Probably not, im just noting it and seeing how well China/Taiwan overclock to see if there is a trend. What ive seen so far here and on other forums is China seems better but i've only seen few.
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Probably not, im just noting it and seeing how well China/Taiwan overclock to see if there is a trend. What ive seen so far here and on other forums is China seems better but i've only seen few.
Soldato
Yes exactly what I found.
Colours arent as vibrant or bright. However what you do get with Nvidia, is tighter developer integration and higher quality drivers.
I feel like for a desktop machine, I buy AMD gpu's for the better colours and for a purely gaming computer, it has to be Nvidia.
Soldato
Got my Gigabyte this morning, not tried clocking yet
I bought exactly the sme a few days ago, very nice quite card. Only small let down is not much else was in the box...
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Also recieved my Gigabyte 670GTX windforce today 
, seems quieter than my previous 5850 and that was quiet.
From a brief look at Precision X, when idling GPU clock seems to settle at 324mhz and then when in game (tried Company of Heroes bench) it settles on 980mhz base, under load 1176mhz boost stock. Temps idle 34-36 degree on desktop and about 42-48 when on boost (so far). My Box says Taiwan, haven't checked the card. Will have to see about OC, though I am noob.
, seems quieter than my previous 5850 and that was quiet. From a brief look at Precision X, when idling GPU clock seems to settle at 324mhz and then when in game (tried Company of Heroes bench) it settles on 980mhz base, under load 1176mhz boost stock. Temps idle 34-36 degree on desktop and about 42-48 when on boost (so far). My Box says Taiwan, haven't checked the card. Will have to see about OC, though I am noob.
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Just got my gigabyte windforce 670 this morning (for an incredibly good price 
). The difference between it and the palit reference 670 is like night and day. So much quieter! No annoying sound from the fan. I seriously can't hear this card. Played bf3 and it was at 37% fan speed and temps were 55 degrees. It runs 20-30 degrees cooler than the reference. Chuffed with it. Mine boosts to 1163mhz at stock. It looks a lot better in person than it does in the photos too. The blue pcb is growing on me...slightly.
). The difference between it and the palit reference 670 is like night and day. So much quieter! No annoying sound from the fan. I seriously can't hear this card. Played bf3 and it was at 37% fan speed and temps were 55 degrees. It runs 20-30 degrees cooler than the reference. Chuffed with it. Mine boosts to 1163mhz at stock. It looks a lot better in person than it does in the photos too. The blue pcb is growing on me...slightly.
Soldato
Dont think my windforce 670 overclocks that great, boosts to 1150 , can set it to +30 (1180) and +300 on memory.
Not sure if you can adjust voltage on these at all.
Not sure if you can adjust voltage on these at all.
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I haven't tried overclocking mine yet. I'm happy with out of the box speeds for the time being. That seems a bit low compared to other peoples overclocks. But it is luck of the draw. I'm just happy with how quiet and cool this card is. I'm never touching a reference card again. Which program did you use to oc? Afterburner or precision X?
Soldato
Afterburner, seems you can adjust the power draw, so may go higher
Soldato
My 670gtx windforce 3x is a taiwan and is a poor oc'er boost is something like 1050 standard have managaed to get a max stable boost of 1200 which I know isnt bad but its no where near as some peoples windforce's the main thing for me tho is how quiet it is 
My 670gtx windforce 3x is a taiwan and is a poor oc'er boost is something like 1050 standard have managaed to get a max stable boost of 1200 which I know isnt bad but its no where near as some peoples windforce's the main thing for me tho is how quiet it is
Similar to my made in Taiwan version. 1059 standard boost. I can just squeeze 1242 out of it with +105 gpu offset. The memory overclock is nice though at +730.
Soldato
yeah my memory seems to clock pretty well too, at first i was wondering if it was my psu but I somehow doubt it, im not complaining tho its still plenty fast enough
Mine are made in China and both do 1176MHz out of the box. Can seem to push them to 1246MHz but drivers seem to crash randomly which also happens at 1176...so it's kinda hard to tell if it's hardware or software failing.
Anyone know how to get and read crash reports?
Anyone know how to get and read crash reports?
Soldato
I've got 2 Windforce 670s (did have 3 but didn't really work due to spacing) and that may contribute to this, but I'm always surprised when people say they're really quiet.
Under load my fans got to around 1500rpm (which I think is just over 40%) I can clearly hear them. I think I'm going to have to do something about it before too long.
Under load my fans got to around 1500rpm (which I think is just over 40%) I can clearly hear them. I think I'm going to have to do something about it before too long.
Soldato
seems bizzare the same cards with same bios'es auto boost differently?
Maybe people are just reading the GPU-Z bios readout and not the actual realtime one from the sensors, because mine says Boost: 1059MHz but Percision X or GPU-Z's sensors tab will read 1176MHz in a sufficiently stressful game.
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maybe you have very sensitive ears? I can't hear the card at all over my case fans. You should try a reference 670, it's unbearable in my opinion.
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I agree. My reference 670 that I had boosted to 1097mhz at stock clocks (but then throttled to 1084mhz when temps got too high). So I find it hard to believe the gigabyte would be slower especially since they're factory overclocked.
I think that's because you (we) have two. If it's a single one I'm sure the fan would never need to get near 40%.
For the record I think they become audible at 43%.
Soldato
ah ha, i just checked and mine is boosting to 1097 when set to default, temps not exceeding 58C in my small TJ08-E