machine, installed nvidia drivers and rebooted.

Easy as pie. I woundnt suggest running driver sweeoer not neccessary.
 
the gpu boost is really annoying when it gets moody and stuff

sometimes it will just stay at 350mhz while playing diablo 3 giving me crappy fps and when the there are hordes of monsters and I need the fps it just gives me 750mhz wtf :mad:

They need to really add / change something to the gpu boost when the game is not that demanding
 
kmax86 said:
the gpu boost is really annoying when it gets moody and stuff

sometimes it will just stay at 350mhz while playing diablo 3 giving me crappy fps and when the there are hordes of monsters and I need the fps it just gives me 750mhz wtf :mad:

They need to really add / change something to the gpu boost when the game is not that demanding
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what is your cpu?
 
Hi chaps, first post :)

I've recently built a new system with a GTX 670. I seem to be about right on any benchmarks I do for the reference card and that's grand.

I game at 1080p mostly Battlefield 3.

Now, the GTX 670 for me is a brilliant card, and on Battlefield 3 at Ultra with AA maxed certainly averages over 60fps. I would say the frame rates mostly fluctuate between about 50 and 90 depending on what's happening.

I read a post online and someone said they had a 1320 boost on the core and 150 on memory and that their BF3 never went below 71 fps.

As this seems to be the place to go for info on the card, I just wanted to ask if you thought that I was maybe getting low performance from my card, or if it was reasonable to think that a GTX 670 could never drop below 71fps at 1080p on Ultra with AA maxed in BF3 multiplayer on a stern overclock?

I dunno, just trying to get a feel of what the new card can do and what to expect from it!

Thanks :)

Pinky.
 
Pinky Floyd said:
Hi chaps, first post :)

I've recently built a new system with a GTX 670. I seem to be about right on any benchmarks I do for the reference card and that's grand.

I game at 1080p mostly Battlefield 3.

Now, the GTX 670 for me is a brilliant card, and on Battlefield 3 at Ultra with AA maxed certainly averages over 60fps. I would say the frame rates mostly fluctuate between about 50 and 90 depending on what's happening.

I read a post online and someone said they had a 1320 boost on the core and 150 on memory and that their BF3 never went below 71 fps.

As this seems to be the place to go for info on the card, I just wanted to ask if you thought that I was maybe getting low performance from my card, or if it was reasonable to think that a GTX 670 could never drop below 71fps at 1080p on Ultra with AA maxed in BF3 multiplayer on a stern overclock?

I dunno, just trying to get a feel of what the new card can do and what to expect from it!

Thanks :)

Pinky.
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I think with cards as powerfull as these, you need a fast cpu to lift the minimum frames, otherwise you have high highs, but the minimums are based on your cpu.

What cpu do you have?
 
Pinky Floyd said:
Hi chaps, first post :)

I've recently built a new system with a GTX 670. I seem to be about right on any benchmarks I do for the reference card and that's grand.

I game at 1080p mostly Battlefield 3.

Now, the GTX 670 for me is a brilliant card, and on Battlefield 3 at Ultra with AA maxed certainly averages over 60fps. I would say the frame rates mostly fluctuate between about 50 and 90 depending on what's happening.

I read a post online and someone said they had a 1320 boost on the core and 150 on memory and that their BF3 never went below 71 fps.

As this seems to be the place to go for info on the card, I just wanted to ask if you thought that I was maybe getting low performance from my card, or if it was reasonable to think that a GTX 670 could never drop below 71fps at 1080p on Ultra with AA maxed in BF3 multiplayer on a stern overclock?

I dunno, just trying to get a feel of what the new card can do and what to expect from it!

Thanks :)

Pinky.
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I would take a lot of peoples claimed overclocks with a pinch of salt :D
for 670/680 (lets just call it max clock be it base+ boost or whatever) .
If it will make 1200mhz you are doing well, 1250mhz very well and above that uncommonly well.
Also overclocking just seems to make more difference in benchmarks than real games, as always stability and good min fps are what it's about ;)

look here for OC comparison ..
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_670_Windforce/31.html
 
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